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Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) by country

Data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey conducted by the World Bank in partnership with academic and international institutions and private companies and individuals engaged in international logistics. Respondents evaluate eight countries on six core dimensions on a scale from 1 (worst) to 5 (best)....

Countries reporting
156
Highest
4.2 1=low to 5=high
Singapore
Lowest
1.5 1=low to 5=high
Somalia
Median
2.61 1=low to 5=high
Years covered
16
2007–2022
Data points
1,362

What the numbers show

Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 4.2 1=low to 5=high in Singapore; the lowest is 1.5 1=low to 5=high in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.61 1=low to 5=high, and the mean is 2.74 1=low to 5=high.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 51.2%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 35.7%).

Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 4.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 2.4% flat
2 Switzerland 4.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 5.7% flat
2 Denmark 4.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 4.3% rising
4 Canada 4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 11.7% flat
4 Finland 4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.5% rising
4 Sweden 4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 8.7% rising
7 Belgium 3.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.3% flat
7 Germany 3.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.8% flat
7 Japan 3.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 4.8% flat
7 South Korea 3.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 14.0% rising
7 Netherlands 3.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.3% flat
12 Hong Kong 3.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 4.3% flat
12 Norway 3.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 9.8% flat
14 United Arab Emirates 3.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 2.5% rising
14 Australia 3.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 2.8% flat
14 Austria 3.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 1.9% flat
14 France 3.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.6% flat
14 Iceland 3.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 4.8% flat
14 United States 3.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.8% flat
20 Spain 3.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 5.9% rising
20 Luxembourg 3.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.7% falling
22 United Kingdom 3.5 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 6.2% flat
23 Ireland 3.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 unchanged falling
23 Israel 3.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 9.0% rising
23 Italy 3.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.8% rising
23 Malta 3.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 21.0% rising
23 New Zealand 3.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 2.0% flat
23 Poland 3.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 3.0% rising
23 Slovenia 3.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 11.5% rising
30 Bahrain 3.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 23.6% flat
30 China 3.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.5% rising
30 Latvia 3.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 21.8% rising
30 Malaysia 3.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.6% flat
30 Thailand 3.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 11.5% rising
30 South Africa 3.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 1.5% flat
36 Estonia 3.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 27.5% rising
36 Greece 3.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 34.5% rising
36 Kuwait 3.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 17.2% rising
36 Lithuania 3.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 17.2% rising
36 Portugal 3.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.3% flat
36 Slovakia 3.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 11.1% rising
42 Bulgaria 3.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 4.4% rising
42 North Macedonia 3.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 38.4% rising
42 Qatar 3.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 0.6% rising
42 Vietnam 3.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 17.0% rising
46 Botswana 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 6.4% rising
46 Chile 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 3.5% flat
46 Czechia 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.7% flat
46 Croatia 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 2.0% rising
46 India 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 8.3% rising
46 Oman 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 3.2% flat
46 Panama 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 17.2% rising
46 Saudi Arabia 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 7.5% flat
46 Turkey 3 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 5.1% flat
55 Brazil 2.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 15.5% rising
55 Cyprus 2.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 4.0% rising
55 Uruguay 2.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 3.0% rising
58 Costa Rica 2.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 13.4% rising
58 Ecuador 2.8 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 24.4% rising
58 Egypt 2.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 7.7% rising
58 Honduras 2.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 17.2% rising
58 Indonesia 2.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 10.7% rising
58 Namibia 2.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 2.6% rising
58 Philippines 2.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 6.9% flat
65 Cote d'Ivoire 2.78 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 25.2% rising
66 Tanzania 2.78 1=low to 5=high 2016 up 34.1% rising
67 Sao Tome and Principe 2.71 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 8.4% flat
68 Argentina 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 10.2% flat
68 Benin 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 4.2% rising
68 Bahamas 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.4% rising
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.9% rising
68 Bhutan 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 17.9% rising
68 Ghana 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 15.9% rising
68 Guinea-Bissau 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 13.0% rising
68 Hungary 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 4.3% flat
68 Romania 2.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.9% rising
77 Kenya 2.65 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 13.7% rising
78 Comoros 2.62 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 13.9% rising
79 Belarus 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 16.1% flat
79 Djibouti 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 51.2% rising
79 Dominican Republic 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 2.8% rising
79 Georgia 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 10.3% flat
79 Kazakhstan 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.8% rising
79 Mali 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 25.0% rising
79 Montenegro 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 12.6% rising
79 Peru 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 3.0% flat
79 Uzbekistan 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 15.6% rising
88 Ethiopia 2.6 1=low to 5=high 2016 up 21.4% rising
89 Armenia 2.5 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 10.1% rising
89 Colombia 2.5 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 5.7% rising
89 Sri Lanka 2.5 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 3.1% rising
89 Mexico 2.5 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 4.9% flat
89 Mongolia 2.5 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 26.3% rising
89 Rwanda 2.5 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 14.2% rising
95 Jordan 2.49 1=low to 5=high 2018 down 5.0% flat
96 Albania 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 1.2% rising
96 Guinea 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 0.8% flat
96 Maldives 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 6.7% rising
96 Mauritius 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 7.0% rising
96 Nigeria 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 21.8% rising
96 Papua New Guinea 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 21.2% rising
96 Paraguay 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.7% rising
96 Russia 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 17.6% rising
96 Solomon Islands 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.3% rising
96 El Salvador 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 5.3% flat
96 Ukraine 2.4 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 0.4% rising
107 Lebanon 2.38 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 9.7% flat
107 Tunisia 2.38 1=low to 5=high 2018 down 15.9% falling
109 Lesotho 2.36 1=low to 5=high 2018 down 1.7% falling
110 Bangladesh 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 1.3% rising
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 9.5% flat
110 Congo 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 27.8% rising
110 Algeria 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 1.8% rising
110 Fiji 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 11.1% rising
110 Guatemala 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 12.2% flat
110 Guyana 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.4% rising
110 Laos 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 3.4% rising
110 Togo 2.3 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.4% rising
119 Nepal 2.29 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 25.1% rising
120 Iran 2.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 0.5% flat
120 Jamaica 2.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 0.9% flat
120 Kyrgyzstan 2.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 10.2% flat
120 Cambodia 2.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 4.3% flat
120 Serbia 2.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 7.9% flat
120 Syria 2.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 5.6% falling
120 Tajikistan 2.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 9.5% rising
120 Zimbabwe 2.2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 4.8% rising
128 Zambia 2.18 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 4.8% rising
129 Myanmar 2.17 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 4.8% rising
129 Senegal 2.17 1=low to 5=high 2018 down 8.8% falling
131 Chad 2.15 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 7.5% rising
132 Eritrea 2.13 1=low to 5=high 2018 down 0.5% rising
133 Pakistan 2.12 1=low to 5=high 2018 down 12.0% flat
134 Afghanistan 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 9.9% rising
134 Bolivia 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 12.5% flat
134 Cameroon 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 11.4% falling
134 Haiti 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 18.0% flat
134 Iraq 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 20.0% flat
134 Liberia 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 5.0% falling
134 Mauritania 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 9.9% falling
134 Sudan 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 1.9% falling
134 Venezuela 2.1 1=low to 5=high 2022 unchanged falling
143 Burkina Faso 2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 5.7% flat
143 Cuba 2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 8.3% flat
143 Gabon 2 1=low to 5=high 2022 unchanged falling
143 Nicaragua 2 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 10.7% flat
147 Libya 1.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 8.7% falling
147 Moldova 1.9 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 12.4% flat
149 Sierra Leone 1.82 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 15.2% rising
150 Gambia 1.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 21.4% falling
150 Madagascar 1.8 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 35.7% falling
152 Niger 1.77 1=low to 5=high 2018 up 6.0% rising
153 Angola 1.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 27.0% falling
153 Yemen 1.7 1=low to 5=high 2022 down 25.8% falling
155 Burundi 1.69 1=low to 5=high 2018 down 23.2% falling
156 Somalia 1.5 1=low to 5=high 2022 up 12.8% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high)
Unit
1=low to 5=high
Source
Connecting to Compete - Logistics Performance Index (LPI), World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
203 places, 1,362 data points, 2007–2022
Last refreshed

Data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey conducted by the World Bank in partnership with academic and international institutions and private companies and individuals engaged in international logistics. Respondents evaluate eight countries on six core dimensions on a scale from 1 (worst) to 5 (best). The eight countries are chosen based on the most important export and import markets of the respondent's country, random selection, and, for landlocked countries, neighboring countries that connect them with international markets. The 2023 LPI survey was conducted from September 6 to November 5, 2022. It provided 4,090 country assessments by 652 logistics professionals in 115 countries in all World Bank regions. Details of the survey methodology and index construction methodology are included in Appendix 5 of the 2023 LPI report available at: https://lpi.worldbank.org/report. Respondents evaluated efficiency of customs clearance processes (i.e. speed, simplicity and predictability of formalities), on a rating ranging from 1 (very low) to 5 (very high). Scores are averaged across all respondents.