Economic/Trade & Investment/Digital & Services Trade

Digital Trade & E-Commerce

The capacity to trade through platforms: cross-border electronic commerce, the digital agreements that enable it and the platform economy through which small firms reach the world.
factbase.org/cap/DW5QSK9D28
World mean
7.5
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
1–19
middle half 3.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.22
round 1 ±0.95 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Singapore, United States

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 3
Advanced 22
Established 23
Transitional 27
Foundational 37
Nascent 53
Inception 32

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

Others in Digital & Services Trade

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Services Trade Capability8.01–20United States
Data Flows & Digital Trade Governance7.20–19Singapore
Tourism & Visitor Economy9.21–19France, Spain