Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Uganda

Uganda: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 60.25 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
60.25
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
149th
of 191 countries
All-time high
60.25
in 2018
All-time low
42.52
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Uganda, 2014–2019

02040602014201620192014: 42.52015: 42.52016: 42.52017: 42.52018: 60.32019: 60.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 60.25 for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 41.7% over ten years.

Uganda ranks 149th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Uganda, year by year

Annual values for Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Uganda, 2014 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2014 42.52 —
2015 42.52 +0.0%
2016 42.52 +0.0%
2017 42.52 +0.0%
2018 60.25 +41.7%
2019 60.25 +0.0%

Uganda compared with similar countries

  • Uganda's 60.25 is above the median for low income countries, which is 47.7, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Uganda's 60.25 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 67.36, 89% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 146 Sierra Leone 66.11 compare
  2. 147 Kyrgyzstan 65.27 compare
  3. 148 Cote d'Ivoire 63.12 compare
  4. 149 Pakistan 60.25 compare
  5. 149 Algeria 60.25 compare
  6. 149 Angola 60.25 compare
  7. 149 Burkina Faso 60.25 compare
  8. 149 Kuwait 60.25 compare
  9. 149 Libya 60.25 compare
  10. 149 Palau 60.25 compare
  11. 149 Philippines 60.25 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Uganda?
Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Uganda was 60.25 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 60.25 in 2018.
What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 42.52 in 2014.
How does Uganda rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
Uganda ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uganda data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,145 data points, 2014–2019
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The score for the time for documentary compliance to import benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.