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Friday, November 09, 2007

Singapore tops World Bank logistics ranking (Australia 17th)

SINGAPORE came in first in the World Bank Logistics Index this week ahead of the Netherlands (2), Germany (3), Sweden (4), Austria (5), Japan (6), Switzerland (7), Hong Kong (8), Canada (9), and UK. China placed 30th.
"All developed countries turned out to be top performers," said the World Bank communique. "There are also significant differences among developing countries with similar incomes."
Another finding of the survey of 150 countries was that developing nations where trade plays a central role in their economies, perform better than others with similar incomes.
Rankings of the top 50: Singapore (1), Netherlands (2), Germany (3), Sweden (4), Austria (5), Japan (6), Switzerland (7) Hong Kong (8), UK (9), Canada (10), Ireland (11), Belgium (12) Denmark (13), US (14), Finland (15), Norway (16), Australia (17), France (18), New Zealand (19), UAE (20), Taiwan (21), Italy (22), Luxembourg (23), South Africa (24) South Korea (25), Spain (26), Malaysia (27), Portugal (28), Greece (29), China (30), Thailand (31), Chile (32), Israel (33), Turkey (34), Hungary (35), Bahrain (36), Slovenia (37), Czech Republic (38), India (39), Poland (40), Saudi Arabia (41), Latvia (42), Indonesia (43), Kuwait (44), Argentina (45), Qatar (46) Estonia (47), Oman (48), Cyprus (49) and the Slovak Republic (50).
Ranking of the middle 50: Romania (51), Jordan (52), Vietnam (53), Panama (54), Bulgaria (55), Mexico (56), San Tome and Principe (57), Lithuania (58), Peru (59), Tunisia (60), Brazil (61), Guinea (62), Croatia (63), Sudan (64), Philippines (65), El Salvador (66), Mauritania (67), Pakistan (68), Venezuela (69), Ecuador (70), Paraguay (71), Costa Rica (72), Ukraine (73), Belarus (74), Guatemala (75), Kenya (76), Gambia (77), Iran (78), Uruguay (79), Honduras (80), Cambodia (81), Colombia (82), Uganda (83), Cameroon (84), Comoros (85), Angola (86), Bangladesh (87), Bosnia Herzegovina (88), Benin (89), Macedonia (90), Malawi.(91), Sri Lanka (92), Nigeria (93), Morocco (94), Papua New Guinea (95), Dominican Republic (96), Egypt (97), Lebanon (98), Russian Federation (99), Zambia (100).
Rankings of the bottom 50: Senegal (101), Cote d'Ivoire (102), Kyrgyzstan (103), Ethiopia (104), Liberia (105), Moldova (106), Bolivia (107), Lesotho (108), Mali (109), Mozambique (110), Azerbaijan (111), Yemen (112), Burundi (113), Zimbabwe (114), Serbia Montenegro (115), Guinea Bissau (116), Laos (117), Jamaica (118), Togo (119), Madagascar (120), Burkina Faso (121) Nicaragua (122), Haiti (123), Eritrea (124), Ghana (125), Namibia (126), Somalia (127), Bhutan (128), Uzbekistan (129), Nepal (130), Armenia (131), Mauritius (132), Kazakhstan (133), Gabon (134), Syria (135), Mongolia (136), Tanzania (137), Solomon Islands (138), Albania (139), Algeria, (140), Guyana (141), Chad (142), Niger (143), Sierra Leone (144) Djibouti (145), Tajikistan (146) Burma (147), Rwanda (148), East Timor (149) and Afghanistan (150).