MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman has been ranked among the top four Arab countries in the annual Agility Logistics Index for Emerging Markets for 2022, and ranked 14th globally and ranked with the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the best Arab countries in the field of logistics.

The index, in its thirteenth annual edition, ranks 50 emerging and leading markets in the world in terms of their competitiveness based on their logistical strengths and business climate.

In 2022, the index included, for the first time, monitoring the readiness of digital countries, which are factors that enhance the attractiveness of these markets for logistics service providers, agents, shipping lines, airlines, distributors and investors.

The index was based on a survey in which 756 specialists in the supply chain sector participated. China topped the index, followed by India, then the UAE, and then Malaysia. Kuwait ranked fifth in the Arab world, Jordan sixth, Morocco seventh, and Egypt eighth.