Economic/Trade & Investment/Digital & Services Trade

Tourism & Visitor Economy

The capacity to import customers: destination development, access and visa machinery and the visitor economy that ranks among the largest export sectors on earth.
pending/cap/tourism-visitor-economy
World mean
9.2
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
1–19
middle half 5.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.34
round 1 ±1.14 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
France, Spain

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 21
Established 46
Transitional 36
Foundational 35
Nascent 39
Inception 14

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 🇫🇷France Europe 19 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇪🇸Spain Europe 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇮🇹Italy Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 18 Frontier ±0.50
6 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.43
7 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇬🇷Greece Europe 16 Advanced ±0.83
15 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
18 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
24 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
26 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.83
27 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 15 Advanced ±0.43
28 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 14 Established ±0.43
29 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.43
30 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 14 Established ±0.00
31 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 14 Established ±0.43
32 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 14 Established ±0.50
33 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇲🇹Malta Europe 14 Established ±0.00
35 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 14 Established ±0.43
36 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.43
37 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
38 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 14 Established ±0.43
39 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.50
40 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.43
42 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.50
43 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
44 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
45 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 13 Established ±0.71
46 🇫🇮Finland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
47 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.43
48 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
49 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 13 Established ±0.50
50 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 13 Established ±0.50
51 🇵🇪Peru Americas 13 Established ±0.50
52 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
53 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 13 Established ±0.50
54 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.71
55 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
56 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
57 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 12 Established ±0.43
58 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 12 Established ±0.43
59 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
60 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 12 Established ±0.00
61 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.50
62 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
63 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
64 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
65 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
66 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
67 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
68 🇵🇦Panama Americas 12 Established ±0.00
69 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
70 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
71 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
72 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 12 Established ±0.50
73 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 12 Established ±0.50
74 🇧🇿Belize Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 11 Transitional ±0.83
77 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
78 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 11 Transitional ±0.83
79 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
80 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
82 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
83 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
86 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
87 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
88 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
89 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
90 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
91 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
92 🇷🇴Romania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
93 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
94 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
95 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
96 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
97 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
98 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
99 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
100 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
101 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
102 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
103 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 9 Transitional ±0.83
104 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
105 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
106 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
107 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
108 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.83
109 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
110 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
112 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
116 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
117 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
120 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 7 Foundational ±2.18
123 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.71
125 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.71
126 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
127 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
129 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
130 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
131 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
133 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
134 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
135 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
136 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
137 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
138 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
139 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
140 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
141 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
142 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
143 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
144 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
145 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
150 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
153 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
156 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
157 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
162 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
164 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
175 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
182 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
185 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
187 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
189 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
190 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
192 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
193 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00

Others in Digital & Services Trade

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Services Trade Capability8.01–20United States
Digital Trade & E-Commerce7.51–19Singapore, United States
Data Flows & Digital Trade Governance7.20–19Singapore