Doctoral & Research Training — 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.

doctoral graduates per capita
doctoral graduates in science and engineering
time to degree and completion rate

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 20

Established 24

Transitional 25

Foundational 38

Nascent 49

Inception 37

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

Others in Advanced Education

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Tertiary Access & Participation	9.6	1–18	Finland, South Korea
Graduate Formation & Employability	8.4	1–18	United States