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Complexity Outlook Index, 2004

2004, as Growth Lab at Harvard University’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Complexity Outlook Index, 2004 covers 144 countries. India is highest, at 2.708; Nigeria is lowest, at -1.377. The middle country reads -0.127. Against 2003, 143 values changed (65 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Complexity Outlook Index · Data for 2004

HighestIndia

2.708

LowestNigeria

-1.377

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Growth Lab at Harvard University.
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.708
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.024
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.945
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.883
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.786
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.771
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.734
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.695
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.611
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.604
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.541
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.491
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.475
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1.468
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.356
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.350
PolandPOLEastern Europe1.294
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.265
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.241
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.210
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.144
CanadaCANNorthern America1.133
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.108
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.062
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.037

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. India2.708
  2. China2.024
  3. Spain1.945
  4. Netherlands1.883
  5. Portugal1.786

Lowest

  1. Nigeria-1.377
  2. Mauritania-1.349
  3. Sudan-1.330
  4. Botswana-1.323
  5. Cambodia-1.308

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.127. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 144 in both
  • 65 · 78rose · 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 2004.

  • 140 distinct values among 144

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.748. 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 (2004). Complexity Outlook Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/complexity-outlook/2004

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07Questions

Complexity Outlook Index, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest complexity outlook in Complexity Outlook Index, 2004?

India, at 2.708, of the 144 countries in the file.

What year does Complexity Outlook Index, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Complexity Outlook Index, 2004 cover?

144.

Where can I download Complexity Outlook Index, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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