Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Zambia
Zambia: Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance was 70.29 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Zambia, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Zambia is 70.29, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% over ten years.
That places Zambia 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Trading across borders: Time to import: Documentary compliance in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 68.62 | — |
| 2015 | 44.35 | -35.4% |
| 2016 | 44.35 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 70.29 | +58.5% |
| 2018 | 70.29 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 70.29 | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 70.29 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.31, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 70.29 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 67.36, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Zambia
More reference data data for Zambia
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Exchange rate, old LCU per USD extended forward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament and government, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Global number of reported disasters by size, gaps filled 0 events (2025)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 40.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Zambia?
- Trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance in Zambia was 70.29 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.29 in 2017.
- What is the lowest trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.35 in 2015.
- How does Zambia rank for trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance?
- Zambia ranks 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is trading across borders: time to import: documentary compliance rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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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About this data
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.