Economic/Trade & Investment/Export Capability & Sophistication

Export Quality & Upgrading

The capacity to climb the value ladder: moving the export basket toward more complex, higher-value and harder-to-imitate products, deliberately and continuously.
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World mean
7.1
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–19
middle half 3.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.35
round 1 ±0.91 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Japan, 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 8
Advanced 12
Established 23
Transitional 21
Foundational 36
Nascent 66
Inception 31

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 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
5 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
6 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
7 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
8 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
9 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 17 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇨🇦Canada Americas 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
24 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 14 Established ±0.50
25 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.50
26 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14 Established ±0.50
27 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.43
29 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.71
30 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
32 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
33 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.50
34 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
35 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.50
36 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
38 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
39 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13 Established ±0.50
40 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.50
42 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.50
43 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
45 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.71
47 🇬🇷Greece Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
48 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇲🇹Malta Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
52 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
55 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±1.23
57 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 10 Transitional ±1.23
58 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
62 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
66 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
67 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
68 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
69 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
70 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
71 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
72 🇵🇦Panama Americas 8 Foundational ±0.71
73 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
74 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
75 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
76 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
77 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
78 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
79 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
80 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
82 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
83 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.71
84 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
85 🇦🇱Albania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
86 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 6 Foundational ±1.09
95 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 6 Foundational ±0.83
96 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
102 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
103 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
104 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
105 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
106 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
107 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
108 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
110 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
111 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
113 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
115 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
116 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
117 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
118 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
119 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
120 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
121 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
122 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
123 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
124 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
125 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
126 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
127 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
128 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.83
130 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
131 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
133 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
134 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
135 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
136 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
138 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 3 Nascent ±0.83
139 🇦🇴Angola Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
141 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
142 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
143 🇧🇯Benin Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
148 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
149 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
153 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
155 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
159 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
160 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
161 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
162 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
163 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
165 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
168 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
169 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
170 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
171 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
172 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
173 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
174 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
175 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
176 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
177 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
178 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
179 🇳🇪Niger Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
180 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
181 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
182 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
183 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
185 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
187 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
189 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

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CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Export Promotion & Market Development6.91–15Germany, Japan, Singapore
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