Education & Skills Infrastructure — 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.

school places relative to school-age population
classroom condition and connectivity rate
tertiary campus and laboratory capacity

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 21

Established 45

Transitional 47

Foundational 47

Nascent 31

Inception 0

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	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
6	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
7	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.87
8	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
12	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
13	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.83
15	🇺🇸United States	Americas	17	Advanced	±1.30
16	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
18	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
22	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
23	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
25	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
26	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.71
27	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
28	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
29	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
30	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
31	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
32	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
33	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
34	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
35	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
36	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
37	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
38	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	14	Established	±0.83
39	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
40	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
41	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
42	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
43	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
44	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
45	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
46	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
47	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
48	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
49	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
50	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
51	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
52	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
53	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
54	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.71
55	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	12	Established	±0.71
56	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
57	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
58	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
59	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
60	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
61	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
62	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
63	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
64	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
65	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12	Established	±0.83
66	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
67	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
68	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
69	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
70	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
71	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
72	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
73	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
74	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.71
75	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
76	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
77	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
79	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.50
80	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
81	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.87
82	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
85	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
87	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
88	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
89	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
92	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
93	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
95	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
96	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
97	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
98	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
99	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
100	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
101	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
102	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
103	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
104	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
105	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
106	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
107	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
108	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
109	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
110	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
111	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
112	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
113	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.50
114	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
115	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
116	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
117	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
118	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
119	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
120	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
121	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
122	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
123	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
124	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
125	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
126	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
130	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
133	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
136	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
137	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
138	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
139	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
140	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
143	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
144	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
145	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
146	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
148	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
149	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
150	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
151	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
153	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
154	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
155	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
156	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
157	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
158	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
159	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
160	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
161	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
162	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
163	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
164	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
165	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
166	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
167	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
169	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
170	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
172	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
173	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
178	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
179	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
182	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
183	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
184	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
185	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
188	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
189	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
190	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
191	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
192	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
193	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
194	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.64
195	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00

Others in Social Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Health Infrastructure	9.7	2–18	France, Germany, Japan
Public Health & Laboratories	9.1	1–19	United States
Medical Supply & Stockpiles	8.7	1–18	United States
Research & Scientific Facilities	5.6	0–20	United States
Housing, Community & Social Services	8.4	1–19	Singapore
Government & Public Administration	10.4	3–19	Singapore
Cultural, Community & Recreational Infrastructure	9.1	2–18	France, Germany, United Kingdom
Justice & Corrections	9.1	2–17	Australia, Canada, Denmark
Emergency Services & Civil Protection	9.1	2–18	France, Japan, Singapore
Hydrometeorology & Early Warning	9.2	0–20	Japan, United States