Data for 2013
Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2013
2013, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
UNCTAD's Frontier Technology Readiness Index measures how ready a country is to use, adopt and adapt frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and blockchain. It combines five building blocks — ICT infrastructure, skills, research and patenting, high-tech industry and access to finance — into one score from 0 to 1.
Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2013 covers 171 countries on 6 measures. Germany is highest, at 1.0000; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.4627. Against 2012, 169 values changed (35 up, 134 down), the same countries are covered.
Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2013
HighestGermany
1.0000LowestSouth Sudan
0.0000Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2013, as published. UNCTAD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 171 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEUWestern Europe | 1.0000 | 0.8941 | 0.7638 | 0.8644 | 0.8505 | 0.8962 |
| 2 | GBRNorthern Europe | 0.9992 | 0.9019 | 0.7494 | 0.7702 | 0.8622 | 0.9511 |
| 3 | USANorthern America | 0.9929 | 0.6828 | 0.7649 | 0.9822 | 0.8135 | 0.9702 |
| 4 | IRLNorthern Europe | 0.9894 | 0.9904 | 0.8025 | 0.5317 | 1.0000 | 0.9181 |
| 5 | KOREastern Asia | 0.9774 | 1.0000 | 0.7095 | 0.8316 | 0.7621 | 0.9372 |
| 6 | NLDWestern Europe | 0.9730 | 0.8434 | 0.8313 | 0.7133 | 0.8356 | 0.9260 |
| 7 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 0.9589 | 0.9305 | 0.8313 | 0.5787 | 0.8664 | 0.9339 |
| 8 | DNKNorthern Europe | 0.9541 | 0.9287 | 0.8555 | 0.6442 | 0.7192 | 0.9666 |
| 9 | SWENorthern Europe | 0.9533 | 0.8650 | 0.7627 | 0.6587 | 0.8609 | 0.9385 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.9503 | 0.8292 | 1.0000 | 0.6963 | 0.5421 | 0.9344 |
| =11 | BELWestern Europe | 0.9484 | 0.9492 | 0.8619 | 0.6309 | 0.7312 | 0.8615 |
| =11 | CHEWestern Europe | 0.9484 | 0.7900 | 0.7273 | 0.6977 | 0.9038 | 0.9596 |
| 13 | FRAWestern Europe | 0.9469 | 0.8270 | 0.7229 | 0.8017 | 0.8284 | 0.9104 |
| 14 | FINNorthern Europe | 0.9288 | 0.8608 | 0.7768 | 0.6257 | 0.8143 | 0.9074 |
| 15 | CANNorthern America | 0.9192 | 0.7892 | 0.7162 | 0.7484 | 0.7585 | 0.9340 |
| 16 | JPNEastern Asia | 0.9037 | 0.8732 | 0.5122 | 0.8333 | 0.7997 | 0.9582 |
| 17 | ISRWestern Asia | 0.8993 | 0.7653 | 0.7444 | 0.6130 | 0.9153 | 0.8743 |
| 18 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 0.8939 | 0.9295 | 0.8630 | 0.5460 | 0.5446 | 0.9507 |
| 19 | LUXWestern Europe | 0.8838 | 0.8432 | 0.7718 | 0.4048 | 0.8680 | 0.9010 |
| 20 | ITASouthern Europe | 0.8718 | 0.7743 | 0.6646 | 0.7468 | 0.7307 | 0.9053 |
| 21 | AUTWestern Europe | 0.8703 | 0.8251 | 0.6984 | 0.6405 | 0.7518 | 0.9070 |
| 22 | HKGEastern Asia | 0.8541 | 0.8151 | 0.7043 | 0.4707 | 0.8305 | 0.9858 |
| 23 | NORNorthern Europe | 0.8477 | 0.7170 | 0.8203 | 0.5682 | 0.6231 | 0.9340 |
| 24 | CHNEastern Asia | 0.8354 | 0.5657 | 0.4283 | 1.0000 | 0.8357 | 0.9412 |
| 25 | ESPSouthern Europe | 0.8236 | 0.6193 | 0.6768 | 0.7305 | 0.6693 | 0.9492 |
| 26 | HUNEastern Europe | 0.8002 | 0.8332 | 0.6434 | 0.4804 | 0.8094 | 0.8430 |
| 27 | CZEEastern Europe | 0.7991 | 0.6872 | 0.6922 | 0.5724 | 0.7764 | 0.8516 |
| 28 | PRTSouthern Europe | 0.7986 | 0.8312 | 0.6332 | 0.5562 | 0.5939 | 0.9470 |
| 29 | RUSEastern Europe | 0.7947 | 0.7613 | 0.6599 | 0.6696 | 0.5491 | 0.8467 |
| 30 | ISLNorthern Europe | 0.7933 | 0.8841 | 0.8965 | 0.2443 | 0.5250 | 0.9205 |
| 31 | LTUNorthern Europe | 0.7827 | 0.9744 | 0.7585 | 0.3797 | 0.5481 | 0.8366 |
| 32 | MLTSouthern Europe | 0.7803 | 0.7424 | 0.6741 | 0.2331 | 0.9292 | 0.9161 |
| 33 | ESTNorthern Europe | 0.7713 | 0.7808 | 0.7430 | 0.3664 | 0.7058 | 0.8807 |
| 34 | ROUEastern Europe | 0.7679 | 0.9362 | 0.4971 | 0.5603 | 0.6883 | 0.8155 |
| 35 | SVKEastern Europe | 0.7606 | 0.7776 | 0.6070 | 0.4740 | 0.7624 | 0.8463 |
| 36 | LVANorthern Europe | 0.7525 | 0.7735 | 0.6821 | 0.4028 | 0.6745 | 0.8644 |
| 37 | SVNSouthern Europe | 0.7477 | 0.6210 | 0.7506 | 0.4193 | 0.7215 | 0.8750 |
| 38 | POLEastern Europe | 0.7448 | 0.5397 | 0.6470 | 0.6271 | 0.7038 | 0.8539 |
| 39 | GRCSouthern Europe | 0.7409 | 0.7255 | 0.6852 | 0.4865 | 0.5195 | 0.9298 |
| 40 | UKREastern Europe | 0.7266 | 0.7006 | 0.6241 | 0.5253 | 0.5578 | 0.8823 |
| 41 | BGREastern Europe | 0.7105 | 0.8329 | 0.5566 | 0.3886 | 0.6257 | 0.8762 |
| 42 | BRASouth America | 0.7103 | 0.5786 | 0.4738 | 0.6794 | 0.6384 | 0.8735 |
| 43 | CYPWestern Asia | 0.7100 | 0.6723 | 0.5797 | 0.2596 | 0.7564 | 1.0000 |
| 44 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 0.6869 | 0.5299 | 0.4503 | 0.5589 | 0.7762 | 0.9308 |
| 45 | INDSouthern Asia | 0.6822 | 0.4720 | 0.2935 | 0.7460 | 0.8159 | 0.8547 |
| 46 | ARGSouth America | 0.6736 | 0.6991 | 0.6289 | 0.4375 | 0.5736 | 0.7410 |
| 47 | CHLSouth America | 0.6729 | 0.7217 | 0.5479 | 0.4763 | 0.3992 | 0.9195 |
| 48 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 0.6660 | 0.7471 | 0.3739 | 0.4259 | 0.6983 | 0.9466 |
| 49 | SRBSouthern Europe | 0.6656 | 0.7325 | 0.5466 | 0.3318 | 0.6481 | 0.8322 |
| 50 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 0.6539 | 0.5675 | 0.4825 | 0.5086 | 0.5398 | 0.9361 |
| 51 | MEXCentral America | 0.6514 | 0.5594 | 0.4406 | 0.5898 | 0.7319 | 0.7967 |
| 52 | HRVSouthern Europe | 0.6430 | 0.7386 | 0.5891 | 0.2361 | 0.5973 | 0.8790 |
| 53 | COLSouth America | 0.6327 | 0.5802 | 0.6123 | 0.4444 | 0.4502 | 0.8288 |
| 54 | AREWestern Asia | 0.6248 | 0.5819 | 0.4800 | 0.3090 | 0.6760 | 0.8949 |
| 55 | SAUWestern Asia | 0.6240 | 0.6629 | 0.5707 | 0.4891 | 0.3327 | 0.8296 |
| 56 | BRBCaribbean | 0.6211 | 0.7847 | 0.6252 | 0.0975 | 0.5248 | 0.8971 |
| 57 | LBNWestern Asia | 0.6202 | 0.6174 | 0.4693 | 0.2838 | 0.6266 | 0.9078 |
| 58 | BHRWestern Asia | 0.6191 | 0.6466 | 0.4707 | 0.1476 | 0.7458 | 0.8809 |
| 59 | TUNNorthern Africa | 0.6161 | 0.6242 | 0.4652 | 0.3909 | 0.6239 | 0.8640 |
| 60 | TURWestern Asia | 0.6070 | 0.5668 | 0.4789 | 0.4865 | 0.4999 | 0.8676 |
| 61 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.6044 | 0.6266 | 0.4092 | 0.2288 | 0.8908 | 0.8159 |
| 62 | BLREastern Europe | 0.5997 | 0.5858 | 0.6802 | 0.2526 | 0.5292 | 0.7788 |
| 63 | MDAEastern Europe | 0.5908 | 0.8176 | 0.3601 | 0.3152 | 0.5554 | 0.8196 |
| 64 | CRICentral America | 0.5884 | 0.5022 | 0.4985 | 0.1810 | 0.8624 | 0.8500 |
| 65 | KAZCentral Asia | 0.5758 | 0.6045 | 0.5770 | 0.2546 | 0.5141 | 0.8246 |
| 66 | KWTWestern Asia | 0.5642 | 0.6255 | 0.4708 | 0.1836 | 0.4724 | 0.8668 |
| 67 | MKDSouthern Europe | 0.5627 | 0.7358 | 0.4851 | 0.1420 | 0.5030 | 0.8460 |
| 68 | PANCentral America | 0.5555 | 0.5609 | 0.4359 | 0.2218 | 0.6758 | 0.8778 |
| 69 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.5481 | 0.6293 | 0.3124 | 0.2843 | 0.6892 | 0.8908 |
| 70 | MNESouthern Europe | 0.5393 | 0.5986 | 0.6385 | 0.1202 | 0.3634 | 0.8571 |
| 71 | GEOWestern Asia | 0.5263 | 0.7073 | 0.5232 | 0.1323 | 0.3985 | 0.8297 |
| 72 | MARNorthern Africa | 0.5261 | 0.7175 | 0.2490 | 0.2590 | 0.5329 | 0.8976 |
| 73 | MUSEastern Africa | 0.5195 | 0.4256 | 0.4822 | 0.1449 | 0.5767 | 0.9185 |
| 74 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.5193 | 0.6067 | 0.6368 | 0.1246 | 0.3380 | 0.8071 |
| 75 | OMNWestern Asia | 0.5190 | 0.6741 | 0.4962 | 0.2009 | 0.3398 | 0.8248 |
| 76 | JORWestern Asia | 0.5182 | 0.5536 | 0.4077 | 0.2477 | 0.5283 | 0.8820 |
| 77 | BIHSouthern Europe | 0.5162 | 0.6365 | 0.4546 | 0.1670 | 0.4396 | 0.8685 |
| 78 | URYSouth America | 0.5087 | 0.5041 | 0.5136 | 0.2600 | 0.4421 | 0.7845 |
| 79 | FJIMelanesia | 0.5026 | 0.7463 | 0.3945 | 0.1323 | 0.3690 | 0.8876 |
| 80 | ALBSouthern Europe | 0.4975 | 0.6443 | 0.4660 | 0.1449 | 0.4030 | 0.8253 |
| 81 | AZEWestern Asia | 0.4907 | 0.6215 | 0.4317 | 0.2448 | 0.3026 | 0.8119 |
| 82 | IRNSouthern Asia | 0.4906 | 0.3892 | 0.4796 | 0.4373 | 0.2565 | 0.8399 |
| =83 | EGYNorthern Africa | 0.4882 | 0.3884 | 0.4767 | 0.3960 | 0.3739 | 0.7912 |
| =83 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.4882 | 0.3423 | 0.3386 | 0.3639 | 0.6342 | 0.8204 |
| 85 | LCACaribbean | 0.4760 | 0.6386 | 0.4283 | 0.0000 | 0.4845 | 0.9038 |
| 86 | PERSouth America | 0.4627 | 0.5470 | 0.4063 | 0.2277 | 0.3157 | 0.8246 |
| 87 | ECUSouth America | 0.4591 | 0.6142 | 0.4428 | 0.1633 | 0.3052 | 0.7990 |
| 88 | QATWestern Asia | 0.4545 | 0.6402 | 0.3788 | 0.2527 | 0.1518 | 0.8300 |
| 89 | BHSCaribbean | 0.4417 | 0.6199 | 0.5064 | 0.0807 | 0.0874 | 0.8758 |
| 90 | MNGEastern Asia | 0.4416 | 0.4517 | 0.5069 | 0.1246 | 0.2735 | 0.8670 |
| 91 | VENSouth America | 0.4355 | 0.5874 | 0.4710 | 0.2027 | 0.0996 | 0.8032 |
| 92 | SURSouth America | 0.4351 | 0.7087 | 0.3963 | 0.0000 | 0.2904 | 0.7966 |
| 93 | ARMWestern Asia | 0.4348 | 0.4272 | 0.3701 | 0.2485 | 0.3758 | 0.8353 |
| 94 | VCTCaribbean | 0.4303 | 0.5595 | 0.5229 | 0.0000 | 0.2353 | 0.8500 |
| 95 | MDVSouthern Asia | 0.4259 | 0.6250 | 0.5132 | 0.0000 | 0.2211 | 0.8072 |
| 96 | DOMCaribbean | 0.4196 | 0.5659 | 0.4119 | 0.0347 | 0.4549 | 0.7807 |
| 97 | JAMCaribbean | 0.4132 | 0.5404 | 0.4310 | 0.0898 | 0.2898 | 0.8028 |
| 98 | BOLSouth America | 0.4099 | 0.4601 | 0.4386 | 0.1042 | 0.2682 | 0.8321 |
| 99 | GABMiddle Africa | 0.4075 | 0.4550 | 0.3246 | 0.0695 | 0.4972 | 0.7399 |
| 100 | LKASouthern Asia | 0.4038 | 0.3338 | 0.3962 | 0.1897 | 0.4186 | 0.8138 |
| 101 | TTOCaribbean | 0.4003 | 0.4701 | 0.4640 | 0.0898 | 0.2683 | 0.7921 |
| 102 | CPVWestern Africa | 0.3990 | 0.6056 | 0.3494 | 0.0695 | 0.1905 | 0.8649 |
| 103 | SWZSouthern Africa | 0.3979 | 0.3675 | 0.3810 | 0.0000 | 0.6032 | 0.7701 |
| 104 | SLVCentral America | 0.3972 | 0.4198 | 0.3240 | 0.0695 | 0.5186 | 0.8532 |
| 105 | PRYSouth America | 0.3925 | 0.5133 | 0.4040 | 0.0695 | 0.3014 | 0.8160 |
| 106 | NAMSouthern Africa | 0.3854 | 0.3336 | 0.3219 | 0.1154 | 0.5000 | 0.8754 |
| 107 | BWASouthern Africa | 0.3821 | 0.4529 | 0.3473 | 0.0975 | 0.3362 | 0.8128 |
| 108 | NPLSouthern Asia | 0.3796 | 0.3536 | 0.2848 | 0.1670 | 0.3741 | 0.8513 |
| 109 | KGZCentral Asia | 0.3795 | 0.4192 | 0.3574 | 0.0695 | 0.5078 | 0.7438 |
| 110 | DZANorthern Africa | 0.3776 | 0.4184 | 0.4684 | 0.2673 | 0.0000 | 0.7402 |
| 111 | GHAWestern Africa | 0.3749 | 0.5597 | 0.2362 | 0.1782 | 0.3179 | 0.7416 |
| 112 | UZBCentral Asia | 0.3735 | 0.3773 | 0.3779 | 0.1202 | 0.5200 | 0.6962 |
| 113 | BLZCentral America | 0.3688 | 0.4044 | 0.3859 | 0.0551 | 0.3201 | 0.8411 |
| 114 | GTMCentral America | 0.3617 | 0.4007 | 0.2399 | 0.0898 | 0.4976 | 0.8126 |
| 115 | NGAWestern Africa | 0.3606 | 0.4609 | 0.3306 | 0.2534 | 0.1860 | 0.7157 |
| 116 | LBYNorthern Africa | 0.3547 | 0.3813 | 0.5205 | 0.0695 | 0.1271 | 0.7318 |
| 117 | KENEastern Africa | 0.3474 | 0.2906 | 0.2360 | 0.2209 | 0.4443 | 0.7983 |
| 118 | BTNSouthern Asia | 0.3473 | 0.5438 | 0.3543 | 0.0551 | 0.0855 | 0.8364 |
| 119 | GUYSouth America | 0.3436 | 0.3911 | 0.3443 | 0.0000 | 0.3323 | 0.8094 |
| 120 | SENWestern Africa | 0.3404 | 0.4157 | 0.1323 | 0.1670 | 0.4431 | 0.7915 |
| 121 | PAKSouthern Asia | 0.3368 | 0.3707 | 0.0626 | 0.3590 | 0.4334 | 0.7361 |
| 122 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.3222 | 0.3860 | 0.2104 | 0.0898 | 0.3915 | 0.8541 |
| 123 | WSMPolynesia | 0.3221 | 0.2917 | 0.4475 | 0.0000 | 0.4751 | 0.7542 |
| 124 | LSOSouthern Africa | 0.3164 | 0.3699 | 0.2766 | 0.0347 | 0.4375 | 0.7660 |
| 125 | CMRMiddle Africa | 0.3087 | 0.2592 | 0.2701 | 0.1549 | 0.3870 | 0.7264 |
| 126 | BGDSouthern Asia | 0.3069 | 0.2063 | 0.1702 | 0.2495 | 0.3517 | 0.8340 |
| 127 | STPMiddle Africa | 0.3046 | 0.4211 | 0.2692 | 0.0000 | 0.2995 | 0.8211 |
| 128 | NICCentral America | 0.3028 | 0.3720 | 0.2724 | 0.0898 | 0.2030 | 0.8091 |
| 129 | UGAEastern Africa | 0.2956 | 0.2409 | 0.2067 | 0.1721 | 0.4962 | 0.7211 |
| 130 | ZWEEastern Africa | 0.2910 | 0.3117 | 0.2186 | 0.1502 | 0.3039 | 0.7603 |
| 131 | PNGMelanesia | 0.2883 | 0.4304 | 0.1651 | 0.0551 | 0.3286 | 0.7871 |
| 132 | MDGEastern Africa | 0.2869 | 0.4307 | 0.1632 | 0.0975 | 0.4070 | 0.7120 |
| 133 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 0.2839 | 0.3462 | 0.2216 | 0.1154 | 0.2735 | 0.7704 |
| 134 | TJKCentral Asia | 0.2831 | 0.3141 | 0.3137 | 0.0000 | 0.3528 | 0.7593 |
| 135 | HNDCentral America | 0.2747 | 0.3246 | 0.2262 | 0.0000 | 0.2707 | 0.8587 |
| 136 | VUTMelanesia | 0.2704 | 0.2702 | 0.2316 | 0.0807 | 0.1854 | 0.8847 |
| 137 | DJIEastern Africa | 0.2631 | 0.2878 | 0.2483 | 0.0000 | 0.3517 | 0.7757 |
| 138 | MWIEastern Africa | 0.2625 | 0.1773 | 0.1924 | 0.1286 | 0.4435 | 0.6883 |
| 139 | BENWestern Africa | 0.2581 | 0.2358 | 0.2371 | 0.1202 | 0.2794 | 0.7483 |
| 140 | IRQWestern Asia | 0.2565 | 0.2492 | 0.3742 | 0.2027 | 0.0084 | 0.6607 |
| 141 | COMEastern Africa | 0.2548 | 0.2696 | 0.3040 | 0.0347 | 0.2306 | 0.7253 |
| 142 | TGOWestern Africa | 0.2541 | 0.1635 | 0.2735 | 0.0807 | 0.3161 | 0.7947 |
| 143 | MLIWestern Africa | 0.2530 | 0.3214 | 0.0488 | 0.0898 | 0.4036 | 0.7704 |
| 144 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 0.2513 | 0.3309 | 0.3589 | 0.0000 | 0.0532 | 0.7269 |
| 145 | LBRWestern Africa | 0.2431 | 0.3107 | 0.2094 | 0.0347 | 0.3752 | 0.7180 |
| 146 | MOZEastern Africa | 0.2423 | 0.2496 | 0.1500 | 0.1101 | 0.3174 | 0.7913 |
| 147 | GINWestern Africa | 0.2407 | 0.1621 | 0.1279 | 0.0000 | 0.5731 | 0.6742 |
| 148 | SLBMelanesia | 0.2394 | 0.2324 | 0.2780 | 0.0000 | 0.2230 | 0.8014 |
| 149 | ZMBEastern Africa | 0.2384 | 0.1698 | 0.2337 | 0.0898 | 0.3358 | 0.7447 |
| 150 | RWAEastern Africa | 0.2379 | 0.2451 | 0.2112 | 0.0975 | 0.2763 | 0.7470 |
| 151 | YEMWestern Asia | 0.2376 | 0.3422 | 0.1796 | 0.1042 | 0.2638 | 0.6499 |
| 152 | CIVWestern Africa | 0.2255 | 0.2094 | 0.1295 | 0.0898 | 0.3575 | 0.7356 |
| 153 | ETHEastern Africa | 0.2251 | 0.2282 | 0.0943 | 0.2052 | 0.2784 | 0.7551 |
| 154 | COGMiddle Africa | 0.2237 | 0.2094 | 0.2442 | 0.1101 | 0.2388 | 0.6917 |
| 155 | TZAEastern Africa | 0.2216 | 0.2229 | 0.1066 | 0.1721 | 0.3204 | 0.7234 |
| 156 | NERWestern Africa | 0.2179 | 0.0000 | 0.0617 | 0.0347 | 0.8274 | 0.7067 |
| 157 | HTICaribbean | 0.2176 | 0.2625 | 0.2101 | 0.0000 | 0.3384 | 0.7093 |
| 158 | SDNNorthern Africa | 0.2109 | 0.3040 | 0.1432 | 0.1323 | 0.1804 | 0.7072 |
| 159 | BFAWestern Africa | 0.2076 | 0.1761 | 0.0377 | 0.1390 | 0.3393 | 0.7700 |
| 160 | AGOMiddle Africa | 0.2026 | 0.2906 | 0.2209 | 0.0347 | 0.0336 | 0.7832 |
| 161 | GMBWestern Africa | 0.1973 | 0.2995 | 0.1214 | 0.0347 | 0.2932 | 0.7024 |
| 162 | AFGSouthern Asia | 0.1891 | 0.1923 | 0.1735 | 0.0551 | 0.3267 | 0.6255 |
| 163 | MRTWestern Africa | 0.1887 | 0.2019 | 0.1567 | 0.0695 | 0.1515 | 0.7583 |
| 164 | CODMiddle Africa | 0.1829 | 0.1398 | 0.1636 | 0.0347 | 0.4773 | 0.6433 |
| 165 | GNQMiddle Africa | 0.1614 | 0.3184 | 0.1977 | 0.0000 | 0.0202 | 0.6680 |
| 166 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.1546 | 0.1140 | 0.1706 | 0.0347 | 0.2237 | 0.7256 |
| 167 | GNBWestern Africa | 0.1526 | 0.1188 | 0.1652 | 0.0000 | 0.1193 | 0.7192 |
| 168 | BDIEastern Africa | 0.1159 | 0.0113 | 0.1861 | 0.0000 | 0.1091 | 0.7634 |
| 169 | TCDMiddle Africa | 0.1104 | 0.0916 | 0.0566 | 0.0000 | 0.3011 | 0.6570 |
| 170 | SLEWestern Africa | 0.0143 | 0.1853 | 0.1133 | 0.0000 | 0.5499 | 0.0000 |
| 171 | SSDEastern Africa | 0.0000 | 0.1398 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0749 | 0.5026 |
02In 2013
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Germany1.0000
- 2
United Kingdom0.9992
- 3
United States0.9929
- 4
Ireland0.9894
- 5
South Korea0.9774
Lowest
- 171
South Sudan0.0000
- 170
Sierra Leone0.0143
- 169
Chad0.1104
- 168
Burundi0.1159
- 167
Guinea-Bissau0.1526
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4627. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
ICT deployment
Highest
South Korea1.0000
Lowest
Niger0.0000
Middle country: 0.5536
Skills
Highest
Australia1.0000
Lowest
South Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4310
Research and development
Highest
China1.0000
Lowest21 share it
Middle country: 0.1810
Industry activity
Highest
Ireland1.0000
Lowest
Algeria0.0000
Middle country: 0.4502
Access to finance
Highest
Cyprus1.0000
Lowest
Sierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8296
032012 → 2013
Since 2012
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 169values changed, of 171 in both
- 35 · 134rose · fell
- 2unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Equatorial Guinea0.2730 → 0.1614−0.1116
Guyana0.4456 → 0.3436−0.1020
Guinea-Bissau0.2379 → 0.1526−0.0853
Burundi0.2002 → 0.1159−0.0843
Zambia0.3211 → 0.2384−0.0827
04Caveats
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Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2013.
169 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 0.9484. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.
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