Talent Attraction & Retention — 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.

international researcher and student inflow
stay rate of international graduates
net migration of tertiary-educated

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 14

Established 12

Transitional 23

Foundational 37

Nascent 63

Inception 44

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	±0.43
3	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.71
19	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
20	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
21	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
22	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
23	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
24	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
25	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
26	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
27	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	12	Established	±0.71
28	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
29	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
30	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
31	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
32	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
33	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
34	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
35	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
36	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
37	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
38	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
39	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
40	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
41	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
42	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
43	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
44	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
45	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
46	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
47	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
48	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
49	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
50	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
51	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	9	Transitional	±2.12
52	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
53	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
54	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
55	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
56	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
57	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
59	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
60	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
61	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
62	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
63	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
64	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
65	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
66	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
68	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
70	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
71	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
72	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
73	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
74	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
75	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
76	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
78	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
80	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
81	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
82	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
83	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.71
84	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
85	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.87
86	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.87
87	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
88	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
89	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
90	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
92	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
93	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	5	Nascent	±1.30
94	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
95	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
96	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
98	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
99	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
100	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
101	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
102	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
104	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
105	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
106	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
107	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
108	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
110	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
111	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
112	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
113	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
114	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
117	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
118	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
120	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
121	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
122	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
123	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
124	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
125	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
126	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
127	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
128	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
129	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
130	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
131	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
132	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
133	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
134	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
135	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
137	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
138	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
140	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
142	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
143	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
147	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
148	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
150	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
151	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
153	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.71
154	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
155	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
156	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
157	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
158	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
159	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
160	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
161	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
162	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
163	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
164	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
165	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
166	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
167	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
168	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
169	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
170	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
171	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
172	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
173	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
174	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
175	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
176	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
177	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
178	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
179	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
180	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
181	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
182	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
183	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
184	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
185	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
186	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
187	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
188	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
189	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
190	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
191	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
193	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43

Others in Research Talent & Knowledge Creation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Research Workforce	7.2	1–20	United States
Knowledge Production	6.9	0–20	United States