Economic/Trade & Investment/Trade Policy & Market Access

Market Access & Agreements Network

The capacity to hold open the world's markets: the negotiated network of agreements, measured by the share of trade it covers and the depth of what it secures.
factbase.org/cap/B2QAZDXZ2D
World mean
9.5
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
0–19
middle half 6.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.42
round 1 ±1.42 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
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 3
Advanced 42
Established 18
Transitional 38
Foundational 56
Nascent 30
Inception 10

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 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇦🇹Austria Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
5 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 17 Advanced ±0.83
6 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇮🇹Italy Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
8 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇺🇸United States Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇨🇱Chile Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.71
18 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
23 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.83
24 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 16 Advanced ±1.12
27 🇪🇸Spain Europe 16 Advanced ±0.71
28 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.71
29 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
30 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 15 Advanced ±1.00
31 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
32 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 15 Advanced ±1.00
33 🇬🇷Greece Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
34 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
35 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
36 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
37 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
38 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
39 🇲🇹Malta Europe 15 Advanced ±1.00
40 🇵🇪Peru Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
41 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
42 🇷🇴Romania Europe 15 Advanced ±1.30
43 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 15 Advanced ±1.00
44 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
45 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
46 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.43
47 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 14 Established ±0.50
48 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
49 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 13 Established ±0.00
51 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 13 Established ±0.00
52 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
53 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
54 🇵🇦Panama Americas 13 Established ±0.00
55 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.00
56 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
57 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
58 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.71
59 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
60 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
61 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.00
62 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
63 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±0.43
64 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
65 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
68 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
74 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
76 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
77 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
80 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
83 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
85 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
86 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
87 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
89 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
90 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
91 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
92 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
93 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
94 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
95 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 9 Transitional ±1.00
96 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
97 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
98 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
99 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
100 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
101 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
102 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇧🇿Belize Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
105 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
106 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
108 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
111 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
115 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
116 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
117 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
118 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
119 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
121 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
124 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
125 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇧🇯Benin Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
130 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
132 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
133 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
134 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
135 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
136 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
137 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
138 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
140 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
141 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
142 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
143 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
144 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
145 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.83
146 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
147 🇲🇱Mali Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
148 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
149 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
150 🇳🇪Niger Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
151 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
152 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
153 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
154 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
155 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.83
156 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
157 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
158 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇨🇬Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.87
162 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
165 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
171 🇹🇩Chad Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
172 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
174 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
175 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
176 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.87
180 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
181 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
184 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
185 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
186 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
187 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
189 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
190 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
192 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
194 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
196 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Trade Policy & Market Access

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Trade Policy & Negotiation Capability8.41–19United States
Trade Law & Enforcement7.30–19United States
Standards, Conformity & Quality Infrastructure8.40–20Germany