Employment Services & Skills Matching — 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.

active labour programme expenditure share of GDP
job vacancy fill times
skills mismatch incidence

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 17

Established 20

Transitional 37

Foundational 46

Nascent 58

Inception 18

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

Others in Labour & Employment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Employment & Labour Force Participation	8.5	0–17	Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands
Labour Market Institutions & Wage Setting	7.8	1–19	Denmark, Sweden
Labour Adjustment, Transition & Formalisation	7.6	1–18	Denmark, Sweden