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Complexity Outlook Index, 2001

2001, as Growth Lab at Harvard University’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Complexity Outlook Index, 2001 covers 144 countries. India is highest, at 2.573; Turkmenistan is lowest, at -1.359. The middle country reads -0.085. Against 2000, 143 values changed (74 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Complexity Outlook Index · Data for 2001

HighestIndia

2.573

LowestTurkmenistan

-1.359

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Complexity Outlook Index, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 144 countries · select a heading to sort

Complexity Outlook Index, 2001: every country, as published by Growth Lab at Harvard University.
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.573
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.571
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.988
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.853
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.754
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.741
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.735
PolandPOLEastern Europe1.678
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.624
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.620
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.587
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.566
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.415
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1.373
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.368
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.338
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.335
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.162
HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.129
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.086
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.076
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.071
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.036
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.026
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.023

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. India2.573
  2. China2.571
  3. South Africa1.988
  4. Spain1.853
  5. Hong Kong1.754

Lowest

  1. Turkmenistan-1.359
  2. Nigeriashared-1.344
  3. Germanyshared-1.344
  4. Mauritania-1.320
  5. Sudan-1.295

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.085. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 144 in both
  • 74 · 69rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from Growth Lab at Harvard University’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2001.

  • 140 distinct values among 144

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.590. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 144 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC0 1.0. No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

Growth Lab at Harvard University (2001). Complexity Outlook Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/complexity-outlook/2001

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07Questions

Complexity Outlook Index, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest complexity outlook in Complexity Outlook Index, 2001?

India, at 2.573, of the 144 countries in the file.

What year does Complexity Outlook Index, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Complexity Outlook Index, 2001 cover?

144.

Where can I download Complexity Outlook Index, 2001?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Complexity Outlook Index, 2001 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Complexity Outlook Index, 2024.

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