Inclusive Reach — 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.

gender parity in enrolment and learning
achievement gap by socioeconomic status
rural-urban enrolment gap

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 0

Advanced 18

Established 51

Transitional 55

Foundational 44

Nascent 26

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	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.83
2	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.71
3	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.87
4	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.83
6	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.83
7	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.83
9	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±1.09
10	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.83
11	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.83
12	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.71
13	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.83
16	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.87
17	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	15	Advanced	±1.09
18	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	15	Advanced	±1.09
19	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
20	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
21	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14	Established	±0.71
22	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
23	🇫🇷France	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
24	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
25	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
26	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	14	Established	±1.23
27	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
28	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
29	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.71
30	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
31	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	14	Established	±1.12
32	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.71
33	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
34	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
35	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
36	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
37	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
38	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
39	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
40	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
41	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	13	Established	±0.71
42	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	13	Established	±0.83
43	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
44	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	13	Established	±0.83
45	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
46	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	13	Established	±0.83
47	🇺🇸United States	Americas	13	Established	±0.83
48	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.87
49	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
50	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
51	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
52	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.83
53	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12	Established	±0.83
54	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12	Established	±0.83
55	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	12	Established	±0.83
56	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
57	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.83
58	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12	Established	±0.71
59	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.71
60	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
61	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.71
62	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
63	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
64	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
65	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.87
66	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
67	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	12	Established	±0.87
68	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
69	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
70	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.87
71	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
72	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.83
73	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
74	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
75	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.71
77	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.50
78	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.83
81	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
86	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
87	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
88	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
89	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
90	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
91	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.09
92	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.71
93	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
94	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
95	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
96	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
97	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
98	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
99	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
100	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
101	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.83
102	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
103	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
104	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
105	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
106	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
107	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.87
108	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
109	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
110	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
111	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
112	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
113	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
114	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
115	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
116	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
117	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
118	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
119	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
120	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
121	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
122	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
123	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
124	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
125	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
126	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
127	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.50
129	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
130	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
131	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.09
132	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
135	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
136	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
137	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
138	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
139	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
140	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
141	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
142	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
143	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
144	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
145	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
146	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
148	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
149	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.71
150	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
151	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
153	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
154	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
155	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
156	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
157	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
158	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
159	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
160	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
161	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
162	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
163	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
164	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
165	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
166	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
167	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
168	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
169	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
171	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
175	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
176	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
178	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
179	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
180	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
181	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
182	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
184	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
186	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
187	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
188	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
189	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
191	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
192	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
193	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
194	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
195	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
196	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
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
Foundational Learning	9.5	0–19	Singapore
Teaching Workforce	9.6	1–19	Singapore