Major criteria	Sub-criteria	Ports
Major criteria	Sub-criteria	Dakar	Abidjan	Tema	Lomé	Cotonou	Lagos
Cargo volume	Container throughput	0.003	0.005	0.003	0.004	0.002	0.021
Port location	Hinterland distance	0.001	0.004	0.010	0.005	0.004	0.005
Port location	LSCI	0.0004	0.001	0.002	0.001	0.001	0.005
Port efficiency and performance	Port Efficiency	0.007	0.039	0.039	0.035	0.004	0.017
	SWT	0.002	0.016	0.004	0.014	0.001	0.005
	CDT	0.006	0.005	0.002	0.005	0.005	0.001
	STT	0.006	0.045	0.004	0.049	0.006	0.020
	TPT	0.003	0.011	0.001	0.003	0.003	0.003
	Crane Productivity	0.048	0.014	0.048	0.014	0.014	0.003
Port infrastructure	Water depth	0.006	0.027	0.006	0.018	0.003	0.002
	Berth length	0.002	0.007	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.007
	Terminal Size	0.003	0.002	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.007
Port costs	Handling cost	0.026	0.003	0.020	0.003	0.012	0.032
Political stability	PCIL	0.042	0.052	0.052	0.063	0.020	0.006
Total		0.1558	0.2319	0.1917	0.2146	0.0773	0.1344
Rank per priorities		4^th	1^st	3^rd	2^nd	6^th	5^th