Economic/Trade & Investment/Global Value Chain Position

Value Chain Position & Upgrading

The capacity to hold and improve position within the chains: capturing more of the value added in what the nation exports, and moving toward the stages where the returns concentrate.
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World mean
7.5
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–19
middle half 4.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.26
round 1 ±0.85 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Japan, 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 8
Advanced 16
Established 20
Transitional 24
Foundational 42
Nascent 65
Inception 22

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

Others in Global Value Chain Position

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Value Chain Participation & Integration8.30–19China, Singapore
Regional Integration & Hub Anchoring8.40–19Singapore