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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Dominica: Mobility & Trade

Which countries move goods across their borders most smoothly?

Dominica is placed 58th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 24.47 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 1.5 (2024).

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Mobility & Trade

58th

of 177 countries placed

Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics

Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Dominica on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

  1. Key 1 of 4

    Liner Shipping Connectivity Index

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    24.47

    LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 132nd of 177 by UNCTAD

    Dominica: 24.47. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.

    World median
    60.84
    Best in Caribbean
    128.69 Dominican Republic

  2. Key 2 of 4

    Container Import Dwell Time

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0

    1.5

    Median days a full import container waits in port

    Lower is better

    Dominica: 1.5. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.

    World median
    4.4
    Best in Caribbean
    1.2 Montserrat

  3. Key 3 of 4

    Logistics Performance Index

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0

    No reading

    LPI score (1–5)

    Higher is better

    World Bank Group publishes no 2023 figure for Dominica, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.

    World median
    2.9
    Best in Caribbean
    2.9 Antigua and Barbuda

  4. Key 4 of 4

    ICT Goods Exports

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    No reading

    ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

    Higher is better

    UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Dominica, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.

    World median
    0.975
    Best in Caribbean
    21.32 Cayman Islands

03In context

Dominica beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.

Caribbean
1st177thNot placed · 47 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on mobility & trade

Dominica and Caribbean

Dominica has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

CountryStandingLiner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in portLogistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5)ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Sint Maarten54th33.682.3——
Dominica58th24.471.5——
Antigua and Barbuda65th26.153.12.95.24
Grenada72nd23.1422.55.36
Saint Kitts and Nevis82nd11.791.8——
Dominican Republic87th128.695.32.60.87
British Virgin Islands90th11.792.2——
Cayman Islands95th7.3295.1—21.32
Bahamas97th86.446.12.7—
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103rd20.163.3——
Puerto Rico106th49.615.3——
Jamaica110th117.516.42.5—
Saint Lucia=126th27.284.9——
Barbados=128th35.436.1—0.57
Aruba134th17.984.2——
Trinidad and Tobago141st61.466.32.50.08
United States Virgin Islands142nd21.65.1——
Curaçao166th25.6110.1——
Cuba171st27.8415.22.2—
Haiti175th23.6721.62.1—
Anguillanot placed—1.9——
Montserratnot placed—1.2——
Saint Martinnot placed————
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed4.13———

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

Placed either side on mobility & trade

The countries immediately above and below Dominica in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Dominica is ahead of the world, and behind

13 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median1

Statistics on which Dominica does better than the middle country measured.

  • Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4229.34▲ Improved since 2014

    Dominica: 29.34 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.

    Position 74th of 170 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

Behind the world median1

Statistics on which Dominica does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4564.524No earlier reading

    Dominica: 4.524 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.

    Position 86th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

No better end11

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60224.34Moved since 2015

    Dominica: 24.34 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08912.75No real change since 2015

    Dominica: 12.75 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1737.54No real change since 2014

    Dominica: 37.54 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,45121,384No real change since 2015

    Dominica: 21,384 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-2.992Moved since 2013

    Dominica: -2.992 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.115Moved since 2015

    Dominica: 0.115 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8365No real change since 2024

    Dominica: 5 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3238,440No real change since 2015

    Dominica: 8,440 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2372.86Moved since 2015

    Dominica: 72.86 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.730Moved since 2016

    Dominica: 0 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,2690No real change since 2024

    Dominica: 0 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

No current reading for Dominica

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio (last 2008), Container Port Traffic (last 2020), Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Goods Exports (last 2023), Creative Services Exports (last 2013), Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Freedom of Foreign Movement, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Logistics Performance Index, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products (last 2020) and Trade (% of GDP). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Mobility & Trade among Dominica’s 10 topics

Mobility & Trade is Dominica’s 4th best-placed topic of 10. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile
  1. Education & Knowledge50th of 198
  2. Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 50th of 186
  3. Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 62nd of 198
  4. Mobility & Trade58th of 177
  5. Risk & Resilience64th of 193
  6. Food & Agriculture64th of 184
  7. Development & Human Capital96th of 196
  8. Governance & Institutions100th of 194
  9. Health & Wellbeing144th of 200
  10. Digital & Technology145th of 198

No standing on Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Poverty & Inequality, Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.

06The top of the list

Who leads on mobility & trade

The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Dominica can most readily be measured against.

All 177 countries
  1. 1

    Singapore

    South-eastern Asia

    1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Macau

    Eastern Asia

    2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Hong Kong

    Eastern Asia

    3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Americas

    United States7th4/4 keys

  2. Highest in Caribbean

    Sint Maarten54th2/4 keys

  3. This page

    Dominica58th2/4 keys

Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Analysis

Charts and analysis about Dominica and mobility & trade

All charts

08Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

Passport strength and visa-free travel are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, the cost of sending money home, migrant numbers, refugees and student mobility are published as context: they describe how much crosses a border, not how well a country handles it. Services sold over the internet are measured under Digital & Technology.

About mobility & trade, in full

How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.

The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

The other 13 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Dominica’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Dominica: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/dominica/mobility