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Australia Logistics Growth Index falls to 49.8 in March 2026 — lowest in the series

10 April 2026 — Australia’s Logistics Growth Index, published today by the World Research Institute (WRI), registered 49.8 in March 2026, -1.7 on 51.5 in February 2026, signalling contraction in the economy’s logistics-sector activity (50 = no change).

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47 48 49 50 51 52 53 50 = no change 49.8 Jan '26 Feb '26 Mar '26 Source: World Research Institute (WRI) — intelligence.worldresearch.org/lgi

Key figures

  • Australia Logistics Growth Index: 49.8 (March 2026), prior 51.5, change -1.7
  • Rank: 36th of 42 economies; 16th of 16 in Asia-Pacific
  • Sharpest fall of the 42 economies this month.
  • Asia-Pacific Logistics Index: 52.1
  • World Logistics Index: 51.5
  • Lowest reading in the published series.
  • Next release: 7 November 2026, 09:00 UTC

Changes and ranks are calculated from unrounded readings, so a change can differ by 0.1 from the difference of the rounded figures shown, and economies with the same rounded reading can hold different ranks.

WRI’s assessment

Australia’s Logistics Growth Index fell 1.7 points to 49.8 in March 2026, slipping into contraction territory and marking the series low. The reading sits 1.03 points below the three-month average of 50.83, reflecting a broad-based pullback across seven of ten sub-indices.

Full Australia report — sub-indices, drivers and forecast →

“The reading sits 1.03 points below the three-month average of 50.83, reflecting a broad-based pullback across seven of ten sub-indices.”
— James Carter, Vice President, Research & Strategy, World Research Institute

About the Logistics Growth Index

The Australia Logistics Growth Index (LGI™) is one of 42 country readings in the World Research Institute’s monthly Logistics Index family — a GDP-weighted diffusion index of logistics-sector activity across 42 economies, four regions and a World reading. A reading above 50 signals expansion and below 50 contraction. The World and regional Logistics Index readings are published openly at intelligence.worldresearch.org/lgi; country reports are available to subscribers, to accredited journalists via press access, and any reader may claim one complimentary country edition. Methodology: /methodology.

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