{"id":12020,"date":"2017-04-26T07:14:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T11:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=12020"},"modified":"2023-04-07T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T15:02:14","slug":"enabling-trade-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/business\/enabling-trade-index\/","title":{"rendered":"What countries rank high on the Enabling Trade Index?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Free trade<\/strong> is a prominent driver of the global economic development as well as social progress. Healthy trade promotes competition and enables technologies. It also allows nations to specialize and ideas to spread. These factors play a crucial role in boosting productivity as well as innovation which ultimately leads to the economic growth.<\/p>\n

Every two years, the World Economic Forum<\/strong> releases the Enabling Trade Index<\/strong> as a part of the Global Enabling Trade Report<\/strong>. The index, which has been published since 2008, measures the extent to which nations have in place the factors that facilitate the free flow of goods over borders and destinations. The four sub-indexes, which comprise the Enabling Trade Index, are market access, border administration, infrastructure and operating environment.<\/strong> These sub-indexes further have pillars which measure the various aspects of the trade environment of a nation. The 2016 Enabling Trade Index ranks 136 economies on a scale of 1 to 7.<\/p>\n

According to the 2016 Enabling Trade Index, Singapore<\/strong> is the best performing nation with a score of 5.97. The report states that Singapore has one of the world\u2019s most open domestic market. The Number two spot went to the Netherlands<\/strong>, which had a score of 5.70, while Hong Kong SAR was at the third place and had a score of 5.66. The other top performing nations with scores of above 5.5 were Luxembourg, Sweden, Finland, Austria, and the United Kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Spain, Japan, the United States, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Canada,<\/strong> and some other nations scored between 5 and 5.5. Among the African nations, Mauritius<\/strong> was the top performer with a score of 4.89.<\/p>\n

Among the BRICS nations, the leading country was South Africa<\/strong> scoring 4.52, while Russia<\/strong> was the least performing, scoring just 3.79. Brazil, India and China<\/strong> had scores of 3.80, 3.91 and 4.49. Nevertheless, the report states that the three BRICS nations of India, China, and South Africa<\/strong> have witnessed an improvement in their rankings as compared to the previous edition.<\/p>\n

Nations that had scores of less than 3.5 included Burundi, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Chad, Bangladesh, Iran<\/strong> and others. Meanwhile, the South American nation of Venezuela<\/strong> was placed at the bottom of the table with a score of 2.85.<\/p>\n

The table below provides information on how nations have scored on the 2016 Enabling Trade Index<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nEconomy<\/th>\nScore (1-7)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n5.97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nNetherlands<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nHong Kong SAR<\/td>\n5.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nLuxembourg<\/td>\n5.63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSweden<\/td>\n5.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nFinland<\/td>\n5.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n5.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n5.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n5.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nBelgium<\/td>\n5.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n5.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nDenmark<\/td>\n5.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n5.37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nEstonia<\/td>\n5.32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nSpain<\/td>\n5.28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n5.28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nNorway<\/td>\n5.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nNew Zealand<\/td>\n5.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nIceland<\/td>\n5.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\n5.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nChile<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n5.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nUnited Arab Emirates<\/td>\n5.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n5.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nCzech Republic<\/td>\n5.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n5.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nKorea, Rep.<\/td>\n5.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nPortugal<\/td>\n5.01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nLithuania<\/td>\n5.01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\n4.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nPoland<\/td>\n4.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nSlovenia<\/td>\n4.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nMalta<\/td>\n4.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nSlovak Republic<\/td>\n4.93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nTaiwan, China<\/td>\n4.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\n4.91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nMalaysia<\/td>\n4.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nHungary<\/td>\n4.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nMauritius<\/td>\n4.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nLatvia<\/td>\n4.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nGeorgia<\/td>\n4.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nBahrain<\/td>\n4.79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nQatar<\/td>\n4.78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nCroatia<\/td>\n4.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nJordan<\/td>\n4.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nOman<\/td>\n4.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nCyprus<\/td>\n4.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nRomania<\/td>\n4.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nMorocco<\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nRwanda<\/td>\n4.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n4.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nGreece<\/td>\n4.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\nBulgaria<\/td>\n4.54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nPeru<\/td>\n4.54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n4.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nMacedonia, FYR<\/td>\n4.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nCosta Rica<\/td>\n4.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nPanama<\/td>\n4.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nTurkey<\/td>\n4.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nAlbania<\/td>\n4.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n4.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\nMontenegro<\/td>\n4.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nThailand<\/td>\n4.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nSerbia<\/td>\n4.41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\nBotswana<\/td>\n4.41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nUruguay<\/td>\n4.37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\nSaudi Arabia<\/td>\n4.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\nArmenia<\/td>\n4.32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\nGuatemala<\/td>\n4.32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nIndonesia<\/td>\n4.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nAzerbaijan<\/td>\n4.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nBrunei Darussalam<\/td>\n4.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nVietnam<\/td>\n4.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\nEl Salvador<\/td>\n4.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\nNamibia<\/td>\n4.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nNicaragua<\/td>\n4.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\nKenya<\/td>\n4.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nDominican Republic<\/td>\n4.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nMoldova<\/td>\n4.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nLesotho<\/td>\n4.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\nEcuador<\/td>\n4.14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\nPhilippines<\/td>\n4.13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\nBosnia and Herzegovina<\/td>\n4.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nUganda<\/td>\n4.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\nColombia<\/td>\n4.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\nHonduras<\/td>\n4.08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\nKuwait<\/td>\n4.07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\nKazakhstan<\/td>\n4.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\nJamaica<\/td>\n4.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\nLebanon<\/td>\n4.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\nTunisia<\/td>\n4.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\nBhutan<\/td>\n3.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\nLao PDR<\/td>\n3.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\nArgentina<\/td>\n3.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\nUkraine<\/td>\n3.97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\nSenegal<\/td>\n3.97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>\nZambia<\/td>\n3.97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\nCambodia<\/td>\n3.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\nGambia<\/td>\n3.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\nGhana<\/td>\n3.93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\nMalawi<\/td>\n3.93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\n3.91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\nSri Lanka<\/td>\n3.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\nMozambique<\/td>\n3.88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\nC\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/td>\n3.87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/td>\nTrinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n3.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nParaguay<\/td>\n3.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\nNepal<\/td>\n3.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\nMadagascar<\/td>\n3.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n3.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\nRussian Federation<\/td>\n3.79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\nBolivia<\/td>\n3.78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\nKyrgyz Republic<\/td>\n3.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\nTajikistan<\/td>\n3.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\nTanzania<\/td>\n3.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\nEgypt<\/td>\n3.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\nEthiopia<\/td>\n3.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
118<\/td>\nMali<\/td>\n3.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\nMongolia<\/td>\n3.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120<\/td>\nLiberia<\/td>\n3.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\nAlgeria<\/td>\n3.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\nPakistan<\/td>\n3.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
123<\/td>\nBangladesh<\/td>\n3.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\nBenin<\/td>\n3.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\nBurundi<\/td>\n3.41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
126<\/td>\nZimbabwe<\/td>\n3.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\nNigeria<\/td>\n3.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
128<\/td>\nSierra Leone<\/td>\n3.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
129<\/td>\nGabon<\/td>\n3.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\nCameroon<\/td>\n3.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131<\/td>\nMauritania<\/td>\n3.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
132<\/td>\nIran<\/td>\n3.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo<\/td>\n3.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
134<\/td>\nYemen<\/td>\n2.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\nChad<\/td>\n2.93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
136<\/td>\nVenezuela<\/td>\n2.85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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