Data for 2010

Economic Complexity Index, 2010

Name: Economic Complexity Index, 2010
Creator: Growth Lab at Harvard University
License: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XTAQMC

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

Economic Complexity Index, 2010 covers 145 countries. Japan is highest, at 2.045; Sudan is lowest, at -2.652. The middle country reads -0.002. Against 2009, 145 values changed (91 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Economic Complexity Index · Data for 2010

HighestJapan

2.045

LowestSudan

-2.652

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

145countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Growth Lab at Harvard University.

1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.045
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.728
3	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.627
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.621
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.523
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.507
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.471
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.470
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.455
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.413
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.342
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.332
13	United States`USA`Northern America	1.316
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.262
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.257
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.247
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.188
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.180
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.152
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.150
21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.133
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.105
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.064
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.061
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.049
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.038
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.012
28	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.985
29	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.969
30	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.967
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.909
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.902
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.880
34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.797
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.795
36	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.784
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.779
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.762
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.751
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.749
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.727
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.707
43	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.688
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.656
45	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.551
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.535
47	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.532
48	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.532
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.512
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.511
51	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.500
52	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.482
53	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.471
54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.469
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.453
56	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.414
57	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.351
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.342
59	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.328
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.327
61	Colombia`COL`South America	0.294
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.282
63	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.240
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.216
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.209
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.206
67	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.193
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.185
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.126
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.119
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.066
72	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.036
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.002
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.045
75	Chile`CHL`South America	-0.049
76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.055
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.072
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-0.085
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-0.087
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.113
81	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-0.162
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.180
83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.196
84	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.203
85	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.206
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.277
87	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.310
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.320
89	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.353
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.374
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.393
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.460
93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.471
94	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.504
95	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.527
96	Peru`PER`South America	-0.527
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.560
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.562
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.565
100	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.570
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.596
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.600
103	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.620
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.701
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.745
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.769
107	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-0.783
108	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.793
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.798
110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.801
111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.814
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.829
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.843
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.855
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.871
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.974
117	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.989
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-1.039
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.058
120	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.069
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.099
122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.115
123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.117
124	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.143
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.196
126	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.242
127	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.276
128	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.300
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.311
130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.360
131	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.373
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.379
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.394
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.470
135	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.501
136	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.562
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-1.647
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-1.687
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.896
140	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-2.045
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-2.082
142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-2.166
143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-2.235
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-2.273
145	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-2.652

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Japan2.045
#2Switzerland1.728
#3Taiwan1.627
#4South Korea1.621
#5Germany1.523

Lowest

#145Sudan-2.652
#144Mauritania-2.273
#143Papua New Guinea-2.235
#142Myanmar-2.166
#141Guinea-2.082

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.002. “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
91 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

DR Congo-2.018 → -1.311+0.707
Burkina Faso-1.336 → -0.798+0.538
Mali-1.083 → -0.620+0.463
Niger-0.987 → -0.527+0.460
Laos-1.818 → -1.373+0.445

Fell most

Iraq-0.575 → -2.045−1.470
Equatorial Guinea-0.286 → -1.300−1.014
Mozambique-0.926 → -1.687−0.761
Albania0.357 → -0.374−0.731
Angola-0.489 → -1.099−0.610

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 2010.
143 distinct values among 145
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.532. 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 (2010). Economic Complexity Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/economic-complexity/2010

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