Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high)
Singapore leads all 169 countries ranked on the ability to track and trace consignments, scoring 4.4 on a 1-to-5 scale. At the other end, Afghanistan ranks last with a score of 1.6, producing a gap of 2.8 points between the top and bottom. That spread of 175% across the full range reflects wide variation in logistics transparency and traceability infrastructure globally.
Ranking 2022
Analysis
This metric measures how well a country's logistics environment supports the tracking and tracing of shipments in transit. The unit is an absolute value on a scale from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), where higher scores indicate greater consignment visibility. According to the World Bank source note, data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey conducted by the World Bank in partnership with academic and international institutions and private companies and individuals engaged in international logistics; respondents evaluate eight countries on six core dimensions on a scale from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), with the eight countries chosen based on the most important export and import markets. The 2022 dataset covers 169 countries, with 138 of those (81.7%) reporting data from the last seven years. All 169 data points are classified as official quality. No extreme outliers were detected using a 3-standard-deviation threshold, and average year-over-year volatility across the dataset is 11.3%.
The top of the ranking is dominated by high-income economies with advanced logistics infrastructure. Singapore ranks first at 4.4. Seven countries share rank 3 with a score of 4.2: Austria, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong SAR China, Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. Australia, Canada, Spain, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates all score 4.1 at rank 10. Belgium, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom follow at rank 15 with a score of 4.0. Among notable non-European entries, the United Arab Emirates (rank 10, 4.1) and Oman (rank 19, 3.9) score above China (rank 22, 3.8) and India (rank 40, 3.4), reflecting strong logistics investment in Gulf states.
The middle of the ranking shows considerable clustering. South Africa (rank 22, 3.8) is the highest-ranked sub-Saharan African country, while Benin (rank 53, 3.2) and Kenya (rank 65, 3.07) perform above several larger economies. Peru (rank 40, 3.4) scores higher than Brazil (rank 53, 3.2) and Mexico (rank 62, 3.1), two larger Latin American economies. Russia scores 2.5 at rank 113, below several lower-income countries including Botswana (rank 67, 3.0) and Rwanda (rank 67, 3.0). At the bottom, Afghanistan scores 1.6 (rank 169), followed by Timor-Leste at 1.67 (rank 168) and a group of three countries — Cameroon, Libya, and Somalia — each at 1.8 (rank 165).
Several limitations apply to this metric. Scores are based on perceptions of logistics professionals rather than objective operational measurements, which means results can reflect respondent experience and familiarity rather than verified infrastructure capability. The survey targets countries based on trade partner importance, so smaller or less trade-integrated economies may be evaluated by fewer respondents, reducing precision. Countries at the extremes of the ranking — particularly those with very low scores — may have fewer respondent evaluations, making those scores less statistically stable. Some country scores in the dataset use more decimal places (e.g., Tanzania at 2.983806, Mozambique at 2.751033), suggesting they originate from a different calculation method or survey wave, which may introduce minor comparability issues across the full ranking.
Methodology
Metric: Ability to track and trace consignments (LP.LPI.TRAC.XQ). Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, data year 2022. Scale: 1 (low) to 5 (high); higher values are better. Per the source note, data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey conducted by the World Bank in partnership with academic and international institutions and private companies and individuals engaged in international logistics; respondents evaluate eight countries on six core dimensions on a scale from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), with the eight countries chosen based on the most important export and import markets. Coverage: 169 countries included in this ranking. Of those, 138 (81.7%) have data from the last seven years, and 138 (81.7%) reported data in the latest year (2022). All data points are classified as official quality (100%). No extreme outliers were identified at the 3-standard-deviation threshold. Average year-over-year change across the dataset is 11.3%, well within the 50% volatility threshold. The value range spans 1.60 (Afghanistan) to 4.40 (Singapore), a spread of 175%. Scores are perception-based and may vary with respondent composition across survey rounds.