Hong Kong ranks eighth, China 30th, in World Bank Logistics Index

HONG KONG came in eighth in World Bank Logistics Index this week behind Switzerland (7) Japan (6) Austria (5), Sweden (4) Germany (3), Netherlands (2) and front-running Singapore, but ahead of the UK, which placed 9th, Canada in 10th place and China in 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).