1. GCC-Countries’ Logistics Performance Index – World Bank Rating
Global Logistics Forum, March, 2010
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
GCC-Countries’
Logistics Performance Index
– World Bank Rating
Turku School of Economics, Finland
International Federation for Freight Forwarders Associations
Professor Lauri Ojala
Turku School of Economics, Finland
Global Facilitation Partnership for Transportation and Trade
April 26, 2019

2. Logistics Performance Index
Background :
Logistics Performance Index
First report & data launched on Nov. 5, 2007
LPI 2010 released on January 15, 2010
Worldwide media coverage
Prof. Lauri Ojala

3. Logistics professionals In international freight forwarding operations
What is the LPI?
A set of indicators that measure the performance of the logistics environment of countries
Data for the LPI
Logistics professionals
In international freight
forwarding operations
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4. Overall LPI 2010 scores on a World map
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5. LPI 2010 data collection; the Survey
In English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian
Over 1,000 individual respondents
Responses from over 130 countries
Over 5,000 international country evaluations
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6. The 6 Key Dimensions of LPI
155 countries based on 5,000+ individual
country assessments evaluated on:
Customs and other border procedures;
Transport and IT infrastructure;
Ease and availability of shipments;
Logistics competence;
Traceability of shipments;
Timeliness of shipments.
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7. LPI scores, a 50-page report, tables & maps freely available at: www
LPI scores, a 50-page report, tables & maps freely available at:
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8. Tentative Development Levels in LPI
Rank (x) out of 150 countries in LPI 2007
”Logistics friendly”
”Comprehensive Performers”
”Partial Performers”
”Logistics unfriendly”
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9. Income level alone does not explain countries’ logistics perfomance
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10. How did GCC’s do in LPI 2010?  United Arab Emirates  Kuwait  Bahrain  Saudi Arabia  Oman  Qatar
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11. Income level alone does not explain countries’ logistics perfomance
UAE
Bahrain
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Oman
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12. Overall LPI 2010 Rank, Score and the percentage of Score of max.24 32 36 40 55 60
100.0 %
84.9 %
76.2 %
73.2 %
71.3 %
62.6 %
59.1 %
Out of 155
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13. LPI 2010 ranks in line with 2007 Higher score required for same rank; overall improvement24 32 36 40 55 60 3 20 36 44 41 46 48
Out of
countries
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14. But the rank is actually a range rather than an exact point…
Upper LPI Rank Lower 1 20 26 28 33 37 44 1 24 32 36 40 55 60 4 25 40 49 88
111
Out of 155
…reflecting the confidence interval of data  no. of responses, sampling error, other
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15. UAE and Saudi Arabia Well above World average; especially UAE
close to the top
Germany
GCC country
World average
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16. Kuwait & Bahrain > World average
Clearly above
World average in
all dimensions
Germany
GCC country
World average
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17. Qatar & Oman Partly above and below World average Germany GCC country
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18. Conclusion on GCC’s LPI position
Most GCC’s among the top in the World
Low confidence interval implies that responses very robust & reliable
Import procedures need improvement, domestic cost level reportedly high
GCC’s Trade Logistics performance is very good
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19. Conclusion on LPI
A useful indicator on how ”easy” or ”difficult” countries’ Trade Logistics is
The resolution is rather low, but the LPI correlates very well with other datasets
LPI data is very robust and pragmatic, and can be easily used in research, businesses and in teaching
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20. Thank you! www.worldbank.org/lpi
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