Economic/Trade & Investment/Global Value Chain Position

Value Chain Participation & Integration

The capacity to take part in global production: the two-way integration, sourcing from the world and supplying into it, through which most trade now actually happens.
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World mean
8.3
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0–19
middle half 5.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.30
round 1 ±0.94 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
China, Singapore

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 8
Advanced 24
Established 21
Transitional 30
Foundational 43
Nascent 57
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 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
6 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
7 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
8 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.43
9 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
12 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
16 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
23 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
24 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
27 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
28 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
29 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
30 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
31 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
32 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
33 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.00
35 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
36 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.50
37 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
38 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 13 Established ±0.71
39 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
42 🇷🇴Romania Europe 13 Established ±0.00
43 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.00
44 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 12 Established ±0.00
45 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
46 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
47 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
48 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.43
49 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.00
50 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
51 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12 Established ±1.09
52 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
53 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.00
54 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇬🇷Greece Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
59 🇵🇦Panama Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
60 🇷🇺Russia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.87
61 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
64 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
69 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 10 Transitional ±1.09
72 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
74 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
78 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
79 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 9 Transitional ±1.23
80 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
81 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
83 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇦🇱Albania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
94 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.83
96 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 7 Foundational ±1.12
100 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.71
101 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
103 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
110 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
116 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
117 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 6 Foundational ±1.09
119 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
128 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
130 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇨🇬Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
135 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
147 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇧🇿Belize Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
162 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
165 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
169 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
181 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
185 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
187 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
189 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
190 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
192 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Global Value Chain Position

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Value Chain Position & Upgrading7.50–19Japan, United States
Regional Integration & Hub Anchoring8.40–19Singapore