Child Health & Nutrition — National Capability Index

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.

under-five mortality rate
stunting prevalence
full childhood immunisation coverage

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 7

Advanced 41

Established 42

Transitional 45

Foundational 45

Nascent 16

Inception 1

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.

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

Others in Early Childhood Development

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Early Learning & School Readiness	9.8	0–19	Finland, Sweden