The 2015 OECD TFIs cover 152 countries across different geographical regions and levels of
development. Using cost estimates from the updated ESCAP-World Bank Trade Costs Dataset,
they provide the most current assessment of the potential impact of implementing the
measures included in the WTO TFA. They also allow countries to identify their strengths and
weaknesses in trade facilitation, prioritise areas for action and mobilise technical assistance
and capacity building in a more targeted way. The OECD TFIs measure the actual extent to
which countries have introduced and implemented trade facilitation measures in absolute
terms, but also their performance relative to others, using a series of quantitative measures
on key areas of the border process.
The updated OECD TFIs also allow countries to monitor their progress since 2012 and to
make comparisons with individual countries or groups of countries of interest. Two
interactive web tools allow users to compare country performance across the 11 trade
facilitation indicators, to discover the key measures driving the performance of a selected
country in a specific indicator, and to simulate the effects of potential policy reforms