Data for 1995

Economic Complexity Index, 1995

Name: Economic Complexity Index, 1995
Creator: Growth Lab at Harvard University
License: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XTAQMC

1995, as Growth Lab at Harvard University’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Economic Complexity Index, 1995 covers 140 countries. Japan is highest, at 1.933; Equatorial Guinea is lowest, at -2.934. The middle country reads 0.094.

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Economic Complexity Index · Data for 1995

HighestJapan

1.933

LowestEquatorial Guinea

-2.934

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

140countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
135distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
Public domain or CC0licence

01Growth Lab at Harvard University’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Economic Complexity Index, 1995, as published. The rank is Growth Lab at Harvard University’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Economic Complexity Index, 1995: every country, as published by Growth Lab at Harvard University.

1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.933
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.633
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.595
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.551
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.538
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.458
7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.348
8	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.310
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.276
10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.263
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.260
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.244
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.244
14	United States`USA`Northern America	1.238
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.233
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.171
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.148
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.132
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.131
20	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.112
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.103
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.055
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.040
24	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.939
25	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.922
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.916
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.887
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.883
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.816
30	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.795
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.779
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.774
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.768
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.760
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.733
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.683
37	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.679
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.678
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.675
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.666
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.628
42	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.628
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.624
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.621
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.618
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.614
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.550
48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.494
49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.441
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.436
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.423
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.406
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.405
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.404
55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.400
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.397
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.378
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.378
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.371
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.354
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.314
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.287
63	Colombia`COL`South America	0.272
64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.259
65	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.249
66	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.219
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.208
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.205
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.128
70	Chile`CHL`South America	0.095
71	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.092
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.079
73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.032
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.006
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.046
76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.054
77	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.102
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.113
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.121
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.154
81	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.169
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.202
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.218
84	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.235
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.251
86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.263
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-0.264
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.264
89	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.297
90	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-0.367
91	Peru`PER`South America	-0.405
92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.410
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.456
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.492
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.495
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.502
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.561
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.564
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.593
100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-0.601
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.609
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.652
103	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.677
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.739
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.747
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-0.774
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.798
108	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.803
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.810
110	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.830
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.852
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.860
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.885
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.900
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.910
116	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.912
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.912
118	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-0.952
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.968
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-1.104
121	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.114
122	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-1.186
123	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.257
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-1.457
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.521
126	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-1.535
127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.562
128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-1.592
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.681
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-1.683
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.685
132	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.716
133	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.759
134	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.921
135	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.972
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-2.027
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-2.297
138	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-2.447
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-2.890
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-2.934

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Japan1.933
#2Sweden1.633
#3Switzerland1.595
#4Germany1.551
#5Finland1.538

Lowest

#140Equatorial Guinea-2.934
#139Papua New Guinea-2.890
#138Nigeria-2.447
#137Angola-2.297
#136DR Congo-2.027

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.094. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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

How values are stored

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 1995.
135 distinct values among 140
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.244. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is Growth Lab at Harvard University’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 140 countries has every column.

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Growth Lab at Harvard University (1995). Economic Complexity Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/economic-complexity/1995

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