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Complexity Outlook Index, 2010

2010, as Growth Lab at Harvard University’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Complexity Outlook Index, 2010 covers 145 countries. Spain is highest, at 2.333; Germany is lowest, at -2.195. The middle country reads -0.081. Against 2009, 145 values changed (85 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Complexity Outlook Index · Data for 2010

HighestSpain

2.333

LowestGermany

-2.195

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, 2010, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 145 countries · select a heading to sort

Complexity Outlook Index, 2010: every country, as published by Growth Lab at Harvard University.
SpainESPSouthern Europe2.333
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.319
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.215
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2.214
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.737
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.582
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.578
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.497
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.490
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.473
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1.403
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.400
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1.344
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.292
ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.249
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.230
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.226
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.220
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.204
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1.192
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.189
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.166
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.143
CanadaCANNorthern America1.116
PolandPOLEastern Europe1.110

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Spain2.333
  2. Portugal2.319
  3. India2.215
  4. Türkiye2.214
  5. South Africa1.737

Lowest

  1. Germany-2.195
  2. Mauritania-1.406
  3. Sudan-1.388
  4. Yemen-1.314
  5. Nigeria-1.300

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.081. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 145values changed, of 145 in both
  • 85 · 60rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 2010.

  • 144 distinct values among 145

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.001. 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 145 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 (2010). Complexity Outlook Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/complexity-outlook/2010

0630 held

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07Questions

Complexity Outlook Index, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest complexity outlook in Complexity Outlook Index, 2010?

Spain, at 2.333, of the 145 countries in the file.

What year does Complexity Outlook Index, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Complexity Outlook Index, 2010 cover?

145.

Where can I download Complexity Outlook Index, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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