Productivity Growth & Allocative Efficiency

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.

total factor productivity growth
labour productivity per hour worked
productivity gap to frontier

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 18

Established 19

Transitional 31

Foundational 45

Nascent 56

Inception 25

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

Others in Economic Output & Productivity

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Productive Scale & Market Size	7.0	0–20	China, United States