Economic/Trade & Investment/Trade Policy & Market Access

Standards, Conformity & Quality Infrastructure

The capacity to prove that products conform: metrology, standards bodies, accreditation and certification, the quality infrastructure without which exports cannot enter regulated markets.
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World mean
8.4
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
0–20
middle half 4.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.33
round 1 ±1.03 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
Germany

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 6
Advanced 18
Established 31
Transitional 32
Foundational 37
Nascent 54
Inception 19

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 🇩🇪Germany Europe 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇫🇷France Europe 19 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
7 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
8 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇪🇸Spain Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
23 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
24 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
25 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
29 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.50
30 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.43
33 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
34 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 14 Established ±0.00
35 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
36 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
37 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 14 Established ±0.43
38 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
39 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
40 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.43
41 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.43
42 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 13 Established ±0.50
43 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
44 🇷🇴Romania Europe 13 Established ±0.43
45 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
46 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
47 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
48 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.00
49 🇨🇱Chile Americas 12 Established ±0.71
50 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
51 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.71
52 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.43
53 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.43
54 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
55 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
56 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.71
59 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 11 Transitional ±1.09
61 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.71
62 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
63 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
65 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.71
66 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 10 Transitional ±0.71
70 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.71
71 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
74 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
76 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 9 Transitional ±0.83
77 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
86 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
87 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇦🇱Albania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
97 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
98 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
102 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
105 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
108 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
109 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
110 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
111 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
116 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
117 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.83
121 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
122 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
124 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
126 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
127 🇧🇿Belize Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
128 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
129 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
130 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
131 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.71
135 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
137 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
141 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 5 Nascent ±0.87
144 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
147 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
149 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
157 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 4 Nascent ±1.23
158 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
165 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
171 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
180 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
181 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
182 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
183 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
185 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
186 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
187 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
189 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
191 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Trade Policy & Market Access

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Trade Policy & Negotiation Capability8.41–19United States
Market Access & Agreements Network9.50–19Singapore
Trade Law & Enforcement7.30–19United States