Occupational Skills & Certification — 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.

vocational enrolment share of upper secondary
certified skilled workers per capita
employer-reported skills shortage incidence

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 17

Established 26

Transitional 47

Foundational 50

Nascent 47

Inception 7

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

Others in Technical & Vocational Skills

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Work-Based Learning	7.2	1–19	Germany, Switzerland