Private Sector & Trade Indicators

• Business environment

  • Average time to clear exports through customs

    • Average time to clear exports through customs (days)

  • Bribery incidence

    • Bribery incidence (% of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request)

  • Business extent of disclosure index

    • Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure)

  • Cost of business start up procedures

    • Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
    • Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita)
    • Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita)

  • Credit depth of information index

    • Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high)

  • Distance to frontier score

    • Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier)

  • Ease of doing business index

    • Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations)

  • Informality

    • Firms competing against unregistered firms (% of firms)
    • Firms formally registered when operations started (% of firms)

  • Ease of doing business

    • Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms)
    • Firms experiencing electrical outages (% of firms)
    • Firms experiencing losses due to theft and vandalism (% of firms)
    • Firms that do not report all sales for tax purposes (% of firms)
    • Firms that spend on R&D (% of firms)
    • Firms visited or required meetings with tax officials (% of firms)
    • Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits)
    • New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)
    • Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits)
    • Power outages in firms in a typical month (number)
    • Profit tax (% of commercial profits)
    • Time required to get electricity (days)
    • Time to obtain an electrical connection (days)

  • Firms offering formal training

    • Firms offering formal training (% of firms)

  • Access to capital

    • Firms using banks to finance investment (% of firms)
    • Firms using banks to finance working capital (% of firms)

  • Gender equality

    • Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms)
    • Firms with female top manager (% of firms)

  • Informal payments to public officials

    • Informal payments to public officials (% of firms)

  • Losses due to theft

    • Losses due to theft and vandalism (% of annual sales for affected firms)

  • New businesses registered

    • New businesses registered (number)

  • Average number of times firms spent in meetings with tax officials

    • Number of visits or required meetings with tax officials (average for affected firms)

  • Private credit bureau coverage

    • Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)

  • Procedures to build a warehouse

    • Procedures to build a warehouse (number)

  • Procedures to register property

    • Procedures to register property (number)

  • Public credit registry coverage

    • Public credit registry coverage (% of adults)

  • Start up procedures to register a business

    • Start-up procedures to register a business (number)
    • Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number)
    • Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number)

  • Strength of legal rights index

    • Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong)

  • Tax payments

    • Tax payments (number)

  • Time required to build a warehouse

    • Time required to build a warehouse (days)

  • Time required to enforce a contract

    • Time required to enforce a contract (days)

  • Time required to obtain an operating license

    • Time required to obtain an operating license (days)

  • Time required to register property

    • Time required to register property (days)

  • Time required to start a business

    • Time required to start a business (days)
    • Time required to start a business, female (days)
    • Time required to start a business, male (days)

  • Management time dealing with officials

    • Time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulations (% of senior management time)

  • Time to prepare and pay taxes

    • Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)

  • Time to resolve insolvency

    • Time to resolve insolvency (years)

  • Total tax rate

    • Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)

  • Value lost due to electrical outages

    • Value lost due to electrical outages (% of sales for affected firms)

• Exports

  • Agricultural raw materials exports

    • Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)

  • Commercial service exports

    • Commercial service exports (current US$)

  • Exports of computer, communications and other services

    • Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)

  • Food exports

    • Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

  • Fuel exports

    • Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

  • Insurance and financial services exports

    • Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports)

  • Manufactures exports

    • Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

  • Merchandise exports

    • Merchandise exports (current US$)
    • Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
    • Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
    • Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

  • Ores and metals exports

    • Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

  • Transport services exports

    • Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

  • Travel services exports

    • Travel services (% of commercial service exports)

• Imports

  • Agricultural raw materials imports

    • Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports)

  • Commercial service imports

    • Commercial service imports (current US$)

  • Imports of computer, communications and other services

    • Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports)

  • Food imports

    • Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

  • Fuel imports

    • Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

  • Insurance and financial services imports

    • Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports)

  • Manufactures imports

    • Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

  • Merchandise imports

    • Merchandise imports (current US$)
    • Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
    • Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
    • Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

  • Ores and metals imports

    • Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)

  • Transport services imports

    • Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

  • Travel services imports

    • Travel services (% of commercial service imports)

• Private infrastructure investment

  • Investment in energy with private participation

    • Investment in energy with private participation (current US$)

  • Investment in ICT with private participation

    • Investment in ICT with private participation (current US$)

  • Investment in transport with private participation

    • Investment in transport with private participation (current US$)

  • Investment in water and sanitation with private participation

    • Investment in water and sanitation with private participation (current US$)

  • Investment by public private partnerships

    • Public private partnerships investment in energy (current US$)
    • Public private partnerships investment in ICT (current US$)
    • Public private partnerships investment in transport (current US$)
    • Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation (current US$)

• Tariffs

  • Binding coverage

    • Binding coverage, all products (%)
    • Binding coverage, manufactured products (%)
    • Binding coverage, primary products (%)

  • Bound rate

    • Bound rate, simple mean, all products (%)
    • Bound rate, simple mean, manufactured products (%)
    • Bound rate, simple mean, primary products (%)

  • Share of tariff lines with international peaks

    • Share of tariff lines with international peaks, all products (%)
    • Share of tariff lines with international peaks, manufactured products (%)
    • Share of tariff lines with international peaks, primary products (%)

  • Share of tariff lines with specific rates

    • Share of tariff lines with specific rates, all products (%)
    • Share of tariff lines with specific rates, manufactured products (%)
    • Share of tariff lines with specific rates, primary products (%)

  • Tariff rate

    • Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%)
    • Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%)
    • Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%)
    • Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%)
    • Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%)
    • Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%)
    • Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%)
    • Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%)
    • Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products (%)
    • Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%)
    • Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%)
    • Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%)

• Total merchandise trade

  • Merchandise trade

    • Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

• Trade facilitation

  • Cost to export

    • Cost to export, border compliance (US$)
    • Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$)

  • Cost to import

    • Cost to import, border compliance (US$)
    • Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$)

  • Lead time to export

    • Lead time to export, median case (days)

  • Lead time to import

    • Lead time to import, median case (days)

  • Logistics performance index

    • Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high)
    • Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high)
    • Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high)
    • Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high)
    • Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high)
    • Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
    • Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high)

  • Time to export

    • Time to export, border compliance (hours)
    • Time to export, documentary compliance (hours)

  • Time to import

    • Time to import, border compliance (hours)
    • Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

• Trade indexes

  • Export value index

    • Export value index (2000 = 100)

  • Export volume index

    • Export volume index (2000 = 100)

  • Import value index

    • Import value index (2000 = 100)

  • Import volume index

    • Import volume index (2000 = 100)

  • Net barter terms of trade index

    • Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100)

• Trade price indices

  • Trade price indices

    • Export unit value index (2000 = 100)
    • Import unit value index (2000 = 100)

• Travel & tourism

  • International tourism

    • International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports)
    • International tourism, expenditures (current US$)
    • International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)
    • International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)
    • International tourism, number of arrivals
    • International tourism, number of departures
    • International tourism, receipts (% of total exports)
    • International tourism, receipts (current US$)
    • International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)
    • International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)