Israel ranked 33 out of 150 countries in the World Bank Logistics Performance Index

The top five countries are Singapore, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden. Despite Israel's fairly high global ranking, it is ranked at the bottom of industrialized countries
 
The World Bank published last week a new logistics study ranking 150 countries and pinpointing places where it's easy or difficult to ship goods. The study, Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, ranked Israel 33 out of 150 countries in the Logistics Performance Index.
 
The Logistics Performance Index was created by researchers at the World Bank and Finland's Turku School of Economics.
 
The study found that the countries with the most predictable, efficient and best-run transportation routes and trade procedures are also the most likely to take advantage of technological advances, economic liberalization, and access to international markets.
 
The report found that the top scoring countries were industrial countries and trade entrepots, such as Singapore and Hong Kong.
 
Developed, high-income countries, such as the G-7, are all top performers, while the performance of developing countries, even those with similar income levels, varied considerably. The top five countries are Singapore, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden.
 
Despite Israel's fairly high global ranking, it is ranked at the bottom of industrialized countries.
Some 800 freight forwarders and express carriers working in the international logistics business in 100 countries were surveyed via the Internet on things such as whether customs brokers or rail transport service providers were competent, export shipments were cleared and shipped as scheduled.
 
The index is designed to reflect the speed at which manufacturers in each country can "move goods from A to B rapidly, reliably, and cheaply. Being able to connect to what has been referred to as the “physical internet” is fast becoming a key determinant of a country’s competitiveness."
 
Israel was ranked 43rd worldwide for customs procedures.
The study can be viewed:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTLF/Resources/lpireport.pdf