Early Childhood Development — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 30

Established 42

Transitional 45

Foundational 45

Nascent 24

Inception 6

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Early Childhood Development. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Early Childhood Development	Child Health & Nutrition	Early Learning & School Readiness
1	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	19.0Frontier	19	19
2	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18.5Frontier	18	19
3	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	18.0Frontier	18	18
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18.0Frontier	19	17
5	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	18.0Frontier	18	18
6	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17.5Advanced	18	17
7	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17.5Advanced	18	17
8	🇫🇷France	Europe	17.0Advanced	17	17
9	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17.0Advanced	17	17
10	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16.5Advanced	17	16
11	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16.5Advanced	17	16
12	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16.5Advanced	17	16
13	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16.5Advanced	17	16
14	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	16.5Advanced	17	16
15	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16.5Advanced	17	16
16	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16.5Advanced	16	17
17	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16.5Advanced	17	16
18	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16.0Advanced	17	15
19	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	16.0Advanced	16	16
20	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16.0Advanced	17	15
21	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	16.0Advanced	16	16
22	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16.0Advanced	16	16
23	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16.0Advanced	16	16
24	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	15.5Advanced	16	15
25	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	15.5Advanced	16	15
26	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15.5Advanced	16	15
27	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	15.5Advanced	16	15
28	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	15.5Advanced	16	15
29	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15.5Advanced	16	15
30	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	15.0Advanced	16	14
31	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	15.0Advanced	15	15
32	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	15.0Advanced	16	14
33	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	15.0Advanced	16	14
34	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	15.0Advanced	16	14
35	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15.0Advanced	15	15
36	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14.5Established	15	14
37	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	14.5Established	15	14
38	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14.5Established	15	14
39	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14.5Established	15	14
40	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	14.5Established	15	14
41	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	14.5Established	15	14
42	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	14.0Established	14	14
43	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	14.0Established	14	14
44	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	14.0Established	15	13
45	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	14.0Established	15	13
46	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	14.0Established	15	13
47	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	14.0Established	15	13
48	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14.0Established	15	13
49	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	14.0Established	14	14
50	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	13.5Established	15	12
51	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	13.5Established	14	13
52	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	13.5Established	14	13
53	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	13.5Established	14	13
54	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13.5Established	14	13
55	🇺🇸United States	Americas	13.5Established	14	13
56	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	13.0Established	13	13
57	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13.0Established	13	13
58	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	13.0Established	14	12
59	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13.0Established	14	12
60	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	13.0Established	15	11
61	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	13.0Established	13	13
62	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	13.0Established	14	12
63	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	12.5Established	13	12
64	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	12.5Established	14	11
65	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12.5Established	13	12
66	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12.5Established	14	11
67	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	12.5Established	12	13
68	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12.5Established	14	11
69	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12.5Established	12	13
70	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	12.0Established	13	11
71	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12.0Established	12	12
72	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	12.0Established	12	12
73	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	12.0Established	12	12
74	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12.0Established	12	12
75	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12.0Established	14	10
76	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	12.0Established	12	12
77	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	12.0Established	13	11
78	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11.5Transitional	12	11
79	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	11.5Transitional	12	11
80	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	11.5Transitional	13	10
81	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	11.5Transitional	13	10
82	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	11.5Transitional	13	10
83	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11.5Transitional	11	12
84	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	11.0Transitional	12	10
85	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	11.0Transitional	12	10
86	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	11.0Transitional	12	10
87	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	11.0Transitional	11	11
88	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	11.0Transitional	11	11
89	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	11.0Transitional	12	10
90	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11.0Transitional	11	11
91	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	11.0Transitional	11	11
92	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	10.5Transitional	12	9
93	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	10.5Transitional	12	9
94	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	10.5Transitional	11	10
95	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10.5Transitional	11	10
96	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	10.5Transitional	11	10
97	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10.5Transitional	12	9
98	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	10.5Transitional	12	9
99	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	10.5Transitional	11	10
100	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10.5Transitional	11	10
101	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	10.5Transitional	10	11
102	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10.5Transitional	10	11
103	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10.0Transitional	11	9
104	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	10
105	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	10	10
106	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	10	10
107	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	10
108	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	10
109	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	10	10
110	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	9.5Transitional	10	9
111	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	9.5Transitional	10	9
112	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9.5Transitional	11	8
113	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9.5Transitional	9	10
114	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	9.5Transitional	9	10
115	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	9.5Transitional	10	9
116	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	9.5Transitional	10	9
117	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9.5Transitional	9	10
118	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	10	8
119	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	9.0Transitional	10	8
120	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	10	8
121	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	9.0Transitional	10	8
122	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	10	8
123	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	8.5Foundational	10	7
124	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	8.5Foundational	9	8
125	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8.5Foundational	8	9
126	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	8.5Foundational	9	8
127	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	8.5Foundational	9	8
128	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	8.5Foundational	9	8
129	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	8.5Foundational	9	8
130	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8.5Foundational	10	7
131	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	8.5Foundational	9	8
132	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8.0Foundational	8	8
133	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	8.0Foundational	8	8
134	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8.0Foundational	9	7
135	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	8.0Foundational	8	8
136	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7.5Foundational	9	6
137	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	7.5Foundational	9	6
138	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	7.5Foundational	9	6
139	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7.5Foundational	8	7
140	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	7.5Foundational	8	7
141	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	7.5Foundational	7	8
142	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7.0Foundational	8	6
143	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7.0Foundational	9	5
144	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	7	7
145	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7.0Foundational	7	7
146	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	6.5Foundational	7	6
147	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6.5Foundational	7	6
148	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6.5Foundational	7	6
149	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	6.5Foundational	8	5
150	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6.5Foundational	7	6
151	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	6.5Foundational	7	6
152	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6.5Foundational	6	7
153	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	6.5Foundational	7	6
154	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6.5Foundational	7	6
155	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	6.5Foundational	7	6
156	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6.5Foundational	7	6
157	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6.0Foundational	6	6
158	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6.0Foundational	6	6
159	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6.0Foundational	7	5
160	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	6.0Foundational	6	6
161	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	6.0Foundational	7	5
162	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	6	6
163	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	6.0Foundational	6	6
164	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	7	5
165	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	6	6
166	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	7	5
167	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6.0Foundational	6	6
168	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5.5Nascent	6	5
169	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5.5Nascent	6	5
170	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5.5Nascent	6	5
171	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5.5Nascent	6	5
172	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5.5Nascent	6	5
173	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5.5Nascent	6	5
174	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	5.5Nascent	6	5
175	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5.0Nascent	6	4
176	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5.0Nascent	6	4
177	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5.0Nascent	6	4
178	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5.0Nascent	6	4
179	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4.5Nascent	5	4
180	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4.5Nascent	5	4
181	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	4.5Nascent	6	3
182	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4.5Nascent	5	4
183	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4.5Nascent	5	4
184	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4.5Nascent	6	3
185	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4.5Nascent	5	4
186	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4.5Nascent	5	4
187	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4.0Nascent	5	3
188	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	4.0Nascent	4	4
189	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4.0Nascent	5	3
190	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4.0Nascent	5	3
191	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3.0Nascent	3	3
192	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2.5Inception	3	2
193	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2.5Inception	3	2
194	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2.5Inception	3	2
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2.5Inception	3	2
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2.5Inception	3	2
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0