Economic/Trade & Investment/Trade Policy & Market Access

Trade Law & Enforcement

The capacity to enforce the terms: remedy administration, dispute capability in international fora and the compliance machinery that defends the nation's traders and holds others to the rules.
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World mean
7.3
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–19
middle half 3.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.28
round 1 ±1.03 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
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 2
Advanced 21
Established 24
Transitional 23
Foundational 32
Nascent 67
Inception 28

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 19 Frontier ±0.71
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
6 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 16 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
15 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 15 Advanced ±0.87
16 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.87
17 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
23 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
24 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.50
25 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
27 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.50
28 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
29 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
30 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
33 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.83
34 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
36 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.43
37 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.83
38 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.43
40 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
42 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.50
43 🇵🇪Peru Americas 12 Established ±0.50
44 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.50
46 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
47 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
48 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
50 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
54 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇲🇹Malta Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
59 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
60 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.83
63 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
64 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
70 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
72 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
73 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
74 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
75 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
76 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 8 Foundational ±0.83
77 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
78 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
79 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
80 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.71
82 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
84 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
85 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
86 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
87 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
88 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇦🇱Albania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
96 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
104 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
105 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
106 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
107 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
108 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
110 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
111 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
112 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
113 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
115 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
116 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
117 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
118 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
119 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
120 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
121 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
122 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
123 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
124 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
125 🇧🇿Belize Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
126 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
127 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
128 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
130 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
132 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
135 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
136 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
147 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
154 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
164 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
171 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
172 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
173 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
174 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
175 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
176 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
177 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
178 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
179 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
180 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
181 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
182 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
183 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
185 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
186 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
187 🇹🇩Chad Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
188 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
189 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
191 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
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
Standards, Conformity & Quality Infrastructure8.40–20Germany