Investment Attraction & Facilitation — 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.

foreign direct investment inflows
greenfield projects announced
investment regulatory restrictiveness score

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 23

Established 32

Transitional 25

Foundational 55

Nascent 40

Inception 18

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

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Investment Absorption & Linkages	7.3	0–18	Germany, Singapore
Outward Investment & Global Corporate Presence	5.9	0–20	United States