Competition & Market Contestability — 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.

product market regulation score
market concentration trends
merger and antitrust enforcement activity

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 20

Established 19

Transitional 29

Foundational 45

Nascent 50

Inception 33

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

Others in Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Entrepreneurship & Firm Creation	8.2	0–19	United States
Risk Capital & Scale-Up Finance	5.5	0–20	United States
Firm Growth, Exit & Renewal	7.2	0–19	United States