Economic/Production & Innovation/Labour & Employment

Labour Adjustment, Transition & Formalisation

The capacity to move workers well: adjustment support for the displaced, managed transitions through industrial change and the formalisation machinery that brings informal work into the visible economy.
pending/cap/labour-adjustment-transition-formalisation
World mean
7.6
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–18
middle half 4.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.26
round 1 ±0.96 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Denmark, Sweden

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 17
Established 22
Transitional 37
Foundational 39
Nascent 65
Inception 15

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

Others in Labour & Employment

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Employment & Labour Force Participation8.50–17Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands
Labour Market Institutions & Wage Setting7.81–19Denmark, Sweden
Employment Services & Skills Matching7.60–18Denmark