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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Philippines: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Philippines is placed joint 42nd 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 186.2 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 5.2 (2024).
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joint42nd
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Philippines 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
186.2
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 30th of 177 by UNCTAD
Philippines: 186.2. 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 South-eastern Asia
- 625.94 Singapore
5.2
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Philippines: 5.2. 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 South-eastern Asia
- 1.1 Brunei
3.3
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 43rd of 139 by World Bank Group
Philippines: 3.3. 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 South-eastern Asia
- 4.3 Singapore
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
43.57
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Philippines: 43.57. 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 South-eastern Asia
- 43.57 Philippines
02Over time
Which way Philippines 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
PhilippinesWorld median
Philippines rose from 118.45 in 2006 to 187.06 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Philippines World median 2026 187.06 56.21 2025 186.20 60.84 2024 181.84 55.22 2023 184.71 54.78 2022 161.01 51.49 2021 150.60 52.64 2020 154.98 47.86 2019 165.41 51.05 2018 174.12 52.03 2017 168.99 49.87 2016 172.22 48.09 2015 153.74 49.13 2014 136.23 48.08 2013 150.04 51.32 2012 143.79 47.44 2011 132.54 50.26 2010 134.52 50.51 2009 122.69 53.04 2008 118.41 51.68 2007 128.54 55.78 2006 118.45 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
PhilippinesWorld median
Philippines rose from 2.689 in 2007 to 3.3 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Philippines World median 2023 3.30 2.900 2018 2.90 2.706 2016 2.86 2.734 2014 3.00 2.753 2012 3.02 2.773 2010 3.14 2.746 2007 2.69 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
PhilippinesWorld median
Philippines rose from 36.85 in 2000 to 43.57 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Philippines World median 2024 43.6 0.975000 2023 47.4 0.690000 2022 49.8 0.565000 2021 47.3 0.550000 2020 49.5 0.680000 2019 47.8 0.625000 2018 37.0 0.480000 2017 34.0 0.630000 2016 39.8 0.865000 2015 38.9 0.790000 2014 31.2 0.760000 2013 23.6 0.645000 2012 25.9 0.630000 2011 18.0 0.535000 2010 22.5 0.560000 2009 33.3 0.780000 2008 27.9 0.595000 2007 31.1 0.660000 2006 44.9 0.445000 2005 44.6 0.570000 2004 34.8 0.535000 2003 36.6 0.530000 2002 38.0 0.510000 2001 38.6 0.490000 2000 36.9 0.430000
03In context
Philippines 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.
Philippines and South-eastern Asia
Philippines 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.
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Singapore | 1st | 625.94 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 34.65 |
 Malaysia | 6th | 523.33 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 35.21 |
 Thailand | 10th | 271.29 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 16.86 |
 Vietnamcompare | 29th | 463.83 | 3.6 | 3.3 | — |
 Indonesiacompare | =30th | 246.8 | 2 | 3 | 2.66 |
| Philippines | =42nd | 186.2 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 43.57 |
 Cambodia | =91st | 60.22 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.46 |
 Brunei | 96th | 23.13 | 1.1 | — | 0.06 |
 Timor-Leste | 111th | 12.23 | 3.1 | — | — |
 Myanmar | =136th | 37.01 | 10.2 | — | 0.97 |
 Laos | not placed | — | — | 2.4 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern 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 Philippines in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Philippines is ahead of the world, and behind
29 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 median4
Statistics on which Philippines does better than the middle country measured.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2251.6723.225▲ Improved since 2016
Philippines: 1.672 · 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 83rd of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47415.557.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Philippines: 15.55 · 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 28th of 118 · derived.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4245.1725.42▼ Worsened since 2014
Philippines: 45.17 · 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 41st of 170 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.1090.206No real change since 2015
Philippines: 0.109 · 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 90th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Philippines does worse than the middle country measured.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.20.9461.2▼ Worsened since 2015
Philippines: 0.946 · 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 101st of 176 · derived.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4940.5015.494▲ Improved since 2014
Philippines: 0.501 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 66th of 75 · derived.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.3570.079No real change since 2018
Philippines: 0.357 · 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 5th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.45627.464.456No earlier reading
Philippines: 27.46 · 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 1st of 174 · 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 444,4516,988,383444,451No real change since 2015
Philippines: 6,988,383 · 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.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.735,452275.73Moved since 2016
Philippines: 5,452 · 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.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,7889,216,8421,827,788Moved since 2014
Philippines: 9,216,842 · 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 25th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2352.3031.235Moved since 2014
Philippines: 2.303 · 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.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.3610.306Moved since 2015
Philippines: 0.361 · 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.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1717.7356.171Moved since 2014
Philippines: 7.735 · 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.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60210.49.602No real change since 2015
Philippines: 10.4 · 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 27.4126.9627.41Moved since 2012
Philippines: 26.96 · 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.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7240.2441.72Moved since 2015
Philippines: 40.24 · 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 74th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23100.01103.23Moved since 2015
Philippines: 100.01 · 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.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8369421,836No real change since 2015
Philippines: 942 · 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.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6866.7979.68Moved since 2015
Philippines: 66.79 · 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 84th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.830.742.8Moved since 2012
Philippines: 30.7 · 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.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32387,212223,323Moved since 2015
Philippines: 87,212 · 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.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.661.763.66Moved since 2012
Philippines: 1.76 · 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.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3426.5536.34Moved since 2015
Philippines: 26.55 · 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 94th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,2691,03212,269Moved since 2015
Philippines: 1,032 · 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.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-1.43-0.133Moved since 2013
Philippines: -1.43 · 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 67.1721.2167.17Moved since 2014
Philippines: 21.21 · 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.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2790.8655.279Moved since 2013
Philippines: 0.865 · 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.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0890.0756.089No real change since 2015
Philippines: 0.075 · 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.
“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 Philippines’s 16 topics
Mobility & Trade is Philippines’s best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Tradejoint 42nd of 1774/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 58th of 1824/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture66th of 1844/4 keys
- Digital & Technology71st of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 79th of 1944/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability81st of 1864/4 keys
- Gender & Equality84th of 1834/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 119th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation107th of 1764/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 112th of 1774/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital124th of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality105th of 1593/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing134th of 2004/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge135th of 1984/4 keys
- Energy125th of 1653/3 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 174th of 1934/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Philippines can most readily be measured against.
1SingaporeSouth-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 keysThis page
Philippines=42nd4/4 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 Philippines and mobility & trade
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.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Philippines 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 Philippines rank on mobility & trade?
Philippines is placed joint 42nd 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 Philippines?
186.2 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 Philippines?
5.2 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 have Philippines’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 118.45 in 2006 to 187.06 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.689 in 2007 to 3.3 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 36.85 in 2000 to 43.57 in 2024.
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 29 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
Philippines’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Philippines (banner) — Matthias Hiltner, CC BY 2.0
- 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). Philippines: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/philippines/mobility