Workforce Reskilling at Scale — 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.

participants in national reskilling programmes
individual learning account uptake
reskilled worker placement rate

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 14

Established 16

Transitional 35

Foundational 47

Nascent 63

Inception 21

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

Others in Lifelong Learning & Reskilling

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Adult Learning	7.8	1–18	Finland
Employer-Provided Training	7.3	1–18	Germany, Switzerland