Regional Integration & Hub Anchoring — 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.

intra-regional trade share
regional agreement depth
hub-economy trade intensity

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 20

Established 24

Transitional 36

Foundational 48

Nascent 49

Inception 15

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

Others in Global Value Chain Position

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Value Chain Participation & Integration	8.3	0–19	China, Singapore
Value Chain Position & Upgrading	7.5	0–19	Japan, United States