Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced was 2.58 1=low to 5=high in 2022. ▲ Rising
Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 2007–2022
Source: Connecting to Compete - Logistics Performance Index (LPI), World Bank (WB). Measured in 1=low to 5=high.
Analysis
The most recent figure for logistics performance index: ease of arranging competitively priced in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) is 2.58 1=low to 5=high, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, logistics performance index: ease of arranging competitively priced in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 2.58 1=low to 5=high in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.36 1=low to 5=high, in 2007.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | 1=low to 5=high | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2.36 1=low to 5=high | — |
| 2010 | 2.5 1=low to 5=high | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 2.47 1=low to 5=high | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 2.48 1=low to 5=high | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2.49 1=low to 5=high | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2.52 1=low to 5=high | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 2.58 1=low to 5=high | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.36 1=low to 5=high | 2.36 1=low to 5=high | 2.36 1=low to 5=high | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.49 1=low to 5=high | 2.47 1=low to 5=high | 2.52 1=low to 5=high | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.58 1=low to 5=high | 2.58 1=low to 5=high | 2.58 1=low to 5=high | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
More private sector data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Merchandise trade 44.5% (2025)
- Food imports 12.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 501.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 19.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 486.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 368.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2201 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is logistics performance index: ease of arranging competitively priced in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Logistics performance index: ease of arranging competitively priced in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) was 2.58 1=low to 5=high in 2022, according to Connecting to Compete - Logistics Performance Index (LPI), World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest logistics performance index: ease of arranging competitively priced recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.58 1=low to 5=high in 2022.
- What is the lowest logistics performance index: ease of arranging competitively priced recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.36 1=low to 5=high in 2007.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for logistics performance index: ease of arranging competitively priced?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2022.
- Is logistics performance index: ease of arranging competitively priced rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from Connecting to Compete - Logistics Performance Index (LPI), World Bank (WB), published as part of Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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). The eight countries are chosen based on the most important export and import markets of the respondent's country, random selection, and, for landlocked countries, neighboring countries that connect them with international markets. The 2023 LPI survey was conducted from September 6 to November 5, 2022. It provided 4,090 country assessments by 652 logistics professionals in 115 countries in all World Bank regions. Details of the survey methodology and index construction methodology are included in Appendix 5 of the 2023 LPI report available at: https://lpi.worldbank.org/report. Respondents assessed the ease of arranging competitively priced shipments to markets, on a rating ranging from 1 (very difficult) to 5 (very easy). Scores are averaged across all respondents.