Economic/Trade & Investment/Digital & Services Trade

Services Trade Capability

The capacity to export services across every mode of supply: from cross-border delivery to commercial presence and the movement of professionals, education exports included.
factbase.org/cap/6JQPCGEM2S
World mean
8.0
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–20
middle half 4.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.30
round 1 ±0.97 — 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 20
Established 25
Transitional 30
Foundational 46
Nascent 51
Inception 21

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 ±0.43
3 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
8 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇪🇸Spain Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
23 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
24 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
25 🇬🇷Greece Europe 14 Established ±0.50
26 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 14 Established ±1.30
29 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.50
30 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 13 Established ±0.50
32 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
33 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.50
35 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
36 🇲🇹Malta Europe 13 Established ±0.71
37 🇵🇦Panama Americas 13 Established ±0.50
38 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
39 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
41 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
42 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
43 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 12 Established ±0.43
46 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.71
47 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
48 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
49 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.00
50 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
52 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.71
53 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
54 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
58 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
59 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
61 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
62 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
64 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
65 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
66 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
70 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
71 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
73 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
76 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
77 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
78 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
79 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
82 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
83 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
86 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
87 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
89 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
90 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
102 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
105 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇧🇿Belize Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
110 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
111 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
118 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
119 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
120 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
124 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
127 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
128 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
129 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
130 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
132 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
135 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±1.48
136 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
139 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
141 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
142 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
143 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
145 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±1.64
152 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
160 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
161 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
166 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
168 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
173 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
178 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
179 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
180 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
181 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
182 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
183 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
184 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
185 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
187 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
188 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
189 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
190 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
192 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00

Others in Digital & Services Trade

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Digital Trade & E-Commerce7.51–19Singapore, United States
Data Flows & Digital Trade Governance7.20–19Singapore
Tourism & Visitor Economy9.21–19France, Spain