Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

logistics performance score
intermodal terminal capacity
average border crossing time

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 21

Established 32

Transitional 33

Foundational 49

Nascent 52

Inception 5

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	20	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.71
4	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18	Frontier	±0.43
6	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.83
9	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.50
13	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.71
17	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
23	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.00
25	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
26	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
27	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
28	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
29	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.71
30	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
31	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
32	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
33	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
34	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
35	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.87
36	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
37	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
38	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
39	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	13	Established	±1.23
40	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	13	Established	±0.87
41	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	13	Established	±0.71
42	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
43	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	13	Established	±0.83
44	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
45	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
46	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
47	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
48	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	12	Established	±0.50
50	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
51	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
52	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
53	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
54	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
55	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
56	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
57	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
58	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
59	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
62	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
63	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
64	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
65	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
66	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
70	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
71	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
72	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.83
75	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
79	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
80	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
84	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
85	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.71
86	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
87	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
88	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
89	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
91	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
92	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
94	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
96	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
97	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
98	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
99	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
100	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
103	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
105	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
106	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
107	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
109	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
110	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
112	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
113	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
114	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
115	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
116	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
119	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
121	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
122	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
123	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
124	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
125	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
126	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.83
127	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
130	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	6	Foundational	±2.45
132	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
136	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
137	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
139	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
140	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
142	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
143	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
145	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
148	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
153	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.83
155	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
156	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
158	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.23
160	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
163	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.23
167	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
170	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
173	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
175	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
178	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.71
179	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
180	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
181	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
184	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
185	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
186	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
188	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
189	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.71
190	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
191	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
192	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
193	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
194	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Transport Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Seaports & Terminals	7.7	0–20	China, Singapore
Air Infrastructure	9.5	0–20	United States
Air Navigation & Traffic Management	9.1	0–20	United States
Inland Waterways & Ferries	6.3	0–19	China, Netherlands
Rail Infrastructure	6.5	0–20	China
Roads & Bridges	9.4	1–19	China
Postal & Parcel	9.4	2–18	Germany, Japan, Switzerland