Development & Policy 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.

development bank assets to GDP
policy lending disbursements
guarantee schemes outstanding

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 11

Established 23

Transitional 30

Foundational 46

Nascent 63

Inception 22

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	19	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.50
4	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇺🇸United States	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.71
8	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.87
14	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
15	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
16	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
17	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±1.48
18	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
19	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
20	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.71
21	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
22	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
23	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
24	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
25	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
26	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
27	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
29	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.71
30	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
31	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
32	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
33	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±1.09
34	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
35	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12	Established	±1.23
36	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
37	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.87
38	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
39	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
40	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	11	Transitional	±1.30
41	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
42	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
43	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	11	Transitional	±1.30
44	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.83
45	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
46	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
47	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.71
48	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
49	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±1.23
50	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
51	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.50
52	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
53	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.23
54	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	10	Transitional	±1.09
55	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
56	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
57	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.09
58	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.83
59	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.87
60	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
61	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
62	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
63	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
64	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
65	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.83
66	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
67	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.87
68	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	8	Foundational	±1.09
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.09
70	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.87
71	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±1.50
72	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	8	Foundational	±1.09
73	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
74	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
75	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
76	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.71
77	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.09
78	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.83
79	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.87
80	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
81	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
82	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.87
83	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±1.30
84	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.23
85	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.87
86	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
87	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
88	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.71
89	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.87
90	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±1.30
91	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.83
92	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.87
93	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.30
94	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.87
95	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±1.12
96	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
97	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.09
98	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.87
99	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.83
100	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
102	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.83
103	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	6	Foundational	±1.00
104	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
105	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.83
106	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
107	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.87
108	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.09
109	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.71
110	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
111	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
112	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
113	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
114	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
115	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
116	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
117	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
118	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.87
119	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
120	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
121	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
122	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
123	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
124	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
125	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.71
126	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
127	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
128	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
129	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
130	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.71
131	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
132	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
133	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.71
135	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
137	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.83
139	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
141	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
142	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
143	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
144	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.83
145	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.71
146	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.83
147	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.71
149	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.71
151	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.87
152	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.71
153	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
155	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.71
160	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
161	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
162	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
163	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.71
164	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
166	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±1.00
167	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.83
168	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.83
169	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.83
170	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
171	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
173	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.83
176	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
177	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
178	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
179	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
180	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
181	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
182	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
183	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
184	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
185	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
186	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
187	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
188	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
189	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
190	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
191	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
193	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
194	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00

Others in Financial System Depth & Access

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Banking System Capacity	9.0	1–19	Singapore, United States
Capital Markets Depth & Development	6.7	0–20	United States
Long-Term & Institutional Capital	7.4	0–19	Netherlands, Switzerland, United States
Financial Inclusion & Household Access	10.1	1–18	Denmark, Sweden