GCC-Countries’ Logistics Performance Index – World Bank Rating Global Logistics Forum, 15-16 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 Lauri.ojala@tse.fi Global Facilitation Partnership for Transportation and Trade April 26, 2019

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

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 Prof. Lauri Ojala

Overall LPI 2010 scores on a World map www.worldbank.org/lpi Prof. Lauri Ojala

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 Prof. Lauri Ojala

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. Prof. Lauri Ojala

LPI scores, a 50-page report, tables & maps freely available at: www LPI scores, a 50-page report, tables & maps freely available at: www.worlbank.org/lpi Prof. Lauri Ojala

Tentative Development Levels in LPI Rank (x) out of 150 countries in LPI 2007 ”Logistics friendly” ”Comprehensive Performers” ”Partial Performers” ”Logistics unfriendly” Prof. Lauri Ojala

Income level alone does not explain countries’ logistics perfomance Prof. Lauri Ojala

How did GCC’s do in LPI 2010?  United Arab Emirates  Kuwait  Bahrain  Saudi Arabia  Oman  Qatar Prof. Lauri Ojala

Income level alone does not explain countries’ logistics perfomance UAE Bahrain Kuwait Saudi Arabia Qatar Oman Prof. Lauri Ojala

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 Prof. Lauri Ojala

LPI 2010 ranks in line with 2007 Higher score required for same rank; overall improvement 24 32 36 40 55 60 3 20 36 44 41 46 48 Out of 150 155 countries Prof. Lauri Ojala

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 Prof. Lauri Ojala

UAE and Saudi Arabia Well above World average; especially UAE close to the top Germany GCC country World average Prof. Lauri Ojala

Kuwait & Bahrain > World average Clearly above World average in all dimensions Germany GCC country World average Prof. Lauri Ojala

Qatar & Oman Partly above and below World average Germany GCC country Prof. Lauri Ojala

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 Prof. Lauri Ojala

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 Prof. Lauri Ojala

Thank you! www.worldbank.org/lpi Prof. Lauri Ojala