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trade and transport infrastructure, iii) the ease of arranging competitively priced shipments,
iv)the competence and quality of logistics services, v) the ability to track and trace consignments
and vi) the frequency with which shipments reach consignees within scheduled or expected
delivery times.
The LPI is used for comparative analysis and has a score between 1 and 5. The LPI was conducted
in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. Tables 7 and 8 illustrate the OIC Countries with the
highest and lowest LPI scores for the last three periods. The figures illustrate that there is a wide
gap between countries.
Furthermore, according to World Bank (2018) Germany is the best performing country with an
LPI score of 4.2, followed by Sweden and Belgium. Among the OIC countries UAE is the best
performing country and has a score of 3.96 which is 94 percent of Germany’s score on a scale
from 1 to 5 whereas the lowest performing OIC country is Afghanistan with an LPI of 1.95 which
is 46 per cent of Germany’s score.
Table 7: Best Performing OIC Countries According to the LPI 2018
Country
2014 LPI 2016 LPI 2018 LPI
Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
United Arab Emirates 3.54 27 3.94 13 3.96 11
Qatar 3.52 29 3.60 30 3.47 30
Malaysia 3.59 25 3.43 32 3.22 41
Oman 3.00 59 3.23 48 3.20 43
Indonesia 3.08 53 2.98 63 3.15 46
Turkey 3.50 30 3.42 34 3.15 47
Côte d'Ivoire 2.76 79 2.60 95 3.08 50
Saudi Arabia 3.15 49 3.16 52 3.01 55
Bahrain 3.08 52 3.31 44 2.93 59
Kuwait 3.01 56 3.15 53 2.86 63
memo item (first three best performing country in the world)
Germany 4.12 1 4.23 1 4.20 1
Sweden 3.96 6 4.20 3 4.05 2
Belgium 4.04 3 4.11 6 4.04 3
Source: Word Bank
Table 8: OIC Countries with the Lowest LPI Scores According to the LPI 2018
Country
2014 LPI 2016 LPI 2018 LPI
Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Yemen 2.18 151 N.A. N.A. 2.27 140
Senegal 2.62 101 2.33 132 2.25 141
Somalia 1.77 160 1.75 158 2.21 144
Guinea 2.46 122 2.36 129 2.20 145
Iraq 2.30 141 2.15 149 2.18 147
Gabon 2.20 150 2.19 143 2.16 150
Libya 2.50 118 2.26 137 2.11 154
Sierra Leone N.A. N.A. 2.03 155 2.08 156
Niger 2.39 130 2.56 100 2.07 157
Afghanistan 2.07 158 2.14 150 1.95 160
Source: World Bank
The Enabling Trade Index produced byWorld Economic Forumand the Global Alliance for Trade
Facilitation is another indicator, which measures the performance of countries in enabling trade.