Lead time to export, median case (days) by country
Lead time to export is the median time (the value for 50 percent of shipments) from shipment point to port of loading. Data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey. Respondents provided separate values for the best case (10 percent of shipments) and the median case (50 percent of shipments). The data are...
What the numbers show
Lead time to export, median case (days) is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 10 days in Qatar; the lowest is 1 days in Senegal.
The median across all reporting countries is 3 days, and the mean is 2.74 days.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 88.8%).
Lead time to export, median case: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 10 days | 2018 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 6 days | 2018 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 days | 2018 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 3 | Cameroon | 5 days | 2018 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Mexico | 5 days | 2018 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 4 days | 2018 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 4 days | 2016 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 4 days | 2018 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 4 days | 2016 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 6 | Guatemala | 4 days | 2018 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 6 | Kenya | 4 days | 2018 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 6 | Pakistan | 4 days | 2018 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 4 days | 2018 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 6 | Thailand | 4 days | 2018 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Tunisia | 4 days | 2018 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Tanzania | 4 days | 2018 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Uruguay | 4 days | 2016 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Bolivia | 3 days | 2018 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Switzerland | 3 days | 2018 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Chile | 3 days | 2018 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 3 days | 2016 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 18 | Denmark | 3 days | 2018 | up 130.8% | rising |
| 18 | Greece | 3 days | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 3 days | 2016 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 18 | India | 3 days | 2018 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 18 | Iran | 3 days | 2018 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Italy | 3 days | 2018 | up 30.4% | flat |
| 18 | Cambodia | 3 days | 2016 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 18 | Myanmar | 3 days | 2018 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Namibia | 3 days | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Nigeria | 3 days | 2018 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Panama | 3 days | 2018 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 3 days | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 18 | Russia | 3 days | 2018 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 18 | Turkey | 3 days | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 3 days | 2016 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 3 days | 2016 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 2 days | 2018 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 38 | Austria | 2 days | 2018 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 38 | Belgium | 2 days | 2018 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 2 days | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 38 | China | 2 days | 2018 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 2 days | 2018 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 38 | Germany | 2 days | 2018 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 38 | Egypt | 2 days | 2018 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 2 days | 2018 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 38 | Estonia | 2 days | 2018 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Finland | 2 days | 2018 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 2 days | 2018 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 38 | Indonesia | 2 days | 2018 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 38 | Jordan | 2 days | 2016 | unchanged | falling |
| 38 | Japan | 2 days | 2018 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 38 | Kuwait | 2 days | 2018 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 38 | Lithuania | 2 days | 2018 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Morocco | 2 days | 2018 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 38 | Malaysia | 2 days | 2018 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 38 | Netherlands | 2 days | 2018 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 2 days | 2018 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 38 | Romania | 2 days | 2018 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 38 | Singapore | 2 days | 2018 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 38 | United States | 2 days | 2018 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 38 | Vietnam | 2 days | 2018 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 63 | Australia | 1 days | 2018 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 days | 2016 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 63 | Ecuador | 1 days | 2016 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Ghana | 1 days | 2018 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 63 | Lebanon | 1 days | 2016 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 63 | Latvia | 1 days | 2018 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 63 | Mauritius | 1 days | 2018 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 63 | Norway | 1 days | 2018 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 63 | Philippines | 1 days | 2018 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Poland | 1 days | 2018 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Senegal | 1 days | 2018 | down 75.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 13.43 days
- Africa Eastern and Southern 10.1 days
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 9.6 days
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 9.32 days
- Sub-Saharan Africa 9.32 days
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 9.32 days
- Least developed countries: UN classification 9.15 days
- Africa Western and Central 8.44 days
- IDA only 8.27 days
- IDA total 8 days
- IDA blend 7.43 days
- Early-demographic dividend 6.96 days
About this data
Lead time to export is the median time (the value for 50 percent of shipments) from shipment point to port of loading. Data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey. Respondents provided separate values for the best case (10 percent of shipments) and the median case (50 percent of shipments). The data are exponentiated averages of the logarithm of single value responses and of midpoint values of range responses for the median case.