Structural Transformation & Complexity — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 0

Advanced 13

Established 19

Transitional 33

Foundational 43

Nascent 66

Inception 23

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Structural Transformation & Complexity. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Structural Transformation & Complexity	Economic Complexity & Capability Breadth	Economic Diversification	Regional & Place-Based Development
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	17.7Advanced	19	19	15
2	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17.3Advanced	19	18	15
3	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17.0Advanced	19	18	14
4	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16.7Advanced	19	18	13
5	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16.7Advanced	19	17	14
6	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	16.3Advanced	18	18	13
7	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16.3Advanced	19	17	13
8	🇫🇷France	Europe	16.0Advanced	17	17	14
9	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	15.7Advanced	18	17	12
10	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	15.7Advanced	17	16	14
11	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15.7Advanced	17	17	13
12	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15.0Advanced	16	16	13
13	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15.0Advanced	16	16	13
14	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	14.7Established	16	15	13
15	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	14.7Established	14	15	15
16	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	14.7Established	16	16	12
17	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14.3Established	16	15	12
18	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14.0Established	15	16	11
19	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	14.0Established	16	16	10
20	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13.7Established	16	14	11
21	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13.7Established	13	15	13
22	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13.3Established	14	14	12
23	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13.0Established	15	13	11
24	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13.0Established	14	14	11
25	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	12.7Established	12	14	12
26	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	12.7Established	13	14	11
27	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12.7Established	14	14	10
28	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	12.7Established	14	13	11
29	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12.3Established	14	13	10
30	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12.3Established	14	13	10
31	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12.3Established	13	13	11
32	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12.0Established	13	13	10
33	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11.7Transitional	12	12	11
34	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11.7Transitional	12	13	10
35	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	11.7Transitional	13	13	9
36	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	11.7Transitional	12	13	10
37	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	11.7Transitional	11	13	11
38	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	11.7Transitional	11	13	11
39	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	11.7Transitional	14	11	10
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	11.7Transitional	13	13	9
41	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	11.7Transitional	11	15	9
42	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11.7Transitional	12	13	10
43	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11.3Transitional	12	12	10
44	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10.7Transitional	11	11	10
45	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10.7Transitional	11	12	9
46	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	10.7Transitional	10	12	10
47	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	10.7Transitional	10	12	10
48	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10.7Transitional	11	12	9
49	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	10.3Transitional	11	10	10
50	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	10.3Transitional	10	11	11
51	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	10.3Transitional	11	10	10
52	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10.3Transitional	10	12	9
53	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	10.3Transitional	12	10	9
54	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	12	8
55	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	10.0Transitional	9	11	10
56	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	10.0Transitional	9	12	9
57	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	10.0Transitional	9	12	9
58	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	10.0Transitional	11	10	9
59	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	9.7Transitional	11	10	8
60	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9.7Transitional	11	10	8
61	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9.7Transitional	11	10	8
62	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	9.3Transitional	9	11	8
63	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	9.0Transitional	9	10	8
64	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9.0Transitional	9	10	8
65	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9.0Transitional	9	10	8
66	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	8.7Foundational	10	8	8
67	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	8.7Foundational	8	9	9
68	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	8.7Foundational	10	9	7
69	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8.3Foundational	8	10	7
70	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8.3Foundational	9	8	8
71	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8.3Foundational	7	9	9
72	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	8.3Foundational	7	10	8
73	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	8.3Foundational	6	10	9
74	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8.0Foundational	8	9	7
75	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	8.0Foundational	8	9	7
76	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8.0Foundational	7	9	8
77	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	8.0Foundational	9	8	7
78	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	8.0Foundational	8	8	8
79	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	7.7Foundational	6	9	8
80	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7.7Foundational	7	8	8
81	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	7.3Foundational	7	8	7
82	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	7.3Foundational	7	8	7
83	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7.3Foundational	7	8	7
84	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	8	7	7
85	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	7.3Foundational	8	7	7
86	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	7.0Foundational	7	7	7
87	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7.0Foundational	7	7	7
88	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7.0Foundational	6	8	7
89	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7.0Foundational	7	7	7
90	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	7.0Foundational	7	7	7
91	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7.0Foundational	6	8	7
92	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	7.0Foundational	8	7	6
93	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	6	8	7
94	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	6.7Foundational	6	7	7
95	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6.7Foundational	7	7	6
96	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6.7Foundational	6	7	7
97	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	6.7Foundational	6	7	7
98	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	6.7Foundational	5	8	7
99	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6.7Foundational	6	8	6
100	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	6.3Foundational	6	6	7
101	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	6.3Foundational	7	6	6
102	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	6.3Foundational	5	7	7
103	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6.3Foundational	6	7	6
104	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6.3Foundational	6	7	6
105	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6.0Foundational	5	6	7
106	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6.0Foundational	6	6	6
107	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	6.0Foundational	5	7	6
108	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	6.0Foundational	3	7	8
109	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	5.7Nascent	4	5	8
110	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5.7Nascent	5	5	7
111	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5.7Nascent	6	5	6
112	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	5.7Nascent	5	6	6
113	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	5.7Nascent	5	6	6
114	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	5.7Nascent	6	6	5
115	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5.7Nascent	5	6	6
116	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	5.3Nascent	5	5	6
117	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	5.3Nascent	4	6	6
118	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5.3Nascent	5	6	5
119	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	5.0Nascent	3	4	8
120	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5.0Nascent	5	5	5
121	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5.0Nascent	5	5	5
122	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	4	5	6
123	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	4.7Nascent	3	4	7
124	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4.7Nascent	4	5	5
125	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4.7Nascent	4	5	5
126	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	4.7Nascent	4	4	6
127	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	4.7Nascent	6	4	4
128	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	4.7Nascent	5	5	4
129	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	4.7Nascent	3	5	6
130	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	4.7Nascent	4	5	5
131	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	4.7Nascent	4	5	5
132	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	4.7Nascent	4	5	5
133	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	4.7Nascent	4	5	5
134	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	4.7Nascent	6	3	5
135	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4.7Nascent	5	4	5
136	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	4.3Nascent	4	4	5
137	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	4.3Nascent	3	4	6
138	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	4.3Nascent	3	5	5
139	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	3	4	6
140	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	4.3Nascent	3	5	5
141	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	4	4	5
142	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4.3Nascent	4	4	5
143	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	5	4	4
144	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	5	3	5
145	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	4.0Nascent	2	4	6
146	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	4.0Nascent	3	4	5
147	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	4.0Nascent	3	4	5
148	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4.0Nascent	4	4	4
149	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	4.0Nascent	3	5	4
150	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4.0Nascent	4	4	4
151	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4.0Nascent	4	4	4
152	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4.0Nascent	4	4	4
153	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	4.0Nascent	3	4	5
154	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	4.0Nascent	3	4	5
155	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	4.0Nascent	3	4	5
156	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	4.0Nascent	4	3	5
157	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
158	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
159	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
160	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3.7Nascent	3	3	5
161	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
162	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
163	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
164	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	3.7Nascent	3	3	5
165	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
166	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3.3Nascent	3	3	4
167	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	3	4
168	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3.0Nascent	3	3	3
169	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3.0Nascent	3	2	4
170	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	4	3
171	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	2	3	4
172	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	2	3	4
173	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	2	3	4
174	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	2	3	4
175	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2.7Inception	3	2	3
176	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2.7Inception	2	2	4
177	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2.7Inception	2	3	3
178	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	2.7Inception	1	3	4
179	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2.7Inception	2	3	3
180	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2.3Inception	2	2	3
181	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2.3Inception	2	2	3
182	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	2.3Inception	2	2	3
183	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2.3Inception	2	2	3
184	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2.3Inception	2	2	3
185	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2.3Inception	2	2	3
186	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	1	2	4
187	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	1	2	4
188	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	1	2	4
189	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2.0Inception	2	2	2
190	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	1	2	3
191	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2.0Inception	2	2	2
192	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	1	2	3
193	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1.7Inception	1	2	2
194	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1.7Inception	2	1	2
195	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	1	1	2
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1.3Inception	1	1	2
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0