Transport > Maritime > Time to import > Days per million: Countries Compared

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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
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

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