Underrated Quality of Life Indicator: Reliability of Postal Services

You only truly appreciate good postal services after living in a country with unreliable ones. While African countries might come to mind, problems often start much closer to home. For example, Belgium has previously ranked below Moldova in international postal service rankings. In some cases, package delivery becomes a numbers game — with loss or theft rates reaching as high as 50%.

Below is a list of the world’s top-performing postal services.


Source: Statista

There are countries that don’t have postal services at all. Panama for example has not door to door services for mail. You have to get a mailbox.
If your postal services are unreliable, then there are two options:

  1. Get a mailbox, maildrop or commercial mail receiving agent in your country of residence. This often improves reliability.
  2. If this is not an option, get a mailbox abroad in a reliable country and pick up the mail from time to time or have it forwarded via FedEx.

Here is the complete international ranking of postal services:

 

Rank Country Region IPD Score
1 Switzerland Europe 100.00
2 Germany Europe 97.99
3 Austria Europe 97.73
4 Japan Asia-Pacific 97.29
5 France Europe 96.46
6 Netherlands Europe 96.36
7 Singapore Asia-Pacific 95.98
8 United Kingdom Europe 95.84
9 United States Americas 95.37
10 Slovenia Europe 94.74
11 Denmark Europe 94.54
12 Norway Europe 94.29
13 Finland Europe 94.15
14 Belgium Europe 93.87
15 Australia Asia-Pacific 93.46
16 Canada Americas 93.16
17 Luxembourg Europe 92.82
18 New Zealand Asia-Pacific 92.65
19 Sweden Europe 92.43
20 Estonia Europe 92.28
21 Ireland Europe 91.92
22 Portugal Europe 91.84
23 Czechia Europe 91.68
24 Spain Europe 91.52
25 Poland Europe 91.37
26 Italy Europe 91.24
27 Lithuania Europe 91.07
28 Hungary Europe 90.85
29 Latvia Europe 90.64
30 Malta Europe 90.23
31 Slovakia Europe 89.97
32 Cyprus Europe 89.87
33 Korea (Rep.) Asia-Pacific 89.56
34 Greece Europe 89.44
35 Croatia Europe 89.37
36 Bulgaria Europe 89.16
37 Romania Europe 88.92
38 Israel Arab States 88.64
39 Turkey Europe 88.41
40 Hong Kong (China) Asia-Pacific 88.09
41 China Asia-Pacific 87.98
42 Serbia Europe 87.74
43 Qatar Arab States 87.67
44 United Arab Emirates Arab States 87.54
45 Kuwait Arab States 87.22
46 Saudi Arabia Arab States 87.16
47 Brazil Americas 86.94
48 South Africa Africa 86.88
49 Malaysia Asia-Pacific 86.74
50 Thailand Asia-Pacific 86.51
51 Morocco Africa 86.37
52 India Asia-Pacific 85.79
53 Philippines Asia-Pacific 85.74
54 Indonesia Asia-Pacific 85.65
55 Vietnam Asia-Pacific 85.55
56 Ukraine Europe 85.39
57 Egypt Arab States 85.12
58 Belarus Europe 84.98
59 Chile Americas 84.92
60 Argentina Americas 84.75
61 Colombia Americas 84.67
62 Peru Americas 84.43
63 Pakistan Asia-Pacific 84.26
64 Mexico Americas 83.97
65 Jordan Arab States 83.84
66 Oman Arab States 83.76
67 Algeria Arab States 83.69
68 Tunisia Arab States 83.58
69 Kazakhstan Europe 83.41
70 Uzbekistan Europe 83.24
71 Georgia Europe 83.18
72 Azerbaijan Europe 83.09
73 Armenia Europe 82.96
74 Kyrgyzstan Europe 82.84
75 Moldova Europe 82.71
76 Mongolia Asia-Pacific 82.64
77 Sri Lanka Asia-Pacific 82.56
78 Bangladesh Asia-Pacific 82.43
79 Nepal Asia-Pacific 82.31
80 Myanmar Asia-Pacific 82.19
81 Laos Asia-Pacific 82.07
82 Cambodia Asia-Pacific 81.95
83 Brunei Asia-Pacific 81.83
84 Maldives Asia-Pacific 81.71
85 Bhutan Asia-Pacific 81.59
86 Afghanistan Asia-Pacific 81.47
87 Iran Asia-Pacific 81.35
88 Iraq Arab States 81.23
89 Syria Arab States 81.11
90 Lebanon Arab States 80.99
91 Yemen Arab States 80.87
92 Palestine Arab States 80.75
93 Sudan Africa 80.63
94 Libya Africa 80.51
95 Somalia Africa 80.39
96 Djibouti Africa 80.27
97 Eritrea Africa 80.15
98 Ethiopia Africa 80.03
99 Kenya Africa 79.91
100 Uganda Africa 79.79
101 Tanzania Africa 79.67
102 Rwanda Africa 79.55
103 Burundi Africa 79.43
104 South Sudan Africa 79.31
105 Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 79.19
106 Republic of the Congo Africa 79.07
107 Gabon Africa 78.95
108 Cameroon Africa 78.83
109 Central African Republic Africa 78.71
110 Chad Africa 78.59
111 Sudan (North) Africa 78.47
112 Ghana Africa 78.35
113 Nigeria Africa 78.23
114 Benin Africa 78.11
115 Togo Africa 77.99
116 Burkina Faso Africa 77.87
117 Mali Africa 77.75
118 Niger Africa 77.63
119 Senegal Africa 77.51
120 Gambia Africa 77.39
121 Guinea Africa 77.27
122 Guinea-Bissau Africa 77.15
123 Sierra Leone Africa 77.03
124 Liberia Africa 76.91
125 Côte d’Ivoire Africa 76.79
126 Gabon Africa 76.67
127 Equatorial Guinea Africa 76.55
128 Sao Tome and Principe Africa 76.43
129 Angola Africa 76.31
130 Namibia Africa 76.19
131 Botswana Africa 76.07
132 Zimbabwe Africa 75.95
133 Zambia Africa 75.83
134 Malawi Africa 75.71
135 Mozambique Africa 75.59
136 Madagascar Africa 75.47
137 Comoros Africa 75.35
138 Seychelles Africa 75.23
139 Mauritius Africa 75.11
140 Reunion Africa 74.99
141 Mayotte Africa 74.87
142 Lesotho Africa 74.75
143 Swaziland Africa 74.63
144 South Sudan Africa 74.51
145 Eritrea Africa 74.39
146 Somalia Africa 74.27
147 Djibouti Africa 74.15
148 Equatorial Guinea Africa 74.03
149 Central African Republic Africa 73.91
150 Chad Africa 73.79
151 Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas 73.67
152 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 73.55
153 Dominica Americas 73.43
154 Saint Lucia Americas 73.31
155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 73.19
156 Grenada Americas 73.07
157 Barbados Americas 72.95
158 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 72.83
159 Bahamas Americas 72.71
160 Belize Americas 72.59
161 Guyana Americas 72.47
162 Suriname Americas 72.35
163 French Guiana Americas 72.23
164 Fiji Asia-Pacific 72.11
165 Solomon Islands Asia-Pacific 71.99
166 Vanuatu Asia-Pacific 71.87
167 Papua New Guinea Asia-Pacific 71.75
168 Samoa Asia-Pacific 71.63
169 Tonga Asia-Pacific 71.51
170 Kiribati Asia-Pacific 71.39
171 Tuvalu Asia-Pacific 71.27
172 Nauru Asia-Pacific 71.15
Source: Universal Postal Union. [PDF Link]

 

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