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Average time to clear imports through customs (days)

Name: Average time to clear imports through customs (days) by country, 2025
Creator: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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Average time to clear imports through customs (days) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Trinidad and Tobago	27.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
2	Fiji	22.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Bolivia	19.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
4	Guatemala	18.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
5	Suriname	18.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
6	Dominican Republic	15.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Djibouti	15.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
8	Niger	15.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Comoros	15.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	Brazil	13.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
11	Sao Tome and Principe	13.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Liberia	11.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Maldives	11.1	South Asia	Upper middle income
14	Australia	11.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
15	Ethiopia	10.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Nigeria	10.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Poland	10.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Chile	9.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
19	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Panama	9.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
21	Egypt, Arab Rep.	9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
22	Solomon Islands	8.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
23	Belize	8.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Afghanistan	7.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
25	Antigua and Barbuda	7.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
26	Kenya	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Grenada	6.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
28	St. Lucia	6.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
29	Kiribati	6.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
30	Guinea-Bissau	6.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Gabon	6.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
32	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
33	Guinea	6.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Brunei Darussalam	5.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
35	Japan	5.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
36	India	5.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
37	Mozambique	5.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Uganda	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Burundi	4.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Kuwait	4.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
41	Mongolia	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Norway	3.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Thailand	3.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
44	Finland	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Zimbabwe	3.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Netherlands	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Belgium	3.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Germany	3.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Malawi	3.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Sri Lanka	2.9	South Asia	Upper middle income
51	Zambia	2.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Czechia	2.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Mauritania	2.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Switzerland	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Saudi Arabia	2.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
56	France	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Austria	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Denmark	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Qatar	1.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
60	Lithuania	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Kosovo	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
62	Albania	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income

Average time to clear imports through customs (days)