Development Cooperation & Finance — 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.

official development assistance volume and share of national income
recipient country coverage
development finance commitments abroad

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 8

Advanced 9

Established 12

Transitional 14

Foundational 21

Nascent 44

Inception 89

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	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
5	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
6	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
7	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
8	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18	Frontier	±0.83
9	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
19	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
20	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
21	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
22	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
24	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
25	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
26	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
27	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	13	Established	±0.83
28	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
29	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
30	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
31	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
32	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
33	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
34	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.83
36	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
37	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.09
38	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
39	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
40	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
42	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
43	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
44	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
45	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.87
46	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
47	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
48	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
49	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
50	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
52	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
53	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
54	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
55	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
56	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
57	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
59	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
60	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
61	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.12
62	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
63	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	6	Foundational	±1.12
64	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
65	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
66	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
67	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.83
68	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
69	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
70	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.09
71	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.71
72	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.83
73	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
74	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
75	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±1.12
76	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
77	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
78	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
79	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	4	Nascent	±1.12
80	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
81	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	4	Nascent	±1.12
82	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±1.00
83	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
84	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±1.23
85	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.87
86	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	3	Nascent	±1.09
87	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
88	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
89	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.83
90	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
91	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
92	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
93	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	3	Nascent	±1.41
94	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
95	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
96	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
97	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
98	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
99	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
100	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
101	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.83
102	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.71
104	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
105	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
106	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.87
107	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
108	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
109	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	2	Inception	±0.83
110	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
111	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
112	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
113	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
114	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
115	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
116	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
117	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
118	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
119	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
120	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
121	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
122	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
123	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
124	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
125	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
126	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
127	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
128	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
129	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
130	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
131	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
132	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
133	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
134	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.83
135	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
136	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
137	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
138	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
139	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
140	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
141	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
142	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
143	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
144	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
145	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
146	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
147	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
148	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
149	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
150	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
151	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
152	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
153	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
154	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
155	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
156	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
157	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
158	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
159	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.83
160	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
161	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
162	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
163	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
164	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
165	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
166	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
167	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
168	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
169	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
170	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
171	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
172	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
173	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
174	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
175	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
176	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
177	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
178	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
179	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
180	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
181	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
182	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
183	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
184	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
185	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
187	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
188	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
189	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
190	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
191	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
193	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50

Others in Development Cooperation & Global Assistance

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Humanitarian Assistance & Response Abroad	5.3	1–18	United States