Graduate Formation & Employability — 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.

graduate employment rate
graduates by field including science and engineering share
graduate earnings premium

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 20

Established 26

Transitional 43

Foundational 51

Nascent 52

Inception 4

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	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
4	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
22	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
23	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
24	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
25	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
26	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.87
27	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
29	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
30	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
31	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
32	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
33	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
34	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
35	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
36	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
37	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
38	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
39	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
40	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
41	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	12	Established	±0.71
42	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
43	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
44	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
45	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
46	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
47	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
48	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
49	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
50	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
51	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
53	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.83
54	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
56	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
58	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.71
59	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
63	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.71
64	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
65	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.71
70	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
71	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.71
72	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	9	Transitional	±1.09
74	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
75	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.83
76	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.87
83	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
86	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
88	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
89	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.83
91	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
92	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.23
93	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
94	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
95	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
96	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
97	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
99	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
100	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.87
102	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
105	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
106	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.83
107	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.87
109	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
110	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
112	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
113	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
114	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
115	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.09
116	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
117	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
119	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
121	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
122	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
123	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
124	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
125	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
126	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
129	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.58
130	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
131	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
134	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
135	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
136	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
137	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
139	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
140	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
141	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
143	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
145	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.83
146	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
150	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.87
152	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.87
153	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.87
154	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
155	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
158	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
159	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
161	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
164	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
166	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
178	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
179	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
183	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
184	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
186	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
188	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
189	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
191	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
192	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
193	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
194	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00

Others in Advanced Education

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Tertiary Access & Participation	9.6	1–18	Finland, South Korea
Doctoral & Research Training	7.5	0–20	United States