Soft/Human Capital/Digital & AI Competence

Foundational Digital Skills

The capacity to bring the whole adult population to basic digital competence.
factbase.org/cap/1E028BW81F
World mean
8.0
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–18
middle half 4.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.23
round 1 ±0.93 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Finland, 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 2
Advanced 21
Established 25
Transitional 40
Foundational 41
Nascent 49
Inception 19

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

Others in Digital & AI Competence

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Advanced Digital & AI Skills7.20–19United States