Logistics Costs and Competitiveness

This section outlines a number of macro-level methodologies that could be used to measure various aspects of domestic logistics costs. The emphasis is on exploiting existing data sources. The first subsection discusses the treatment of logistics in the national accounts, and provides some approximate data on the size of the logistics sector relative to GDP in a number of countries. The second subsection presents data relevant to logistics from the International Comparison Program, focusing on both the size of the sector relative to GDP and prices. The third subsection uses firm-level data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys dataset to analyze productivity in the logistics sector across a range of countries.