Economic/Trade & Investment/Trade Policy & Market Access

Trade Policy & Negotiation Capability

The capacity to design and negotiate trade policy: the standing ministries, analytical depth and negotiating benches that turn national interest into terms.
factbase.org/cap/AVXTSBPS21
World mean
8.4
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
1–19
middle half 5.0–12.0
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 4
Advanced 20
Established 29
Transitional 31
Foundational 49
Nascent 53
Inception 11

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 ±0.00
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
5 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
6 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
8 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±1.12
16 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇨🇱Chile Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
18 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
24 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
25 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
30 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
33 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.50
34 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 13 Established ±0.50
36 🇵🇪Peru Americas 13 Established ±0.00
37 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
38 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
39 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.43
41 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
42 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
43 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.00
44 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.50
45 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
46 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.43
47 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 12 Established ±0.43
48 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
49 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
50 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 12 Established ±0.00
51 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 12 Established ±0.43
52 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
53 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
54 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
59 🇲🇹Malta Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
60 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇵🇦Panama Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
62 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
63 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.71
70 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
71 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.87
76 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
78 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
80 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
81 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.83
83 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇦🇱Albania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
87 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
89 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.71
92 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
93 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
97 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
109 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 6 Foundational ±0.71
121 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
127 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
129 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
131 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
132 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
133 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
134 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
135 🇧🇿Belize Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
136 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
149 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
150 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
153 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
154 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
156 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
164 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
165 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
185 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
186 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
187 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
188 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
189 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
190 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.50

Others in Trade Policy & Market Access

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Market Access & Agreements Network9.50–19Singapore
Trade Law & Enforcement7.30–19United States
Standards, Conformity & Quality Infrastructure8.40–20Germany