Economic/Trade & Investment/Export Capability & Sophistication

Export Promotion & Market Development

The capacity to take the nation's products to world markets: promotion organisations, market intelligence, missions and the standing machinery that turns capable producers into exporters.
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World mean
6.9
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
1–15
middle half 4.0–10.0
Panel SD
±2.36
round 1 ±0.96 — the honest estimate
Leader
15
Germany, Japan, Singapore

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 0
Advanced 4
Established 26
Transitional 32
Foundational 47
Nascent 73
Inception 15

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 🇩🇪Germany Europe 15 Advanced ±6.65
2 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±6.65
3 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±6.93
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±6.93
5 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 14 Established ±6.22
6 🇫🇷France Europe 14 Established ±6.22
7 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 14 Established ±6.22
8 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 14 Established ±6.22
9 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±6.06
10 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 14 Established ±6.36
11 🇺🇸United States Americas 14 Established ±6.36
12 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±5.50
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 13 Established ±5.63
14 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 13 Established ±5.63
15 🇨🇦Canada Americas 13 Established ±5.63
16 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 13 Established ±5.50
17 🇫🇮Finland Europe 13 Established ±5.63
18 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 13 Established ±5.63
19 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±5.63
20 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±5.50
21 🇪🇸Spain Europe 13 Established ±5.50
22 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 13 Established ±5.93
23 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13 Established ±5.63
24 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 12 Established ±5.20
25 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 12 Established ±4.92
26 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 12 Established ±4.92
27 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±5.20
28 🇳🇴Norway Europe 12 Established ±5.20
29 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±4.92
30 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±5.07
31 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±4.49
32 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±4.49
33 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 11 Transitional ±4.33
34 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 11 Transitional ±4.49
35 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±4.76
36 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±4.33
37 🇵🇱Poland Europe 11 Transitional ±4.64
38 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±4.64
39 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 10 Transitional ±4.06
40 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 10 Transitional ±4.21
41 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±3.77
42 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±3.96
43 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 10 Transitional ±3.77
44 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 10 Transitional ±4.21
45 🇲🇹Malta Europe 10 Transitional ±3.90
46 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±3.90
47 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 10 Transitional ±4.21
48 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±4.21
49 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 10 Transitional ±3.96
50 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 10 Transitional ±4.06
51 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 10 Transitional ±4.21
52 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 9 Transitional ±3.20
53 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±3.63
54 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 9 Transitional ±3.35
55 🇬🇷Greece Europe 9 Transitional ±3.63
56 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 9 Transitional ±3.20
57 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 9 Transitional ±3.63
58 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±3.20
59 🇷🇴Romania Europe 9 Transitional ±3.35
60 🇷🇺Russia Europe 9 Transitional ±3.54
61 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±3.20
62 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 9 Transitional ±3.63
63 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±2.60
64 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 8 Foundational ±2.77
65 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 8 Foundational ±3.03
66 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±3.03
67 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±2.69
68 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 8 Foundational ±3.03
69 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 8 Foundational ±2.77
70 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±2.60
71 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±2.69
72 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±2.69
73 🇵🇦Panama Americas 8 Foundational ±2.92
74 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 8 Foundational ±3.27
75 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 8 Foundational ±2.92
76 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±2.69
77 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±2.77
78 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 7 Foundational ±2.17
79 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±2.06
80 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±2.28
81 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7 Foundational ±2.49
82 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±2.49
83 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 7 Foundational ±2.49
84 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 7 Foundational ±2.45
85 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±2.49
86 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±2.17
87 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±2.17
88 🇦🇱Albania Europe 6 Foundational ±1.64
89 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±1.64
90 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±1.73
91 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±1.73
92 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±1.64
93 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 6 Foundational ±1.64
94 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.64
95 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±1.92
96 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.50
97 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±2.05
98 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.64
99 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 6 Foundational ±1.92
100 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±1.66
101 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 6 Foundational ±1.87
102 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±1.64
103 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 6 Foundational ±1.87
104 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±1.92
105 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±1.73
106 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6 Foundational ±1.64
107 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±1.64
108 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.92
109 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±1.64
110 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
111 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 5 Nascent ±1.12
112 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 5 Nascent ±1.23
113 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
114 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 5 Nascent ±1.23
115 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 5 Nascent ±1.23
116 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.87
117 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
118 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±1.23
119 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±1.12
120 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±1.23
121 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.87
122 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 5 Nascent ±1.23
123 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.87
124 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±1.09
125 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±1.30
126 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±1.23
127 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 5 Nascent ±1.48
128 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±1.23
129 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 5 Nascent ±1.48
130 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±1.09
131 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.87
132 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±1.09
133 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.87
134 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 5 Nascent ±1.23
135 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 5 Nascent ±1.30
136 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±1.09
137 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±1.23
138 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
139 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇧🇿Belize Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
141 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
143 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
145 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
147 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
149 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
150 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
153 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
154 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
155 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
157 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
159 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
160 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.71
161 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
162 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
164 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
179 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
183 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
184 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.83
185 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
186 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
187 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
188 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
189 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.87
190 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
191 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
192 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
193 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.87
194 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.83
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.87
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.83
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±1.30

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CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Export Credit & Trade Finance6.20–20China
Export Quality & Upgrading7.10–19Japan, United States