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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
India: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
India is placed 15th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 399.12 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 3 (2024).
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15th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place India 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.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
399.12
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 9th of 177 by UNCTAD
India: 399.12. 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 Southern Asia
- 399.12 India
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 75.26 · China 1,313 · Myanmar 37.01 · Pakistan 150.9
3
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
India: 3. 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 Southern Asia
- 3 India
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 6.2 · China 4 · Myanmar 10.2 · Pakistan 6.1
3.4
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 38th of 139 by World Bank Group
India: 3.4. 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 Southern Asia
- 3.4 India
- Land neighbours
- Bangladesh 2.6 · Bhutan 2.5 · China 3.7
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
5.71
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
India: 5.71. 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 Southern Asia
- 5.71 India
- Land neighbours
- China 21.32 · Myanmar 0.97 · Pakistan 0.06
02Over time
Which way India is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
IndiaWorld median
India rose from 211.67 in 2006 to 381.3 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year India World median 2026 381.3 56.21 2025 399.1 60.84 2024 358.5 55.22 2023 337.9 54.78 2022 307.0 51.49 2021 272.4 52.64 2020 256.8 47.86 2019 245.5 51.05 2018 255.4 52.03 2017 253.3 49.87 2016 259.4 48.09 2015 252.2 49.13 2014 239.5 48.08 2013 233.1 51.32 2012 235.5 47.44 2011 260.7 50.26 2010 242.7 50.51 2009 249.6 53.04 2008 262.4 51.68 2007 244.8 55.78 2006 211.7 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
IndiaWorld median
India rose from 3.071 in 2007 to 3.4 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year India World median 2023 3.400 2.900 2018 3.177 2.706 2016 3.420 2.734 2014 3.080 2.753 2012 3.076 2.773 2010 3.115 2.746 2007 3.071 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
IndiaWorld median
India rose from 1.6 in 2000 to 5.71 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year India World median 2024 5.71 0.975000 2023 4.20 0.690000 2022 2.77 0.565000 2021 2.18 0.550000 2020 2.01 0.680000 2019 1.90 0.625000 2018 1.14 0.480000 2017 0.81 0.630000 2016 0.90 0.865000 2015 0.83 0.790000 2014 0.91 0.760000 2013 1.53 0.645000 2012 1.94 0.630000 2011 2.07 0.535000 2010 1.72 0.560000 2009 3.19 0.780000 2008 0.67 0.595000 2007 0.91 0.660000 2006 0.98 0.445000 2005 0.99 0.570000 2004 1.27 0.535000 2003 1.51 0.530000 2002 1.40 0.510000 2001 1.85 0.490000 2000 1.60 0.430000
03In context
India 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.
India and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chinacompare | 9th | 1,313 | 4 | 3.7 | 21.32 |
| India | 15th | 399.12 | 3 | 3.4 | 5.71 |
 Pakistancompare | 107th | 150.9 | 6.1 | — | 0.06 |
 Bangladeshcompare | 112th | 75.26 | 6.2 | 2.6 | — |
 Myanmar | =136th | 37.01 | 10.2 | — | 0.97 |
 Bhutan | not placed | — | — | 2.5 | — |
 Nepalcompare | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Southern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below India in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where India is ahead of the world, and behind
28 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.
Ahead of the world median5
Statistics on which India does better than the middle country measured.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4278.0125.42No real change since 2014
India: 78.01 · 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 5th of 170 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47432.687.474No real change since 2014
India: 32.68 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 7th of 118 · derived.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2251.7573.225▲ Improved since 2016
India: 1.757 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.
Position 80th of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4562.5274.456No earlier reading
India: 2.527 · 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 138th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.21.2021.2▲ Improved since 2015
India: 1.202 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 88th of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which India does worse than the middle country measured.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2830.206▼ Worsened since 2015
India: 0.283 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 41st of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.2150.079No real change since 2018
India: 0.215 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 21st of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end21
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,45118,533,845444,451No real change since 2015
India: 18,533,845 · 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.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.17127.326.171Moved since 2014
India: 27.32 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,78823,898,0001,827,788No real change since 2014
India: 23,898,000 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 7th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3234,796,255223,323No real change since 2015
India: 4,796,255 · 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.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7328,830275.73No real change since 2016
India: 28,830 · 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.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2354.6661.235Moved since 2014
India: 4.666 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269238,64312,269Moved since 2015
India: 238,643 · 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.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83615,0751,836No real change since 2015
India: 15,075 · 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.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.664.593.66Moved since 2012
India: 4.59 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6029.9769.602Moved since 2015
India: 9.976 · 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.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4125.6827.41Moved since 2012
India: 25.68 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.681-0.133Moved since 2013
India: -0.681 · 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.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1740.4767.17Moved since 2014
India: 40.47 · 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.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3422.2636.34Moved since 2015
India: 22.26 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 102nd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2392.49103.23Moved since 2015
India: 92.49 · 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.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2791.9495.279Moved since 2013
India: 1.949 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6846.2779.68Moved since 2015
India: 46.27 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 111th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7224.0141.72Moved since 2015
India: 24.01 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 113th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.8-12.442.8No real change since 2012
India: -12.4 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.130.306Moved since 2015
India: 0.13 · 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.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0890.3316.089No real change since 2015
India: 0.331 · 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.
No current reading for India
Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2023). 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 India’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is India’s 2nd best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Digital & Technology5th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade15th of 1774/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge44th of 1983/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 44th of 1593/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions73rd of 1944/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability85th of 1864/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation86th of 1764/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 99th of 1824/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital114th of 1963/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 119th of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture111th of 1842/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing150th of 2003/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 140th of 1774/4 keys
- Gender & Equality154th of 1834/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience182nd of 1934/4 keys
No standing on 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 India can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern 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
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keysHighest in Southern Asia
India15th4/4 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 India and mobility & trade
About India
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
08Questions
India on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does India rank on mobility & trade?
India is placed 15th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time, Logistics Performance Index and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for India?
399.12 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for India?
3 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does India compare with China on mobility & trade?
China is placed 9th of 177, and India 15th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: China 1,313, India 399.12; Container Import Dwell Time: China 4, India 3; Logistics Performance Index: China 3.7, India 3.4; ICT Goods Exports: China 21.32, India 5.71.
How have India’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 211.67 in 2006 to 381.3 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 3.071 in 2007 to 3.4 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 1.6 in 2000 to 5.71 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for India?
No current reading is published for India on Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people 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, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
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
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 28 statistics on this page come from 8 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
India’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- India (banner) — Kumaravels derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY 2.5 in
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). India: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/india/mobility