🚚 Fastest Import Customs Clearance
Average days firms report needing to clear imports through customs; fewer is faster.
1
🇦🇱Albania
1.1 days
2
🇱🇹Lithuania
1.5 days
3
🇶🇦Qatar
1.9 days
4
🇩🇰Denmark
2.1 days
5
🇦🇹Austria
2.1 days
6
🇫🇷France
2.2 days
7
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
2.5 days
8
🇨🇭Switzerland
2.6 days
9
🇲🇷Mauritania
2.6 days
10
🇨🇿Czechia
2.7 days
11
🇿🇲Zambia
2.8 days
12
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
2.9 days
13
🇲🇼Malawi
3.1 days
14
🇩🇪Germany
3.1 days
15
🇧🇪Belgium
3.1 days
16
🇳🇱Netherlands
3.4 days
17
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
3.5 days
18
🇫🇮Finland
3.5 days
19
🇹🇭Thailand
3.9 days
20
🇳🇴Norway
3.9 days
21
🇲🇳Mongolia
4.0 days
22
🇰🇼Kuwait
4.2 days
23
🇧🇮Burundi
4.5 days
24
🇺🇬Uganda
5.0 days
25
🇲🇿Mozambique
5.1 days
26
🇮🇳India
5.2 days
27
🇯🇵Japan
5.4 days
28
🇧🇳Brunei
5.7 days
29
🇬🇳Guinea
6.2 days
30
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.3 days
31
🇬🇦Gabon
6.4 days
32
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
6.5 days
33
🇰🇮Kiribati
6.5 days
34
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
6.7 days
35
🇬🇩Grenada
6.9 days
36
🇰🇪Kenya
7.0 days
37
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
7.2 days
38
🇦🇫Afghanistan
7.2 days
39
🇧🇿Belize
8.1 days
40
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
8.7 days
41
🇪🇬Egypt
9.0 days
42
🇵🇦Panama
9.1 days
43
🇸🇴Somalia
9.3 days
44
🇨🇱Chile
9.6 days
45
🇵🇱Poland
10.6 days
46
🇳🇬Nigeria
10.6 days
47
🇪🇹Ethiopia
10.8 days
48
🇦🇺Australia
11.1 days
49
🇲🇻Maldives
11.1 days
50
🇱🇷Liberia
11.1 days
Highlights
As of 2025, Albania ranks first (lowest value) with 1.1 days, followed by Lithuania (1.5 days) and Qatar (1.9 days).
Across 61 countries and territories, values run from 1.1 days (Albania) to 27.6 days (Trinidad and Tobago), with a median of 6.4 days.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe, 2 from Asia and 1 from Africa.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Average time to clear imports through customs (days), 2025. Unit: days.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Average time to clear imports through customs (days) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026