Foundational Learning — 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.

student assessment scores in reading, mathematics and science
learning poverty rate
learning-adjusted years of schooling

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 21

Established 39

Transitional 47

Foundational 54

Nascent 29

Inception 3

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

Others in Foundational Education

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Universal Schooling	11.0	0–18	Canada, Finland, Japan
Inclusive Reach	9.7	0–17	Finland, Norway
Teaching Workforce	9.6	1–19	Singapore