Economic/Trade & Investment/Investment Attraction & Projection

Investment Absorption & Linkages

The capacity to make investment take root: supplier development, linkage programmes and the absorptive conditions that turn foreign presence into domestic capability rather than an enclave.
factbase.org/cap/09NJC7PA0S
World mean
7.3
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–18
middle half 4.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.35
round 1 ±0.91 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Germany, 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 19
Established 23
Transitional 25
Foundational 41
Nascent 59
Inception 28

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 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
2 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.87
4 🇺🇸United States Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.71
7 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
12 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
16 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
21 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.71
23 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.50
24 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.83
26 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.87
28 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 13 Established ±0.83
29 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
31 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
32 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
33 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
34 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.71
35 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
36 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
37 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 12 Established ±0.43
38 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
40 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 12 Established ±0.00
41 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
42 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
43 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
47 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
48 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
49 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
51 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
53 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
54 🇲🇹Malta Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
58 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
60 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
61 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
62 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
66 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
71 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
72 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
73 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
74 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
75 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
76 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
77 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
78 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
79 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
80 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
81 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
82 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
83 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
85 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
86 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
88 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
90 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
94 🇦🇱Albania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
99 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.83
103 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
107 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
112 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
113 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
115 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
116 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
117 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
119 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
120 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
121 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
122 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
123 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
124 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
125 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
126 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
127 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
128 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
129 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
130 🇧🇿Belize Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
131 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
135 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
136 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
145 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 4 Nascent ±1.48
146 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
150 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
153 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
166 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
168 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
170 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
171 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
172 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
173 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
174 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
175 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
176 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
177 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
178 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
179 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
180 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
181 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
182 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
183 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
184 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
185 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
186 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
187 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
189 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Investment Attraction & Projection

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Investment Attraction & Facilitation8.50–20Singapore
Outward Investment & Global Corporate Presence5.90–20United States