Global Enabling Trade Report
The Global Enabling Trade Report was first published in 2008 by the World Economic Forum.[1]

The 2008 report covers 118 major and emerging economies. At the core of the report is the Enabling Trade Index which ranks the countries using data from different sources (e.g., World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion Survey, International Trade Centre, World Bank, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), IATA, ITU, Global Express Association).
The Enabling Trade Index measures the factors, policies and services that facilitate the trade in goods across borders and to destination. It is made up of four sub-indexes:
- Market access
- Border administration
- Transport and communications infrastructure
- Business environment
Each of these sub-indexes contains two to three pillars that assess different aspects of a country's trade environment.
2016 rankings
    
Global Enabling Trade Report 2016[2]
 Singapore 5.97 Singapore 5.97
 Netherlands 5.70 Netherlands 5.70
 Hong Kong 5.66 Hong Kong 5.66
 Luxembourg 5.63 Luxembourg 5.63
 Sweden 5.61 Sweden 5.61
 Finland 5.60 Finland 5.60
 Austria 5.52 Austria 5.52
 United Kingdom 5.52 United Kingdom 5.52
 Germany 5.49 Germany 5.49
.svg.png.webp) Belgium 5.45 Belgium 5.45
 Switzerland 5.45 Switzerland 5.45
 Denmark 5.42 Denmark 5.42
 France 5.37 France 5.37
 Estonia 5.32 Estonia 5.32
 Spain 5.28 Spain 5.28
 Japan 5.28 Japan 5.28
 Norway 5.27 Norway 5.27
 New Zealand 5.27 New Zealand 5.27
 Iceland 5.27 Iceland 5.27
 Ireland 5.27 Ireland 5.27
 Chile 5.26 Chile 5.26
 United States 5.24 United States 5.24
 United Arab Emirates 5.23 United Arab Emirates 5.23
.svg.png.webp) Canada 5.15 Canada 5.15
 Czech Republic 5.12 Czech Republic 5.12
.svg.png.webp) Australia 5.10 Australia 5.10
 South Korea 5.04 South Korea 5.04
 Portugal 5.01 Portugal 5.01
 Lithuania 5.01 Lithuania 5.01
 Israel 4.99 Israel 4.99
2014 rankings
    
Global Enabling Trade Report 2014[3]
 Singapore 5.9 Singapore 5.9
 Hong Kong 5.5 Hong Kong 5.5
 Netherlands 5.3 Netherlands 5.3
 New Zealand 5.2 New Zealand 5.2
 Finland 5.2 Finland 5.2
 United Kingdom 5.2 United Kingdom 5.2
 Switzerland 5.2 Switzerland 5.2
 Chile 5.1 Chile 5.1
 Sweden 5.1 Sweden 5.1
 Germany 5.1 Germany 5.1
 Luxembourg 5.1 Luxembourg 5.1
 Norway 5.1 Norway 5.1
 Japan 5.1 Japan 5.1
.svg.png.webp) Canada 5.0 Canada 5.0
 United States 5.0 United States 5.0
 United Arab Emirates 5.0 United Arab Emirates 5.0
 Denmark 5.0 Denmark 5.0
 Austria 5.0 Austria 5.0
 Qatar 4.9 Qatar 4.9
.svg.png.webp) Belgium 4.9 Belgium 4.9
 France 4.9 France 4.9
 Iceland 4.9 Iceland 4.9
.svg.png.webp) Australia 4.9 Australia 4.9
 Taiwan 4.9 Taiwan 4.9
 Malaysia 4.8 Malaysia 4.8
 Ireland 4.8 Ireland 4.8
 Spain 4.8 Spain 4.8
 Estonia 4.8 Estonia 4.8
 Mauritius 4.7 Mauritius 4.7
 South Korea 4.7 South Korea 4.7
2012 rankings
    
Global Enabling Trade Report 2012[4]
 Singapore 6.14 Singapore 6.14
 Hong Kong 5.67 Hong Kong 5.67
 Denmark 5.41 Denmark 5.41
 Sweden 5.39 Sweden 5.39
 New Zealand 5.34 New Zealand 5.34
 Finland 5.34 Finland 5.34
 Netherlands 5.32 Netherlands 5.32
 Switzerland 5.29 Switzerland 5.29
.svg.png.webp) Canada 5.22 Canada 5.22
 Luxembourg 5.20 Luxembourg 5.20
 United Kingdom 5.18 United Kingdom 5.18
 Norway 5.17 Norway 5.17
 Germany 5.13 Germany 5.13
 Chile 5.12 Chile 5.12
 Austria 5.12 Austria 5.12
 Iceland 5.08 Iceland 5.08
.svg.png.webp) Australia 5.08 Australia 5.08
 Japan 5.08 Japan 5.08
 United Arab Emirates 5.07 United Arab Emirates 5.07
 France 5.03 France 5.03
.svg.png.webp) Belgium 4.96 Belgium 4.96
 Ireland 4.96 Ireland 4.96
 United States 4.90 United States 4.90
 Malaysia 4.90 Malaysia 4.90
 Oman 4.86 Oman 4.86
 Estonia 4.85 Estonia 4.85
 Saudi Arabia 4.84 Saudi Arabia 4.84
 Israel 4.82 Israel 4.82
 Taiwan 4.81 Taiwan 4.81
 Bahrain 4.80 Bahrain 4.80
2010 rankings
    
Global Enabling Trade Report 2010[5]
 Singapore 6.06 Singapore 6.06
 Hong Kong 5.70 Hong Kong 5.70
 Denmark 5.41 Denmark 5.41
 Sweden 5.41 Sweden 5.41
 Switzerland 5.37 Switzerland 5.37
 New Zealand 5.33 New Zealand 5.33
 Norway 5.32 Norway 5.32
.svg.png.webp) Canada 5.29 Canada 5.29
 Luxembourg 5.28 Luxembourg 5.28
 Netherlands 5.26 Netherlands 5.26
 Iceland 5.26 Iceland 5.26
 Finland 5.25 Finland 5.25
 Germany 5.20 Germany 5.20
 Austria 5.17 Austria 5.17
.svg.png.webp) Australia 5.13 Australia 5.13
 United Arab Emirates 5.12 United Arab Emirates 5.12
 United Kingdom 5.06 United Kingdom 5.06
 Chile 5.06 Chile 5.06
 United States 5.03 United States 5.03
 France 5.02 France 5.02
 Ireland 5.00 Ireland 5.00
 Bahrain 4.95 Bahrain 4.95
 Estonia 4.90 Estonia 4.90
.svg.png.webp) Belgium 4.89 Belgium 4.89
 Japan 4.80 Japan 4.80
 Israel 4.76 Israel 4.76
 South Korea 4.72 South Korea 4.72
 Taiwan 4.72 Taiwan 4.72
 Oman 4.71 Oman 4.71
 Malaysia 4.71 Malaysia 4.71
2009 rankings
    
Global Enabling Trade Report 2009[6]
 Singapore 5.97 Singapore 5.97
 Hong Kong 5.57 Hong Kong 5.57
 Switzerland 5.44 Switzerland 5.44
 Denmark 5.44 Denmark 5.44
 Sweden 5.44 Sweden 5.44
.svg.png.webp) Canada 5.35 Canada 5.35
 Norway 5.33 Norway 5.33
 Finland 5.33 Finland 5.33
 Austria 5.29 Austria 5.29
 Netherlands 5.27 Netherlands 5.27
 New Zealand 5.27 New Zealand 5.27
 Germany 5.24 Germany 5.24
 Luxembourg 5.12 Luxembourg 5.12
.svg.png.webp) Australia 5.07 Australia 5.07
 Ireland 5.02 Ireland 5.02
 United States 5.02 United States 5.02
 France 5.02 France 5.02
 United Arab Emirates 4.97 United Arab Emirates 4.97
 Chile 4.96 Chile 4.96
 United Kingdom 4.93 United Kingdom 4.93
.svg.png.webp) Belgium 4.92 Belgium 4.92
 Estonia 4.84 Estonia 4.84
 Japan 4.78 Japan 4.78
 Bahrain 4.76 Bahrain 4.76
 Taiwan 4.75 Taiwan 4.75
 South Korea 4.73 South Korea 4.73
 Spain 4.72 Spain 4.72
 Malaysia 4.70 Malaysia 4.70
 Israel 4.66 Israel 4.66
 Portugal 4.63 Portugal 4.63
2008 rankings
    
Global Enabling Trade Report 2008[7]
 Hong Kong 6.04 Hong Kong 6.04
 Singapore 5.71 Singapore 5.71
 Sweden 5.66 Sweden 5.66
 Norway 5.65 Norway 5.65
.svg.png.webp) Canada 5.62 Canada 5.62
 Denmark 5.62 Denmark 5.62
 Finland 5.61 Finland 5.61
 Germany 5.58 Germany 5.58
 Switzerland 5.58 Switzerland 5.58
 New Zealand 5.52 New Zealand 5.52
 Netherlands 5.51 Netherlands 5.51
 Luxembourg 5.50 Luxembourg 5.50
 Japan 5.43 Japan 5.43
 United States 5.42 United States 5.42
 Austria 5.42 Austria 5.42
 United Kingdom 5.30 United Kingdom 5.30
.svg.png.webp) Australia 5.22 Australia 5.22
.svg.png.webp) Belgium 5.21 Belgium 5.21
 France 5.20 France 5.20
 Ireland 5.20 Ireland 5.20
 Taiwan 5.15 Taiwan 5.15
 Spain 5.03 Spain 5.03
 United Arab Emirates 4.96 United Arab Emirates 4.96
 South Korea 4.95 South Korea 4.95
 Estonia 4.89 Estonia 4.89
 Portugal 4.88 Portugal 4.88
 Chile 4.88 Chile 4.88
 Israel 4.76 Israel 4.76
 Malaysia 4.75 Malaysia 4.75
 Slovakia 4.74 Slovakia 4.74
References
    
-  Professor Robert Z. Lawrence, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, World Economic Forum, Editors (2008). "Global Enabling Trade Report 2008". World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Enabling Trade rankings".
- World Economic Forum. "Rankings: Global Enabling Trade Report 2014".
- "Global Enabling Trade Report 2012" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- World Economic Forum. "Rankings: Global Enabling Trade Report 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-27.
- Global Enabling Trade Report 2009 at Google Books
- Global Enabling Trade Report 2008 at Google Books
External links
    
- Professor Robert Z. Lawrence, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, World Economic Forum, Editors (2008). "Global Enabling Trade Report 2008". World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- The Global Enabling Trade Report 2010