Soft/Information & Influence/Diaspora & Global Communities

Diaspora Knowledge Networks & Circulation

The capacity to circulate talent home without demanding return: expert networks, mentoring and investment circuits and the programmes that turn brain drain into brain circulation.
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World mean
6.8
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
1–18
middle half 4.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.34
round 1 ±1.46 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
United States

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1
Advanced 11
Established 19
Transitional 32
Foundational 40
Nascent 74
Inception 20

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

Others in Diaspora & Global Communities

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Diaspora Engagement & Institutions7.92–17India, Israel