Economic/Trade & Investment/Investment Attraction & Projection

Outward Investment & Global Corporate Presence

The capacity to project capital and companies abroad: outward investment at scale and the globally significant firms through which national economic presence operates in other people's markets.
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World mean
5.9
of 20 · median 4.0
Range
0–20
middle half 2.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.39
round 1 ±1.03 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

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 8
Advanced 15
Established 14
Transitional 14
Foundational 25
Nascent 47
Inception 74

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 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
6 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
7 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
8 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
9 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
16 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
18 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
24 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.43
29 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
32 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.00
33 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
34 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 12 Established ±0.50
35 🇷🇺Russia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
36 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
37 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
38 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
39 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
40 🇵🇱Poland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
41 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
42 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
43 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
44 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
45 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
48 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
49 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
52 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
53 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
54 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
55 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
56 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
57 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.83
58 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
59 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
60 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
61 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
62 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
63 🇲🇹Malta Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
64 🇵🇦Panama Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
65 🇷🇴Romania Europe 7 Foundational ±1.12
66 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 7 Foundational ±1.12
67 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
68 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
69 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
70 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
71 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
72 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
73 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 6 Foundational ±1.12
74 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
75 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
76 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.87
77 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
78 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
79 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
80 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
81 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
82 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
83 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
84 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
85 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±1.09
86 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
87 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
88 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
89 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
90 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
91 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.83
92 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
93 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
94 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
95 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
96 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
97 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
98 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
99 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
100 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
101 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
102 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±1.09
103 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
104 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
105 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
106 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
107 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
108 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
110 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
111 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
112 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
113 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
115 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
116 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
117 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
119 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
120 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
121 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
122 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
123 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
124 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
125 🇧🇯Benin Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
126 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
127 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
128 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
129 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
130 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
131 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
132 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
133 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
134 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
135 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
136 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
137 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
138 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
139 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
140 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
141 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
142 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
143 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
144 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
145 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
146 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
147 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
148 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
149 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
150 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
151 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
152 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.87
153 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
154 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
155 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
156 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
157 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
158 🇹🇩Chad Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
159 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
160 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
161 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
162 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
163 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
164 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
165 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
166 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
167 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
168 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
169 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
170 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
171 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
172 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
173 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
174 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
175 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
176 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
177 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
178 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
179 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
180 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
181 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
182 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
183 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
186 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
187 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
189 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
194 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
196 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Investment Attraction & Projection

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Investment Attraction & Facilitation8.50–20Singapore
Investment Absorption & Linkages7.30–18Germany, Singapore