Productive Scale & Market Size — 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.

GDP at purchasing power parity
share of world output
gross fixed capital formation to GDP
household consumption market size

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 11

Established 19

Transitional 32

Foundational 37

Nascent 63

Inception 32

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	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	20	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇺🇸United States	Americas	20	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
16	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
17	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
18	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
19	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
20	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
21	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
22	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	14	Established	±1.00
23	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
24	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
25	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
26	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	13	Established	±1.48
27	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
29	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
30	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
31	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
32	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
33	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
34	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
35	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
36	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
37	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
38	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
39	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
40	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
42	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
43	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.71
44	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
45	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
46	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±1.30
47	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
48	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
49	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
50	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
51	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
52	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.71
53	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
54	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
56	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
57	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
58	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
59	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.50
62	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
63	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.87
65	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
66	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
68	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
69	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
70	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
71	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.71
72	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
73	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
74	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.71
75	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
76	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
78	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
79	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.71
80	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
81	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
82	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
83	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.71
84	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
85	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
86	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.83
87	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
88	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
89	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.71
90	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
92	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
94	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
96	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
97	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.87
98	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
99	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
103	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
104	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
105	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
106	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
107	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
108	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
110	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
111	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
112	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
113	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
114	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
116	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
117	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
118	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
120	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
121	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
122	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
123	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
124	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
125	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
126	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
127	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
128	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
130	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
132	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
133	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
134	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
135	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
137	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
138	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
139	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
141	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
142	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
143	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
145	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
149	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
153	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
154	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
156	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
159	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
160	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
161	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.71
165	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
166	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
167	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
168	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
169	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
170	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
171	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
172	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
173	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
174	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
175	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
176	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
177	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
178	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
179	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
180	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
181	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
182	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
183	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
184	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
185	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
187	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
188	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
189	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
190	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
191	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
193	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
195	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Economic Output & Productivity

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Productivity Growth & Allocative Efficiency	7.4	0–19	United States