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Complexity Outlook Index, 2016

2016, as Growth Lab at Harvard University’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Complexity Outlook Index, 2016 covers 145 countries. Spain is highest, at 2.556; Mauritania is lowest, at -1.377. The middle country reads -0.092. Against 2015, 145 values changed (69 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Complexity Outlook Index · Data for 2016

HighestSpain

2.556

LowestMauritania

-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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Growth Lab at Harvard University.
SpainESPSouthern Europe2.556
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.520
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2.437
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.101
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.911
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.800
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.567
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.499
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.486
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.470
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.464
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1.366
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.301
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe1.288
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.277
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.240
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.196
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.168
PolandPOLEastern Europe1.136
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.120
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.116
CanadaCANNorthern America1.105
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1.085
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.081
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.078

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Spain2.556
  2. India2.520
  3. Türkiye2.437
  4. Portugal2.101
  5. Netherlands1.911

Lowest

  1. Mauritania-1.377
  2. Nigeria-1.357
  3. Papua New Guinea-1.325
  4. Malawi-1.311
  5. Germany-1.305

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.092. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 145values changed, of 145 in both
  • 69 · 76rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Jordan0.164 → -0.270−0.434
  • Malawi-0.959 → -1.311−0.352
  • Panama0.972 → 0.626−0.346
  • Egypt1.818 → 1.499−0.319
  • Peru0.383 → 0.065−0.318

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 2016.

  • 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 (2016). Complexity Outlook Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/complexity-outlook/2016

0630 held

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07Questions

Complexity Outlook Index, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest complexity outlook in Complexity Outlook Index, 2016?

Spain, at 2.556, of the 145 countries in the file.

What year does Complexity Outlook Index, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Complexity Outlook Index, 2016 cover?

145.

Where can I download Complexity Outlook Index, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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