Technical and Energy Efficiency of Urban Logistics in China: Empirical Analysis of 216 Prefecture-Level Cities

Table 4

Mean efficiency scores of urban logistics for 216 cities stratified by region for the period of 2009–2017.

Region	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Entire country	0.440	0.483	0.528	0.568	0.567	0.571	0.576	0.588	0.613
Eastern	0.525	0.573	0.612	0.644	0.631	0.637	0.645	0.653	0.675
Central	0.418	0.461	0.506	0.547	0.563	0.557	0.554	0.563	0.591
Western	0.329	0.364	0.416	0.467	0.460	0.481	0.494	0.517	0.540
Provincial capitals	0.597	0.630	0.673	0.699	0.714	0.718	0.719	0.724	0.745
Max	0.855	0.862	0.874	0.874	0.879	0.897	0.887	0.901	0.909
Min	0.062	0.069	0.072	0.080	0.090	0.083	0.082	0.064	0.070