Economic/Production & Innovation/Structural Transformation & Complexity

Economic Diversification

The capacity to broaden the productive base beyond incumbent sectors and commodities: the strategies, funds and delivery machinery that build the next economy before the current one fades.
factbase.org/cap/WBTN1PHJ30
World mean
7.8
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0–19
middle half 4.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.33
round 1 ±0.90 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
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 5
Advanced 16
Established 29
Transitional 25
Foundational 39
Nascent 62
Inception 21

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 19 Frontier ±0.50
2 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.71
7 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.43
25 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
29 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.00
30 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
31 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 13 Established ±0.50
32 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.43
33 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 13 Established ±0.43
35 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
36 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
38 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
39 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
40 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
42 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 12 Established ±0.83
43 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
44 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.50
46 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.00
47 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.00
48 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
49 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12 Established ±0.71
50 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.00
51 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
52 🇬🇷Greece Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
55 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
57 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
59 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
64 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.87
66 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
69 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.71
70 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
71 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
77 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
78 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
79 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
80 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.71
81 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
82 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
83 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
87 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
88 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
97 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 7 Foundational ±1.12
99 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 7 Foundational ±1.09
103 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
105 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
106 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 6 Foundational ±0.83
108 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
116 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
117 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
118 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
119 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
120 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
121 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
122 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
123 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
124 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 5 Nascent ±0.71
125 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
126 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
127 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
128 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
129 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
130 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
131 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
133 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 4 Nascent ±0.83
134 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
135 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇧🇿Belize Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
145 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±1.41
148 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
151 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
154 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
162 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
178 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
179 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
180 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
181 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
182 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
183 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
184 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
185 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
186 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
187 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
189 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
190 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
194 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
195 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

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