Logistics Performance Index 2018 : Belgium back on the podium
Despite falling to sixth place two years ago, Belgium has climbed back up to third place among the best performing countries in the world in terms of logistics.
LPI, an undisputed benchmark in the transport and logistics sector
The Logistics Performance Index (LPI), which has just been published by the World Bank, ranks 160 countries according to different criteria such as customs efficiency, infra-structure, the quality of logistics services and the effectiveness of tracking and tracing.
The study is published every two years and is considered a particularly reliable benchmark for the sector.
Strong comeback from Belgium
Two years ago, Belgium disappeared from the Top 3, coming sixth. It has made a strong comeback this year, with a very good score of 4.04.
LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE INDEX 2018 - TOP 10
Source: https://lpi.worldbank.org/international/global
As in 2014 and 2016, Germany remains in first place, with a score of 4.2. Sweden comes second with 4.05.
Shipments and timeliness: Belgium's strengths
At international level, Belgium obtained the best results for international shipments and timeliness. It came second for "Competence and quality of logistics services" and ninth for "Tracking and tracing".
However, work is still required in the areas of Customs and Infrastructure (14th place for both these criteria). By way of comparison, Germany comes first, second, third or fourth for all these criteria.
The three lowest ranked countries are Angola (score of 2.05), Afghanistan (1.95) and Burundi (1.95).
Global LPI
This is the fourth time the report has been published and the World Bank is currently producing a "Global LPI", which contains all the scores from 2012 to 2018.
Belgium also performs well in this ranking, coming fourth with a score of 4.05. Germany is top with a score of 4.29, followed by the Netherlands with 4.07 and Sweden with 4.07.
