Soft/Human Capital/Digital & AI Competence

Advanced Digital & AI Skills

The capacity to develop a sufficient corps of specialists in advanced digital technologies, data and AI.
factbase.org/cap/YRZX1NCS1G
World mean
7.2
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–19
middle half 3.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.33
round 1 ±0.86 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3
Advanced 17
Established 23
Transitional 29
Foundational 33
Nascent 57
Inception 35

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 18 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
8 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.87
16 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
18 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±0.00
22 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
24 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14 Established ±0.43
25 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
28 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.00
29 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.43
31 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
32 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.00
33 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.83
35 🇪🇸Spain Europe 13 Established ±0.43
36 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
37 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.43
38 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
39 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.50
40 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
42 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
43 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
45 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
48 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
50 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
52 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
54 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.87
57 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
60 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
63 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
64 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
69 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
71 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
74 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
75 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
76 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
77 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±1.09
78 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
79 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
80 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
81 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
82 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
84 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
85 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
86 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 7 Foundational ±1.92
91 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇵🇦Panama Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇦🇱Albania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.71
105 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
106 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
107 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
108 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
110 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
111 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
112 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.87
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
115 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 5 Nascent ±1.92
116 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
117 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
119 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
120 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 5 Nascent ±1.09
121 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
122 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
123 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
124 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
125 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
126 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 4 Nascent ±0.83
127 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 4 Nascent ±0.71
128 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
130 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
133 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
135 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇦🇴Angola Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
142 🇧🇯Benin Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
147 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
153 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
154 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇹🇬Togo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
164 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
165 🇨🇬Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
166 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
167 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
168 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
169 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
170 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
171 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
172 🇳🇪Niger Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
173 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
174 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
175 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
176 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
177 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
178 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
179 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
180 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
181 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
182 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
185 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
186 🇹🇩Chad Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
187 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
189 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
190 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Digital & AI Competence

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Foundational Digital Skills8.01–18Finland, Singapore