Economic/Production & Innovation/Capability group

Technology Adoption & Diffusion

The capacity to spread what works: digital technology in use across firms and households, and the diffusion machinery that carries the frontier to the long tail of the economy.
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World mean
7.7
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0.5–18.5
middle half 4.0–10.5
Capabilities
2
2 capabilities beneath
Leader
18.5
United States

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3
Advanced 18
Established 20
Transitional 29
Foundational 46
Nascent 54
Inception 27

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Technology Adoption & Diffusion. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

# Nation Region Technology Adoption & Diffusion Digital Economy AdoptionIndustrial Technology Diffusion
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 18.5Frontier 1918
2 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18.0Frontier 1917
3 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18.0Frontier 1818
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17.5Advanced 1619
5 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17.5Advanced 1817
6 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17.0Advanced 1816
7 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17.0Advanced 1816
8 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17.0Advanced 1618
9 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17.0Advanced 1717
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16.5Advanced 1716
11 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16.5Advanced 1617
12 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 16.0Advanced 1715
13 🇫🇷France Europe 16.0Advanced 1616
14 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16.0Advanced 1715
15 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16.0Advanced 1715
16 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15.5Advanced 1516
17 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15.5Advanced 1615
18 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15.0Advanced 1614
19 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15.0Advanced 1515
20 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15.0Advanced 1614
21 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15.0Advanced 1614
22 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14.5Established 1712
23 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14.5Established 1613
24 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14.0Established 1315
25 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 14.0Established 1513
26 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14.0Established 1414
27 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13.5Established 1314
28 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 13.5Established 1611
29 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13.5Established 1611
30 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13.0Established 1313
31 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13.0Established 1313
32 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13.0Established 1412
33 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13.0Established 1313
34 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12.5Established 1213
35 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 12.5Established 1411
36 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12.5Established 1312
37 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12.5Established 1411
38 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12.0Established 1311
39 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12.0Established 1410
40 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12.0Established 1212
41 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12.0Established 1212
42 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11.5Transitional 1211
43 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 11.5Transitional 1211
44 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11.0Transitional 139
45 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11.0Transitional 1210
46 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 11.0Transitional 1111
47 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11.0Transitional 1210
48 🇷🇺Russia Europe 11.0Transitional 1210
49 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10.5Transitional 129
50 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10.5Transitional 129
51 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 10.5Transitional 1110
52 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 10.5Transitional 138
53 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 10.5Transitional 1110
54 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 10.5Transitional 1110
55 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 10.0Transitional 137
56 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10.0Transitional 119
57 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10.0Transitional 137
58 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 10.0Transitional 119
59 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10.0Transitional 119
60 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 10.0Transitional 128
61 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 9.5Transitional 118
62 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9.5Transitional 109
63 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 9.5Transitional 109
64 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 9.5Transitional 118
65 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9.5Transitional 109
66 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 9.5Transitional 118
67 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9.0Transitional 108
68 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9.0Transitional 117
69 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 9.0Transitional 135
70 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9.0Transitional 108
71 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8.5Foundational 107
72 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 8.5Foundational 98
73 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 8.5Foundational 107
74 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 8.5Foundational 116
75 🇵🇦Panama Americas 8.5Foundational 107
76 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8.5Foundational 98
77 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8.5Foundational 98
78 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 8.0Foundational 124
79 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8.0Foundational 106
80 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 8.0Foundational 106
81 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 8.0Foundational 124
82 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 8.0Foundational 106
83 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 7.5Foundational 96
84 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7.5Foundational 87
85 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 7.5Foundational 114
86 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7.5Foundational 96
87 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 7.5Foundational 114
88 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 7.5Foundational 96
89 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7.5Foundational 96
90 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7.5Foundational 87
91 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7.5Foundational 96
92 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7.5Foundational 96
93 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7.5Foundational 96
94 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 7.5Foundational 87
95 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7.0Foundational 95
96 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7.0Foundational 86
97 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 7.0Foundational 113
98 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7.0Foundational 86
99 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 7.0Foundational 86
100 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7.0Foundational 86
101 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 7.0Foundational 104
102 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 7.0Foundational 86
103 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 6.5Foundational 85
104 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 6.5Foundational 85
105 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 6.5Foundational 85
106 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 6.5Foundational 85
107 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6.5Foundational 76
108 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6.5Foundational 85
109 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 6.0Foundational 93
110 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6.0Foundational 75
111 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6.0Foundational 84
112 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6.0Foundational 93
113 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6.0Foundational 75
114 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6.0Foundational 75
115 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6.0Foundational 75
116 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6.0Foundational 75
117 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 5.5Nascent 74
118 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 5.5Nascent 65
119 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5.5Nascent 65
120 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 5.5Nascent 74
121 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 5.5Nascent 65
122 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5.5Nascent 74
123 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5.5Nascent 74
124 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5.5Nascent 74
125 🇧🇿Belize Americas 5.0Nascent 73
126 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5.0Nascent 73
127 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5.0Nascent 55
128 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 5.0Nascent 73
129 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5.0Nascent 55
130 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 5.0Nascent 73
131 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5.0Nascent 64
132 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5.0Nascent 64
133 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 5.0Nascent 73
134 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 5.0Nascent 73
135 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 5.0Nascent 73
136 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5.0Nascent 64
137 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5.0Nascent 64
138 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4.5Nascent 54
139 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 4.5Nascent 63
140 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4.5Nascent 54
141 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 4.5Nascent 54
142 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4.5Nascent 63
143 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 4.5Nascent 63
144 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4.5Nascent 63
145 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 4.5Nascent 63
146 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4.5Nascent 63
147 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4.0Nascent 53
148 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4.0Nascent 53
149 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 4.0Nascent 44
150 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 4.0Nascent 44
151 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4.0Nascent 44
152 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 4.0Nascent 53
153 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4.0Nascent 53
154 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 3.5Nascent 43
155 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3.5Nascent 43
156 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 3.5Nascent 43
157 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 3.5Nascent 52
158 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 3.5Nascent 52
159 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3.0Nascent 33
160 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3.0Nascent 42
161 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3.0Nascent 42
162 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3.0Nascent 42
163 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3.0Nascent 42
164 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 3.0Nascent 33
165 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3.0Nascent 51
166 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3.0Nascent 42
167 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3.0Nascent 42
168 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3.0Nascent 42
169 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3.0Nascent 33
170 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3.0Nascent 42
171 🇨🇬Congo Africa 2.5Inception 32
172 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2.5Inception 32
173 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 2.5Inception 32
174 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 2.5Inception 32
175 🇲🇱Mali Africa 2.5Inception 32
176 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 2.5Inception 32
177 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2.5Inception 32
178 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2.0Inception 22
179 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2.0Inception 31
180 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2.0Inception 31
181 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2.0Inception 31
182 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2.0Inception 31
183 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2.0Inception 31
184 🇳🇪Niger Africa 2.0Inception 22
185 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2.0Inception 13
186 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2.0Inception 31
187 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2.0Inception 22
188 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2.0Inception 31
189 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1.5Inception 21
190 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1.5Inception 21
191 🇹🇩Chad Africa 1.5Inception 21
192 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1.5Inception 21
193 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1.5Inception 21
194 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1.5Inception 21
195 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1.0Inception 11
196 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1.0Inception 11
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0.5Inception 10