Work-Based Learning — National Capability Index

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.

apprentices per 1,000 employed
apprenticeship completion rate
employer participation in work-based training

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 12

Established 20

Transitional 26

Foundational 52

Nascent 64

Inception 19

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.

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

Others in Technical & Vocational Skills

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Occupational Skills & Certification	8.5	0–19	Germany, Switzerland