Economic/Trade & Investment/Digital & Services Trade

Data Flows & Digital Trade Governance

The capacity to move data across borders on the nation's terms: the adequacy arrangements, certification mechanisms and digital-trade rules that keep the intangible economy flowing.
factbase.org/cap/PY5937NB1H
World mean
7.2
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–19
middle half 3.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.28
round 1 ±1.07 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Singapore

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 2
Advanced 21
Established 26
Transitional 24
Foundational 28
Nascent 57
Inception 39

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 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
4 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
5 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
12 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.71
18 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
23 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
24 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
25 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.00
26 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.50
27 🇲🇹Malta Europe 14 Established ±0.50
28 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
30 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.43
31 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.50
32 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
33 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
34 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 13 Established ±0.50
36 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
38 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
39 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
42 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
43 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
45 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 12 Established ±0.00
46 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
47 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
48 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
49 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 12 Established ±0.50
50 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
51 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
52 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
53 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
57 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 10 Transitional ±1.23
58 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 10 Transitional ±0.87
59 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
60 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
62 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
66 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
68 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
71 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
73 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
75 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
76 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
77 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 8 Foundational ±0.71
78 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
79 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
80 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
82 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
84 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
87 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
88 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
91 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
92 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
94 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
96 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
103 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
104 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
105 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
106 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
107 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
108 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
109 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
110 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
111 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
113 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
115 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
116 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
117 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
119 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
120 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
121 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
122 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
123 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
124 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
125 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
126 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
127 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
128 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
130 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
131 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
134 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
135 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
136 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
142 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
143 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
146 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
150 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
154 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
156 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇨🇬Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
160 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
161 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
162 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
163 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
164 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
165 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
166 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
167 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
168 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
169 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
170 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
171 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
173 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
174 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
175 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
176 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
177 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
178 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
179 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
180 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
181 🇹🇩Chad Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
182 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
183 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
184 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
185 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
186 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
187 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
188 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
189 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
190 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
191 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Digital & Services Trade

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Services Trade Capability8.01–20United States
Digital Trade & E-Commerce7.51–19Singapore, United States
Tourism & Visitor Economy9.21–19France, Spain