Data for 2004

Productive Capacities Index, 2004

Name: Productive Capacities Index, 2004
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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2004, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

UNCTAD's Productive Capacities Index measures what a country has to produce goods and services with — its people's skills and health, natural resources, energy, transport and ICT, institutions, private sector and how far its economy has shifted toward higher-value activities — combined into one score from 1 to 100.

Productive Capacities Index, 2004 covers 190 countries on 9 measures. Denmark is highest, at 69.26; DR Congo is lowest, at 11.56. The middle country reads 38.21. Against 2003, 190 values changed (157 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Productive Capacities Index · Data for 2004

HighestDenmark

69.26

LowestDR Congo

11.56

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

190countries
9measures per country
2004the year it describes
188distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Productive Capacities Index, 2004, as published. UNCTAD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Productive Capacities Index, 2004: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	69.26	70.61	33.08	73.49	77.80	65.99	98.61	76.33	79.79	—
2	United States`USA`Northern America	68.10	68.69	28.51	74.92	80.38	57.51	85.16	83.51	95.95	—
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	67.71	72.59	38.96	73.39	68.73	53.64	93.59	80.40	76.78	—
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.65	64.28	27.51	76.36	88.16	60.79	94.76	78.39	81.62	—
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.11	64.35	30.80	72.19	76.82	59.44	89.70	69.42	89.62	—
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.84	79.29	25.26	69.03	84.27	67.40	96.78	87.17	53.27	—
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	64.98	69.16	21.84	73.68	78.71	58.44	88.23	77.67	90.61	—
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.89	67.07	28.53	69.31	71.46	57.58	92.07	83.31	75.06	—
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.80	63.09	31.37	66.00	82.36	51.67	97.61	84.63	67.72	—
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.78	67.80	26.92	65.16	79.81	62.14	94.74	84.66	57.88	—
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	62.85	67.14	20.06	76.78	83.22	56.71	86.20	69.58	83.15	—
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62.76	60.25	29.63	75.25	86.77	49.72	87.90	67.87	69.62	—
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	62.54	81.39	17.77	72.59	79.83	60.83	100.00	67.62	67.87	—
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	62.25	66.31	19.28	70.91	78.31	55.96	92.87	73.41	83.20	—
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	62.12	76.19	15.33	66.87	79.85	65.73	96.99	72.44	76.95	—
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	61.85	64.71	21.17	71.01	76.85	52.30	84.39	69.41	93.45	—
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	61.25	69.41	12.05	72.93	77.92	62.53	95.95	81.10	85.69	—
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.10	59.57	24.61	68.05	71.59	51.39	80.03	68.64	84.38	—
19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	59.79	53.45	13.26	78.10	82.53	62.91	89.38	88.91	71.50	Run-to-run variation exceeds +/- 1 index point
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	59.42	61.67	10.70	91.90	99.69	58.06	94.83	71.51	65.29	—
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.58	64.73	14.46	75.69	68.33	61.23	71.02	85.19	77.30	—
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	57.96	74.32	8.92	73.73	68.45	56.75	82.16	94.78	86.16	—
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.81	52.84	28.19	64.83	83.95	49.21	80.88	76.12	50.81	—
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.78	57.40	21.73	71.54	67.10	51.69	71.12	61.20	92.23	—
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	57.26	54.24	32.96	69.00	64.87	45.88	73.00	55.27	78.06	—
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	56.78	56.26	26.38	64.38	61.82	49.98	82.14	65.34	68.20	—
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	56.12	59.66	22.88	67.23	64.03	50.74	77.65	59.66	71.27	—
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	56.00	53.39	29.58	60.96	60.07	52.36	77.54	57.59	71.55	—
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.66	66.19	18.89	72.97	67.14	52.88	68.42	70.14	59.22	—
30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	55.57	67.27	5.43	76.93	95.66	58.06	89.89	92.87	69.74	—
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	55.42	46.30	26.79	71.33	76.07	46.75	76.38	63.20	58.58	—
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.25	54.72	30.57	67.29	62.62	41.91	73.16	55.89	71.93	—
33	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	55.03	35.41	41.26	82.71	97.05	36.36	63.84	56.89	54.32	—
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	54.55	52.75	35.92	63.94	59.96	44.47	76.15	48.01	66.34	—
35	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54.38	33.69	49.63	80.56	82.38	34.37	63.77	54.92	57.22	—
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	54.05	36.22	35.48	82.23	72.62	39.93	67.29	61.97	57.00	—
37	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	53.98	48.51	13.26	69.13	84.57	48.84	86.47	71.27	63.72	—
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	53.93	49.44	22.87	64.17	74.84	52.33	83.29	59.76	50.55	—
39	Chile`CHL`South America	52.76	46.99	42.43	58.19	49.66	37.14	81.76	61.94	55.42	—
40	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	52.56	47.92	14.47	73.86	90.37	48.96	82.39	62.72	49.69	—
41	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	52.20	47.40	15.26	73.97	87.19	48.07	77.79	62.80	50.32	—
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51.92	52.90	28.97	61.48	55.26	43.17	71.82	53.71	60.95	—
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.85	50.86	25.70	68.84	51.04	43.43	71.55	54.10	67.67	—
44	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	51.71	36.68	46.39	74.68	66.67	35.98	63.18	59.39	44.69	—
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.33	51.05	36.39	62.27	48.49	40.16	66.44	46.90	68.66	—
46	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	50.58	36.07	30.49	76.83	80.74	36.43	65.92	54.98	47.53	—
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.15	38.35	34.52	64.14	56.07	35.81	64.89	60.56	59.70	—
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.89	49.81	27.21	53.89	53.70	40.91	68.74	52.95	65.77	—
49	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	49.65	42.91	14.38	71.69	87.79	40.37	69.38	61.02	55.65	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
50	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	49.62	53.11	6.61	69.35	77.60	51.06	79.59	75.10	63.75	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.53	52.41	26.33	57.35	55.20	39.19	65.13	49.31	65.86	—
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.77	38.28	31.34	75.92	70.21	32.41	61.47	48.06	52.28	—
53	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	48.13	52.16	4.46	74.31	85.95	67.02	82.27	80.99	43.39	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
54	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	47.59	45.13	12.47	67.16	78.24	41.73	72.59	56.19	52.26	—
55	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	47.52	43.35	25.84	50.29	67.10	41.40	73.50	50.60	44.66	—
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	46.93	39.03	30.34	56.85	72.11	30.52	70.30	42.48	53.17	—
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.85	32.30	50.72	54.26	46.84	24.47	64.10	53.81	66.02	—
58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	46.77	32.08	49.12	65.78	59.00	21.76	65.96	50.04	52.15	—
59	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	46.32	44.05	18.68	52.81	69.21	32.82	67.97	50.54	62.53	—
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.14	47.45	37.57	55.74	34.08	33.16	60.43	48.69	62.13	—
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	46.03	48.08	48.64	47.97	45.30	29.09	68.23	41.43	48.21	—
62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	45.36	33.95	58.62	75.59	44.90	25.84	46.10	45.60	48.88	—
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.14	37.26	36.45	55.84	43.86	24.68	54.70	55.11	69.67	—
64	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	44.92	40.48	15.95	52.64	72.61	37.08	68.24	49.89	53.25	—
65	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	44.85	42.24	6.44	72.33	73.27	42.01	82.24	61.42	53.43	—
66	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	44.65	42.09	13.19	66.66	91.45	34.49	64.40	46.51	45.14	—
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	44.52	41.24	30.60	56.79	40.09	31.34	52.36	46.73	69.98	—
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44.24	43.28	28.09	53.35	50.91	30.80	67.24	41.32	51.89	—
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.11	43.73	45.29	53.33	24.35	26.27	42.64	58.53	84.96	—
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.03	40.37	33.02	56.96	42.32	23.42	56.30	50.84	65.62	—
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.75	43.67	45.87	49.62	37.78	31.89	48.47	44.65	51.82	—
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.56	40.78	36.37	57.45	35.99	27.36	54.67	42.39	66.72	—
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	43.40	44.56	38.61	56.47	40.44	29.06	55.04	32.30	61.95	—
74	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	43.37	50.58	2.84	74.54	86.90	54.58	83.02	73.23	40.52	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.34	39.64	35.44	54.94	63.87	29.60	53.65	31.40	50.62	—
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	43.10	37.99	17.18	53.80	72.37	30.39	68.19	48.43	46.69	—
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.71	34.43	39.95	42.02	55.77	20.62	60.91	41.50	65.91	—
78	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.68	41.81	29.32	57.56	51.03	21.83	47.46	47.21	62.52	—
79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	42.66	50.49	35.28	64.59	38.34	29.13	39.13	37.67	57.88	—
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42.58	45.19	46.36	52.21	35.74	22.07	54.59	40.77	56.25	—
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	42.42	48.66	49.54	60.22	36.48	22.58	40.61	35.41	60.91	—
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.14	32.13	32.76	42.93	63.44	23.10	53.43	50.40	55.78	—
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	41.97	42.32	22.92	51.78	46.28	26.69	56.71	51.69	52.96	—
84	Argentina`ARG`South America	41.69	48.15	39.26	56.15	27.25	29.06	47.37	39.61	57.86	—
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	41.50	48.23	33.31	49.44	28.76	31.23	54.04	33.87	67.43	—
86	Suriname`SUR`South America	41.21	35.39	32.29	56.06	51.14	22.98	54.55	32.32	62.70	—
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.45	44.41	38.22	48.19	25.45	26.94	49.27	42.62	60.90	—
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.35	34.90	27.21	43.63	57.05	26.50	59.26	45.68	41.44	—
89	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	40.34	47.51	39.10	58.71	39.77	24.39	33.24	35.23	56.62	—
90	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	39.66	35.45	21.53	47.37	78.44	19.30	61.88	46.58	38.77	—
91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39.36	42.16	23.89	51.65	53.34	22.19	52.08	36.96	48.64	—
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39.17	40.26	34.66	43.01	40.61	21.67	49.75	43.45	48.52	—
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39.00	35.01	66.60	47.15	35.10	15.56	55.39	30.64	52.55	—
94	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	38.71	35.03	21.45	58.94	51.94	19.17	64.69	47.10	37.57	—
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.25	43.37	45.02	48.37	32.36	22.31	42.15	35.27	45.18	—
=96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	38.16	36.72	60.55	63.29	31.63	17.35	38.00	30.50	50.29	—
=96	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.16	36.00	27.67	48.28	52.12	19.55	53.87	42.25	40.25	—
98	Colombia`COL`South America	38.01	40.54	35.81	48.25	33.86	22.34	42.12	34.95	55.87	—
99	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.79	41.91	46.42	60.29	25.50	19.50	37.49	35.90	52.95	—
100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	37.60	40.76	39.02	48.40	34.23	18.60	48.36	35.52	47.47	—
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37.58	40.48	37.61	49.68	28.90	18.42	46.11	38.16	56.13	—
102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.57	40.71	49.03	65.59	28.71	16.45	34.39	36.42	51.22	—
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.16	36.12	30.88	48.86	44.56	15.43	42.35	41.75	54.85	—
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.12	33.46	41.80	43.43	26.37	19.86	49.66	38.28	59.65	—
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.85	28.10	43.28	36.57	33.53	17.48	72.28	36.72	49.13	—
106	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	36.81	33.84	49.15	52.41	33.08	17.27	33.82	30.62	65.34	—
107	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	36.72	31.74	23.11	41.69	61.57	17.92	64.80	41.40	36.55	—
108	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	36.17	44.91	32.55	43.87	30.16	19.29	43.60	32.59	55.29	—
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.15	29.63	42.67	40.19	36.09	15.16	60.56	38.09	45.47	—
110	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36.11	37.42	44.25	41.60	22.20	18.20	41.82	43.83	56.66	—
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.08	35.73	33.51	50.43	28.92	21.42	45.13	30.51	55.74	—
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	35.75	32.60	48.35	53.51	18.22	19.64	43.80	40.59	49.76	—
113	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	35.37	50.47	40.30	51.93	34.65	13.28	38.73	31.71	41.01	—
114	Peru`PER`South America	35.12	38.59	37.03	45.45	24.26	20.89	45.91	30.08	50.92	—
115	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	34.32	45.35	1.03	67.20	80.67	30.31	68.49	56.97	64.46	—
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	34.25	29.70	42.64	39.32	30.13	18.80	48.15	39.54	35.22	—
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.07	35.97	46.22	57.73	21.07	14.59	38.90	32.89	48.08	—
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	34.06	36.29	43.16	42.20	27.21	16.39	43.35	36.49	38.82	—
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.86	35.81	25.69	39.57	34.73	13.19	49.63	39.46	52.86	—
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	33.77	38.67	35.87	46.00	26.21	18.50	39.37	34.91	39.79	—
121	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	33.53	32.55	46.21	29.46	42.81	11.27	62.71	34.79	34.32	—
122	Venezuela`VEN`South America	33.23	36.63	35.18	52.63	23.56	21.60	31.47	31.32	43.73	—
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	33.12	30.74	46.28	29.19	21.90	10.85	48.87	44.51	67.51	—
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.94	26.19	32.26	42.73	44.95	13.74	43.94	30.21	46.81	—
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	32.65	30.32	33.77	41.93	21.69	17.20	42.20	40.94	46.73	—
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32.57	29.61	38.73	29.33	37.85	15.65	48.71	29.76	43.84	—
127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	32.47	25.46	42.90	24.58	43.00	13.38	59.21	39.65	34.12	—
128	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.42	36.85	36.66	52.66	20.72	16.27	35.65	31.44	45.46	—
129	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	31.99	28.43	35.58	39.81	19.63	17.78	40.88	35.56	53.67	—
130	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	31.90	30.42	38.37	20.52	28.45	11.67	57.39	35.00	67.11	—
131	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.79	29.01	35.25	44.33	22.23	12.55	36.55	38.28	58.91	—
132	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.65	36.50	41.42	32.50	21.69	12.41	44.73	35.32	48.20	—
133	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.43	31.32	34.16	32.64	22.75	15.26	41.37	36.11	52.50	—
134	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	31.33	32.59	59.80	63.48	36.79	9.53	23.28	26.02	35.31	—
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.27	33.31	55.88	44.41	24.71	15.19	35.54	27.86	29.75	—
136	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	30.10	36.30	53.24	37.59	20.68	13.99	36.29	21.89	40.38	—
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29.77	36.07	59.39	55.40	24.91	9.92	23.77	26.79	32.99	—
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29.47	19.92	46.29	22.94	31.65	12.55	39.77	34.67	49.10	—
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	27.23	19.72	54.07	16.47	27.80	8.61	50.95	25.54	55.26	—
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.84	16.47	52.82	27.42	28.58	6.66	41.37	31.24	45.93	—
141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	26.16	19.21	39.95	21.59	14.02	10.48	53.81	36.87	45.44	—
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.83	14.01	43.95	33.55	19.01	10.72	31.23	39.95	37.68	—
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.76	19.35	60.04	20.35	17.90	6.68	43.54	28.87	54.57	—
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.54	19.92	44.14	19.72	20.76	8.10	40.39	36.47	42.13	—
145	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	25.37	24.78	57.43	21.45	32.21	4.12	43.79	32.35	29.93	—
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25.07	21.45	48.17	37.64	19.72	7.38	30.31	23.62	38.53	—
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.98	18.55	41.38	23.69	26.46	6.87	39.35	31.41	37.13	—
148	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.94	17.23	49.58	25.45	10.38	7.29	51.62	32.61	53.96	—
149	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	24.79	30.06	33.60	20.02	40.55	6.79	42.81	34.35	17.44	—
150	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.64	30.40	39.43	34.55	23.79	7.09	28.58	24.49	27.81	—
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24.63	23.60	44.21	31.66	17.37	4.77	29.49	37.12	45.24	—
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23.67	11.46	33.41	60.67	28.95	5.44	28.51	20.12	47.03	—
153	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	23.65	17.65	48.02	20.56	20.83	9.43	45.72	17.88	35.02	—
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.12	25.13	43.46	23.22	32.77	6.21	35.00	26.15	17.29	—
=155	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	22.86	21.56	53.98	19.06	16.34	4.60	31.87	32.32	43.47	—
=155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	22.86	22.32	37.95	31.61	21.54	4.88	29.24	19.00	47.73	—
157	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	22.70	20.12	47.11	22.56	16.36	8.07	22.54	30.89	35.89	—
158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.34	27.16	43.28	16.65	12.58	6.02	31.61	31.76	41.72	—
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.28	20.50	56.90	21.05	14.17	4.11	50.20	22.53	37.56	—
160	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.10	25.69	44.97	60.02	16.32	7.69	12.88	16.54	30.71	—
161	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21.53	18.26	52.50	12.04	17.06	5.97	33.11	31.01	38.21	—
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.48	30.36	39.32	18.81	12.85	4.87	36.67	23.77	36.97	—
163	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.31	14.96	46.43	28.07	8.31	5.77	44.18	20.77	49.60	—
164	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.28	15.68	35.04	24.59	14.81	5.68	35.72	26.11	39.67	—
165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.68	13.23	43.95	26.46	13.87	6.01	24.34	33.83	31.63	—
166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.99	14.49	39.56	15.48	19.96	5.01	31.09	20.40	45.35	—
167	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.88	17.23	46.37	16.50	8.63	4.80	43.22	26.13	39.60	—
168	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	19.58	21.70	37.73	14.63	17.26	8.90	18.84	20.84	29.89	—
169	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	19.49	13.09	51.42	13.91	13.63	4.53	46.03	21.79	35.98	—
170	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19.22	16.43	46.93	24.36	6.67	5.48	26.80	25.97	38.96	—
171	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.08	15.85	41.80	9.49	11.38	5.47	48.02	31.79	29.44	—
172	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.73	20.20	57.94	7.70	19.97	4.13	36.22	25.69	21.87	—
173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.54	11.15	39.28	25.60	13.35	4.23	25.82	17.10	49.84	—
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.28	11.34	53.78	12.79	9.27	3.68	49.35	34.46	27.50	—
175	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.11	11.60	70.95	14.53	11.40	2.47	32.97	35.81	29.06	—
176	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.62	14.29	57.35	12.95	13.22	2.93	31.26	19.69	36.69	—
177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.34	16.19	56.46	6.91	7.09	4.36	40.24	25.14	41.39	—
178	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	17.23	16.82	46.35	19.26	12.80	3.25	21.72	19.94	28.69	—
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.17	21.04	61.23	9.49	24.87	3.02	21.98	19.11	19.60	—
180	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.04	14.26	55.07	13.02	11.78	4.16	44.55	13.42	23.70	—
181	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.53	23.00	52.34	18.56	11.53	2.39	15.83	18.82	30.36	—
182	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16.19	15.63	48.19	7.47	20.09	5.11	31.50	17.94	14.46	—
183	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.64	8.94	52.34	12.22	4.24	3.68	46.94	33.29	25.71	—
184	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	14.67	16.38	70.59	10.82	11.51	4.04	35.92	13.71	7.48	—
185	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	13.87	10.91	71.09	2.80	18.95	3.32	23.07	26.86	16.12	—
186	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.52	6.62	45.65	10.80	12.37	2.49	24.06	22.58	20.51	—
187	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.49	5.65	61.98	5.90	7.45	2.42	41.37	24.01	29.74	—
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.47	7.79	58.51	7.75	8.05	2.32	27.10	19.59	30.95	—
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12.42	7.44	64.50	7.93	8.31	4.63	6.80	22.44	25.31	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.56	12.27	44.95	7.77	7.71	2.11	16.65	8.69	31.62	—

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

190DR Congo11.56
189Somalia12.42
188Chad13.47
187Niger13.49
186Central African Republic13.52

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38.21. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Human capital
HighestFinland81.39
LowestNiger5.65
Middle country: 36.57
Natural capital
HighestBurundi71.09
LowestPalau1.03
Middle country: 37.59
Energy
HighestLuxembourg91.90
LowestBurundi2.80
Middle country: 51.86
Transport
HighestLuxembourg99.69
LowestBurkina Faso4.24
Middle country: 36.64
Information and communication technology
HighestIceland67.40
LowestDR Congo2.11
Middle country: 21.16
Institutions
HighestFinland100.00
LowestSomalia6.80
Middle country: 50.58
Private sector
HighestJapan94.78
LowestDR Congo8.69
Middle country: 39.58
Structural change
HighestUnited States95.95
LowestSierra Leone7.48
Middle country: 51.07

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
157 · 33rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Canada62.30 → 64.89+2.59
Timor-Leste22.85 → 25.37+2.52
Bosnia and Herzegovina37.95 → 40.45+2.50
Latvia47.61 → 49.89+2.28
Bulgaria44.00 → 46.14+2.14

Fell most

Gambia25.80 → 23.65−2.15
Tuvalu40.75 → 38.71−2.04
Turkmenistan32.24 → 31.33−0.91
Iraq23.01 → 22.10−0.91
Zimbabwe23.41 → 22.70−0.71

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 38.16. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
184 empty cells
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