The World Bank has improved its methodology around interpreting the logistics data of about 139 countries around the globe.
The 2025 Logistics Performance Indicators (LPI 2.0) report introduces a new data-driven approach to assessing global logistics performance, replacing the previous perception-based index with indicators based on shipment- and vessel-level tracking data across maritime, aviation and postal logistics.
LPI 2.0 states that the indicators offer detailed insights into connectivity and time efficiency in international trade supply chains.
By transitioning to data-driven indicators, LPI 2.0 replaces the traditional survey-based LPI with indicators derived from hundreds of millions of shipment and vessel-tracking records, capturing logistics performance across the maritime, air and postal sectors globally.
Six core indicators measure connectivity (number of partner countries) and time (import dwell times and delivery times) across maritime shipping, air cargo and business-to-business postal deliveries, reflecting the speed and reliability of supply chains, the World Bank says.
Additional metrics include export dwell times, ship turnaround times, transhipment frequency and duration and postal business-to-consumer delivery times, providing further granularity on logistics performance and challenges such as hub dependence and e-commerce logistics.
Challenges for landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) include longer and more complex logistics delays due to transit dependencies and border procedures, with container import delays divided among port dwell time, corridor transit and inland clearance, highlighting the need for regional trade facilitation and infrastructure improvements.
The bank adds that its latest report, released on April 23, has LPI 2.0 indicators informing policymakers on logistics bottlenecks, emphasising improvements in border clearance, infrastructure, customs procedures and competitive market frameworks to enhance supply chain speed and reliability.
Benchmarking against peers helps target reforms effectively, an LPI 2.0 synopsis states.
The report leverages data from maritime data providers and major global shipping lines for maritime data, Cargo iQ for air cargo and the Universal Postal Union for postal shipments, with results and detailed indicators publicly available on the World Bank's LPI website (https://lpi.worldbank.org/) for use in analysis and policymaking.
