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Complexity Outlook Index, 2022

2022, as Growth Lab at Harvard University’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Complexity Outlook Index, 2022 covers 145 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 2.929; Germany is lowest, at -1.706. The middle country reads -0.254. Against 2021, 145 values changed (76 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Complexity Outlook Index · Data for 2022

HighestTürkiye

2.929

LowestGermany

-1.706

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Growth Lab at Harvard University.
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2.929
SpainESPSouthern Europe2.726
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.724
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.314
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.750
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.719
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.696
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1.619
PolandPOLEastern Europe1.481
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.475
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.321
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.297
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.271
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.234
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.227
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe1.186
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.176
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1.121
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.103
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.103
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.076
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.073
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1.048
KenyaKENEastern Africa1.047
CanadaCANNorthern America1.039

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Türkiye2.929
  2. Spain2.726
  3. India2.724
  4. Portugal2.314
  5. Taiwan1.750

Lowest

  1. Germany-1.706
  2. Mauritania-1.300
  3. Nigeria-1.290
  4. Yemen-1.283
  5. Republic of the Congo-1.260

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.254. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 145values changed, of 145 in both
  • 76 · 69rose · 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 2022.

  • 136 distinct values among 145

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.103. 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 (2022). Complexity Outlook Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/complexity-outlook/2022

0630 held

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07Questions

Complexity Outlook Index, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest complexity outlook in Complexity Outlook Index, 2022?

Türkiye, at 2.929, of the 145 countries in the file.

What year does Complexity Outlook Index, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Complexity Outlook Index, 2022 cover?

145.

Where can I download Complexity Outlook Index, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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