If There Appears a Path to Improve Chinese Logistics Industry Efficiency in Low-Carbon Perspective? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Provincial Data

Table 4

Regional comprehensive and average efficiency from the perspective of low carbon in 2008–2017.

Annual efficiency value	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Mean
Eastern comprehensive efficiency	0.623	0.664	0.718	0.738	0.753	0.689	0.718	0.760	0.777	0.795	0.724
Central comprehensive efficiency	0.631	0.632	0.631	0.621	0.659	0.661	0.691	0.700	0.718	0.740	0.668
Western comprehensive efficiency	0.486	0.525	0.512	0.503	0.522	0.509	0.463	0.468	0.455	0.416	0.486
Mean of combined efficiency	0.580	0.608	0.623	0.625	0.648	0.621	0.625	0.645	0.652	0.652	0.628
Mean of pure technical efficiency	0.692	0.689	0.693	0.692	0.719	0.706	0.718	0.737	0.751	0.751	0.715
Mean of scale efficiency	0.844	0.888	0.902	0.905	0.902	0.887	0.879	0.879	0.869	0.864	0.882