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Average time to import: Border compliance (hours) — merchandise imports

Average hours needed to clear border compliance for importing goods by country (World Bank Doing Business/Trading Across Borders).

Source: World Bank Group (Doing Business — Trading Across Borders)•181 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
117.6hours
Median: 120.0hours
Countries Covered
181
with available data
Highest
North Korea
720.0hours
Lowest
Belgium
1.0hours
Top 5 Countries
1North Korea720.0hours
2Burundi240.0hours
3Cameroon240.0hours
4Cape Verde240.0hours
5Chad240.0hours
By Region
Other164.0hours(103 countries)
Africa149.3hours(9 countries)
Asia80.8hours(25 countries)
South America80.7hours(7 countries)
North America54.0hours(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.0hours)High (720.0hours)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 117.6hours)

Other (103)
Africa (9)
Asia (25)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (31)
Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Average hours needed to clear border compliance for importing goods by country (World Bank Doing Business/Trading Across Borders). Source: World Bank Group (Doing Business — Trading Across Borders).

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1North Korea720.0hours
2Burundi240.0hours
3Cameroon240.0hours
4Cape Verde240.0hours
5Chad240.0hours
6Republic of the Congo240.0hours
7Democratic Republic of the Congo240.0hours
8Benin240.0hours
9Djibouti240.0hours
10Gabon240.0hours
11Guinea240.0hours
12Guyana240.0hours
13Haiti240.0hours
14Iraq240.0hours
15Liberia240.0hours
16Libya240.0hours
17Madagascar240.0hours
18Mali240.0hours
19Mauritania240.0hours
20Mongolia240.0hours
21Montserrat240.0hours
22Mozambique240.0hours
23Nicaragua240.0hours
24Niger240.0hours
25Nigeria240.0hours
26Panama240.0hours
27Papua New Guinea240.0hours
28Guinea-Bissau240.0hours
29Senegal240.0hours
30Sierra Leone240.0hours
31Somalia240.0hours
32South Sudan240.0hours
33Syrian Arab Republic240.0hours
34Togo240.0hours
35United Republic of Tanzania240.0hours
36Burkina Faso240.0hours
37Venezuela240.0hours
38Yemen240.0hours
39Zambia240.0hours
40Bolivia240.0hours
41Eritrea192.0hours
42Angola192.0hours
43Cambodia168.0hours
44Cayman Islands168.0hours
45Central African Republic168.0hours
46Comoros168.0hours
47El Salvador168.0hours
48Equatorial Guinea168.0hours
49Ethiopia168.0hours
50Republic of The Gambia168.0hours
51Ghana168.0hours
52Guatemala168.0hours
53Honduras168.0hours
54Islamic Republic of Iran168.0hours
55Cote d'Ivoire168.0hours
56Kenya168.0hours
57Lao People's Democratic Republic168.0hours
58Lebanon168.0hours
59Lesotho168.0hours
60Malawi168.0hours
61Namibia168.0hours
62New Caledonia168.0hours
63Vanuatu168.0hours
64Paraguay168.0hours
65Timor-Leste168.0hours
66Rwanda168.0hours
67Seychelles168.0hours
68Zimbabwe168.0hours
69Sudan168.0hours
70Suriname168.0hours
71Eswatini168.0hours
72Tajikistan168.0hours
73Turkmenistan168.0hours
74Turks and Caicos Islands168.0hours
75Tuvalu168.0hours
76Uganda168.0hours
77Egypt168.0hours
78Samoa168.0hours
79Argentina168.0hours
80Bahamas168.0hours
81Armenia168.0hours
82Bermuda168.0hours
83Bhutan168.0hours
84Botswana168.0hours
85Myanmar144.0hours
86Jamaica144.0hours
87Morocco144.0hours
88Pakistan144.0hours
89Bangladesh144.0hours
90Cuba120.0hours
91Nepal120.0hours
92Colombia112.0hours
93Uzbekistan111.0hours
94Brunei Darussalam108.0hours
95Bulgaria96.0hours
96Ecuador96.0hours
97Kyrgyzstan96.0hours
98India93.0hours
99Jordan84.0hours
100Philippines84.0hours
101Costa Rica80.0hours
102Dominican Republic72.0hours
103Kuwait72.0hours
104Malaysia72.0hours
105Moldova, Republic of72.0hours
106Oman72.0hours
107Peru72.0hours
108Russian Federation72.0hours
109Afghanistan72.0hours
110Chile65.0hours
111Sri Lanka60.0hours
112Israel60.0hours
113Vietnam55.0hours
114Belize55.0hours
115Bahrain53.0hours
116Bosnia and Herzegovina52.0hours
117Thailand50.0hours
118Brazil49.0hours
119Cyprus48.0hours
120Indonesia48.0hours
121Maldives48.0hours
122Saudi Arabia48.0hours
123South Africa48.0hours
124Trinidad and Tobago48.0hours
125Tunisia48.0hours
126Ukraine48.0hours
127Algeria48.0hours
128Mexico44.0hours
129Barbados42.0hours
130Singapore36.0hours
131People's Republic of China34.0hours
132Qatar24.0hours
133Solomon Islands15.0hours
134Mauritius12.0hours
135United Arab Emirates12.0hours
136Albania10.0hours
137Georgia9.0hours
138Kazakhstan9.0hours
139Belarus7.0hours
140Türkiye7.0hours
141Australia7.0hours
142Croatia4.0hours
143Malta4.0hours
144Uruguay3.0hours
145Canada2.0hours
146Estonia2.0hours
147Fiji2.0hours
148Finland2.0hours
149France2.0hours
150Iceland2.0hours
151Ireland2.0hours
152South Korea2.0hours
153Latvia2.0hours
154Lithuania2.0hours
155Monaco2.0hours
156Montenegro2.0hours
157New Zealand2.0hours
158Norway2.0hours
159Serbia2.0hours
160Slovenia2.0hours
161The Republic of North Macedonia2.0hours
162United Kingdom2.0hours
163United States of America2.0hours
164Czech Republic1.0hours
165Denmark1.0hours
166Faroe Islands1.0hours
167Germany1.0hours
168Greece1.0hours
169Hungary1.0hours
170Italy1.0hours
171Japan1.0hours
172Luxembourg1.0hours
173Netherlands1.0hours
174Poland1.0hours
175Portugal1.0hours
176Slovakia1.0hours
177Spain1.0hours
178Sweden1.0hours
179Switzerland1.0hours
180Austria1.0hours
181Belgium1.0hours
Showing 181 of 181 countries

Topics

#economic#hours#average#time#import#border#compliance#merchandise#imports

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank Group (Doing Business — Trading Across Borders) (2020).

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