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DEFINITION:
Time to import (days). Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Palau | 1,493.69 | 2012 | ||
2 | Marshall Islands | 475.69 | 2012 | ||
3 | San Marino | 416.04 | 2012 | ||
4 | Federated States of Micronesia | 299.82 | 2012 | ||
5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 258.23 | 2012 | ||
6 | Tonga | 238.23 | 2012 | ||
7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 223.95 | 2012 | ||
8 | Kiribati | 208.36 | 2012 | ||
9 | Dominica | 195.3 | 2012 | ||
10 | Seychelles | 193.66 | 2012 | ||
11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 148.86 | 2012 | ||
12 | Samoa | 148.24 | 2012 | ||
13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 118.86 | 2012 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 115.31 | 2012 | |||
14 | Vanuatu | 97.06 | 2012 | ||
15 | Grenada | 85.32 | 2012 | ||
16 | Saint Lucia | 71.87 | 2012 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 68.98 | 2012 | |||
17 | Maldives | 65 | 2012 | ||
18 | Belize | 61.72 | 2012 | ||
19 | Equatorial Guinea | 59.76 | 2012 | ||
20 | Bhutan | 51.23 | 2012 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 39.24 | 2012 | |||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 37.33 | 2012 | |||
21 | Cape Verde | 36.41 | 2012 | ||
22 | Solomon Islands | 36.39 | 2012 | ||
23 | Brunei | 36.39 | 2012 | ||
24 | Comoros | 36.24 | 2012 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 35.59 | 2012 | |||
25 | Suriname | 35.54 | 2012 | ||
26 | The Bahamas | 34.95 | 2012 | ||
27 | Barbados | 28.25 | 2012 | ||
28 | Iceland | 28.11 | 2012 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 27.83 | 2012 | |||
29 | Guyana | 27.66 | 2012 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 26.86 | 2012 | |||
30 | Fiji | 25.15 | 2012 | ||
31 | Montenegro | 22.54 | 2012 | ||
32 | Malta | 21.51 | 2012 | ||
33 | East Timor | 21.48 | 2012 | ||
34 | Djibouti | 20.94 | 2012 | ||
35 | Swaziland | 20.31 | 2012 | ||
36 | Botswana | 18.46 | 2012 | ||
37 | Mongolia | 17.88 | 2012 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 17.57 | 2012 | |||
38 | Lesotho | 17.06 | 2012 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 15.39 | 2012 | |||
39 | Republic of the Congo | 14.3 | 2012 | ||
40 | Central African Republic | 13.7 | 2012 | ||
41 | Gabon | 13.48 | 2012 | ||
42 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.44 | 2012 | ||
43 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.22 | 2012 | ||
44 | Luxembourg | 13.17 | 2012 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 13.06 | 2012 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 12.61 | 2012 | |||
45 | South Sudan | 12 | 2012 | ||
46 | The Gambia | 11.72 | 2012 | ||
47 | Bahrain | 11.38 | 2012 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 10.83 | 2012 | |||
48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.47 | 2012 | ||
49 | Mauritania | 10.01 | 2012 | ||
50 | Moldova | 9.83 | 2012 | ||
51 | Eritrea | 9.62 | 2012 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 9.46 | 2012 | |||
52 | Tajikistan | 8.99 | 2012 | ||
53 | Namibia | 8.85 | 2012 | ||
54 | Kosovo | 8.3 | 2012 | ||
55 | Qatar | 8.29 | 2012 | ||
56 | Chad | 8.11 | 2012 | ||
57 | Mauritius | 7.74 | 2012 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 6.88 | 2012 | |||
58 | Slovenia | 6.8 | 2012 | ||
59 | Lebanon | 6.78 | 2012 | ||
60 | Liberia | 6.68 | 2012 | ||
61 | Jamaica | 6.27 | 2012 | ||
62 | Armenia | 6.06 | 2012 | ||
63 | Libya | 6.01 | 2012 | ||
64 | Kuwait | 5.85 | 2012 | ||
65 | Albania | 5.69 | 2012 | ||
66 | Latvia | 5.43 | 2012 | ||
67 | Zimbabwe | 5.32 | 2012 | ||
68 | Uruguay | 5.3 | 2012 | ||
69 | Republic of Macedonia | 5.22 | 2012 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 5.15 | 2012 | |||
70 | Paraguay | 4.93 | 2012 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 4.89 | 2012 | |||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 4.8 | 2012 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 4.76 | 2012 | |||
71 | Burundi | 4.67 | 2012 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 4.57 | 2012 | |||
72 | Sierra Leone | 4.52 | 2012 | ||
73 | Papua New Guinea | 4.46 | 2012 | ||
74 | Cyprus | 4.43 | 2012 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 4.37 | 2012 | |||
75 | Togo | 4.22 | 2012 | ||
76 | Kazakhstan | 4.11 | 2012 | ||
77 | Puerto Rico | 4.09 | 2012 | ||
78 | Laos | 3.91 | 2012 | ||
79 | Croatia | 3.75 | 2012 | ||
80 | Estonia | 3.73 | 2012 | ||
81 | Niger | 3.73 | 2012 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 3.7 | 2012 | |||
82 | Zambia | 3.62 | 2012 | ||
83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.39 | 2012 | ||
84 | Nicaragua | 3.34 | 2012 | ||
85 | Uzbekistan | 3.32 | 2012 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 3.3 | 2012 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 3.19 | 2012 | |||
86 | Belarus | 3.17 | 2012 | ||
87 | Haiti | 3.05 | 2012 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 3 | 2012 | |||
88 | Benin | 2.98 | 2012 | ||
89 | Slovakia | 2.96 | 2012 | ||
90 | Costa Rica | 2.91 | 2012 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 2.91 | 2012 | |||
91 | Burkina Faso | 2.86 | 2012 | ||
92 | Azerbaijan | 2.8 | 2012 | ||
93 | Guinea | 2.79 | 2012 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 2.72 | 2012 | |||
94 | Oman | 2.72 | 2012 | ||
95 | Rwanda | 2.71 | 2012 | ||
96 | Malawi | 2.7 | 2012 | ||
97 | Lithuania | 2.68 | 2012 | ||
98 | Afghanistan | 2.58 | 2012 | ||
99 | Iraq | 2.52 | 2012 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 2.4 | 2012 | |||
100 | Jordan | 2.37 | 2012 | ||
101 | Venezuela | 2.37 | 2012 | ||
102 | Panama | 2.37 | 2012 | ||
103 | Bulgaria | 2.33 | 2012 | ||
104 | Georgia | 2.22 | 2012 | ||
105 | Serbia | 2.21 | 2012 | ||
106 | Bolivia | 2.19 | 2012 | ||
107 | Ireland | 2.18 | 2012 | ||
108 | Angola | 2.16 | 2012 | ||
109 | Mali | 2.15 | 2012 | ||
110 | New Zealand | 2.03 | 2012 | ||
111 | Honduras | 2.02 | 2012 | ||
112 | Hungary | 1.91 | 2012 | ||
113 | Cambodia | 1.75 | 2012 | ||
114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.71 | 2012 | ||
115 | Ghana | 1.66 | 2012 | ||
116 | Czech Republic | 1.62 | 2012 | ||
117 | Ecuador | 1.61 | 2012 | ||
118 | El Salvador | 1.59 | 2012 | ||
119 | Tunisia | 1.58 | 2012 | ||
120 | Norway | 1.39 | 2012 | ||
121 | Nepal | 1.38 | 2012 | ||
122 | Greece | 1.33 | 2012 | ||
123 | Finland | 1.29 | 2012 | ||
124 | Israel | 1.26 | 2012 | ||
125 | Sudan | 1.24 | 2012 | ||
126 | Cameroon | 1.15 | 2012 | ||
127 | Guatemala | 1.13 | 2012 | ||
128 | Mozambique | 1.11 | 2012 | ||
129 | Madagascar | 1.08 | 2012 | ||
130 | Yemen | 1.05 | 2012 | ||
131 | Portugal | 1.04 | 2012 | ||
132 | Senegal | 1.02 | 2012 | ||
133 | Switzerland | 1 | 2012 | ||
134 | Dominican Republic | 0.973 | 2012 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.97 | 2012 | |||
135 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.959 | 2012 | ||
136 | Austria | 0.945 | 2012 | ||
137 | Syria | 0.938 | 2012 | ||
138 | Sri Lanka | 0.935 | 2012 | ||
139 | Uganda | 0.908 | 2012 | ||
140 | Denmark | 0.894 | 2012 | ||
141 | United Arab Emirates | 0.76 | 2012 | ||
142 | Singapore | 0.753 | 2012 | ||
143 | Argentina | 0.73 | 2012 | ||
144 | Ukraine | 0.724 | 2012 | ||
145 | Belgium | 0.718 | 2012 | ||
146 | Algeria | 0.702 | 2012 | ||
147 | Hong Kong | 0.699 | 2012 | ||
148 | Chile | 0.687 | 2012 | ||
149 | Tanzania | 0.649 | 2012 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.645 | 2012 | |||
150 | Sweden | 0.63 | 2012 | ||
151 | Romania | 0.61 | 2012 | ||
152 | Kenya | 0.602 | 2012 | ||
153 | Saudi Arabia | 0.601 | 2012 | ||
154 | Peru | 0.567 | 2012 | ||
155 | Burma | 0.511 | 2012 | ||
156 | Morocco | 0.492 | 2012 | ||
157 | Iran | 0.484 | 2012 | ||
158 | Ethiopia | 0.48 | 2012 | ||
159 | South Africa | 0.449 | 2012 | ||
160 | Poland | 0.389 | 2012 | ||
161 | Netherlands | 0.358 | 2012 | ||
162 | Australia | 0.353 | 2012 | ||
163 | Italy | 0.295 | 2012 | ||
164 | Canada | 0.287 | 2012 | ||
165 | Malaysia | 0.274 | 2012 | ||
166 | Colombia | 0.273 | 2012 | ||
167 | Vietnam | 0.237 | 2012 | ||
168 | Nigeria | 0.231 | 2012 | ||
169 | Bangladesh | 0.22 | 2012 | ||
170 | Spain | 0.195 | 2012 | ||
171 | Thailand | 0.195 | 2012 | ||
172 | Turkey | 0.189 | 2012 | ||
173 | Egypt | 0.186 | 2012 | ||
174 | France | 0.167 | 2012 | ||
175 | Russia | 0.16 | 2012 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.147 | 2012 | |||
176 | Philippines | 0.145 | 2012 | ||
177 | South Korea | 0.14 | 2012 | ||
178 | Pakistan | 0.1 | 2012 | ||
179 | Mexico | 0.0993 | 2012 | ||
180 | United Kingdom | 0.0949 | 2012 | ||
181 | Indonesia | 0.0932 | 2012 | ||
182 | Japan | 0.0862 | 2012 | ||
183 | Brazil | 0.0856 | 2012 | ||
184 | Germany | 0.0855 | 2012 | ||
185 | European Union | 0.021 | 2012 | ||
186 | China | 0.0178 | 2012 | ||
187 | India | 0.0162 | 2012 | ||
188 | United States | 0.0159 | 2012 |