Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach

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.

creative goods and services exports
share of top global streaming and box office titles
music and publishing export earnings

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 12

Established 17

Transitional 18

Foundational 33

Nascent 60

Inception 52

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

Others in Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Cultural & Language Institutes	5.2	1–20	France
Heritage & Cultural Institutions	8.6	2–19	France, Italy
Education Diplomacy & Alumni Networks	6.2	1–20	United States
Sports & Major Events	7.5	1–20	United States