Economic/Production & Innovation/Industrial & Sectoral Base

Services Economy

The capacity to produce services at scale and rising productivity: the finance, ICT, professional, health, education and visitor sectors that constitute most of most economies.
pending/cap/services-economy
World mean
8.9
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
1–20
middle half 5.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.25
round 1 ±1.00 — 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 4
Advanced 22
Established 36
Transitional 38
Foundational 43
Nascent 42
Inception 12

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

Others in Industrial & Sectoral Base

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Manufacturing & Advanced Industry7.10–19China, Germany, Japan
Foundational & Process Industries7.10–20China
Agrifood & Primary Production8.50–19Netherlands, United States