Data for 2008

Economic Complexity Index, 2008

Name: Economic Complexity Index, 2008
Creator: Growth Lab at Harvard University
License: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XTAQMC

2008, as Growth Lab at Harvard University’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Economic Complexity Index, 2008 covers 145 countries. Japan is highest, at 1.916; Chad is lowest, at -2.671. The middle country reads 0.070. Against 2007, 144 values changed (77 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Economic Complexity Index · Data for 2008

HighestJapan

1.916

LowestChad

-2.671

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

145countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
143distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Growth Lab at Harvard University.

1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.916
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.624
3	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.560
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.545
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.523
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.476
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.435
8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.389
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.354
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.308
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.305
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.302
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.301
14	United States`USA`Northern America	1.244
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.215
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.203
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.187
18	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.160
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.128
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.101
21	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.097
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.092
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.060
24	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.052
25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.044
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.000
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.000
28	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.998
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.952
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.907
31	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.906
32	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.836
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.833
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.819
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.803
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.798
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.789
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.736
39	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.735
40	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.723
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.704
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.691
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.685
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.679
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.641
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.620
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.583
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.575
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.569
50	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.540
51	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.507
52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.471
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.470
54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.462
55	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.446
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.442
57	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.421
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.410
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.359
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.351
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.342
62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.305
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.276
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.256
65	Colombia`COL`South America	0.254
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.240
67	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.231
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.191
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.148
70	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.108
71	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.104
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.078
73	Chile`CHL`South America	0.070
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.065
75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.043
76	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.031
77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-0.012
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.036
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.038
80	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-0.041
81	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-0.092
82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.096
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.152
84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.166
85	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.209
86	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.214
87	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.254
88	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.265
89	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.270
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.304
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.327
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.327
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.443
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.458
95	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.459
96	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.460
97	Peru`PER`South America	-0.491
98	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.509
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.533
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.535
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.580
102	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.642
103	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.686
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.760
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.766
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.794
107	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.828
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.832
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.833
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.854
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.862
112	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.892
113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.896
114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.003
115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.006
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.024
117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.049
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.061
119	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-1.072
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.164
121	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.182
122	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-1.186
123	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.188
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.199
125	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-1.274
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-1.305
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.307
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.344
129	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-1.346
130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.356
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.394
132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.402
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.406
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.437
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.509
136	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.623
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.807
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.814
139	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.825
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-2.162
141	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-2.174
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-2.360
143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-2.517
144	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-2.536
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-2.671

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Japan1.916
#2Switzerland1.624
#3Taiwan1.560
#4Finland1.545
#5South Korea1.523

Lowest

#145Chad-2.671
#144Sudan-2.536
#143Papua New Guinea-2.517
#142Mauritania-2.360
#141Myanmar-2.174

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.070. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 145 in both
77 · 67rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Albania-0.296 → 0.351+0.647
Afghanistan-0.738 → -0.092+0.646
Angola-1.349 → -0.892+0.457
Botswana-0.338 → 0.078+0.416
Guinea-2.230 → -1.814+0.416

Fell most

Qatar0.586 → 0.031−0.555
Sudan-1.986 → -2.536−0.550
Algeria-0.635 → -1.006−0.371
Rwanda-0.707 → -1.072−0.365
Armenia0.724 → 0.359−0.365

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

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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 2008.
143 distinct values among 145
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.000. 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 145 countries has every column.

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Growth Lab at Harvard University (2008). Economic Complexity Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/economic-complexity/2008

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