Data for 2012

Productive Capacities Index, 2012

Name: Productive Capacities Index, 2012
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
License: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

2012, 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, 2012 covers 195 countries on 9 measures. Denmark is highest, at 71.15; Somalia is lowest, at 13.24. The middle country reads 44.61. Against 2011, 192 values changed (141 up, 51 down), 2 countries joined.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Productive Capacities Index · Data for 2012

HighestDenmark

71.15

LowestSomalia

13.24

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

195countries
9measures per country
2012the year it describes
192distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Productive Capacities Index, 2012, as published. UNCTAD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 195 countries · select a heading to sort

Productive Capacities Index, 2012: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
derived
1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.15	83.00	31.76	69.55	81.94	74.15	96.28	79.22	77.31	—
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	70.84	71.58	28.11	75.85	93.04	74.16	94.94	80.59	78.72	—
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.34	77.32	39.83	73.33	70.79	66.73	92.35	81.32	74.76	—
4	United States`USA`Northern America	69.14	71.62	26.00	73.87	77.50	66.00	84.84	92.02	95.06	—
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	67.64	75.00	21.53	73.94	79.90	71.40	88.93	80.08	90.38	—
6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	67.36	65.27	28.83	71.06	77.39	72.16	87.77	76.05	85.09	—
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.04	67.18	30.82	66.13	82.34	67.85	96.75	86.47	63.74	—
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	65.89	76.71	18.25	66.29	91.28	72.43	97.11	75.56	78.93	—
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	65.50	82.83	18.76	70.71	83.46	70.90	98.31	74.99	70.67	—
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	65.36	74.95	19.84	70.75	79.74	70.14	90.34	73.89	84.83	—
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.95	71.00	26.46	68.05	79.86	71.26	96.30	74.83	60.42	—
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.77	69.04	26.46	73.47	57.45	66.74	92.56	84.82	76.62	—
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	64.71	73.25	18.64	74.00	87.22	66.76	86.73	72.73	82.80	—
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.31	70.48	26.29	74.25	86.28	65.74	88.22	68.05	62.46	—
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.09	68.82	20.05	69.24	76.23	68.45	83.14	75.67	90.79	—
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.82	74.21	12.73	74.14	82.53	75.25	95.68	81.97	80.71	—
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.69	60.06	14.58	82.23	97.34	74.53	94.81	75.46	63.89	—
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	62.61	76.51	22.74	70.87	87.04	75.60	89.16	71.74	45.50	—
19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.55	58.28	11.35	81.25	86.57	78.37	89.07	99.50	72.50	Run-to-run variation exceeds +/- 1 index point
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.97	81.30	13.73	77.31	71.96	68.17	72.51	89.47	79.15	—
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.90	63.98	30.91	63.59	69.62	67.93	79.75	57.34	69.52	—
22	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.64	36.42	48.32	81.85	87.74	55.38	71.17	63.63	57.68	—
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.48	57.57	28.01	67.11	86.96	68.92	82.37	65.31	51.31	—
24	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	60.32	41.48	41.56	77.43	95.16	67.12	54.15	64.58	58.78	—
25	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	60.25	40.53	35.20	79.90	82.25	62.60	68.75	69.91	61.53	—
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.24	71.18	21.30	75.94	71.58	65.09	70.96	70.84	64.30	—
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.71	63.60	29.23	69.40	61.67	61.84	75.63	56.82	76.47	—
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.60	64.53	20.54	65.69	69.73	61.48	75.81	71.44	78.77	—
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	58.99	77.51	8.24	74.65	67.62	66.38	84.41	94.57	85.75	—
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.97	66.50	25.11	62.62	60.78	60.37	76.87	71.70	69.12	—
31	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	58.71	71.63	5.31	88.63	97.56	68.18	91.86	94.42	72.59	—
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.18	71.64	21.09	67.28	63.90	62.65	76.02	63.42	66.89	—
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.05	60.78	20.60	69.10	62.21	63.05	67.57	63.94	87.92	—
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.57	54.49	36.21	65.76	51.79	57.44	75.23	55.75	74.58	—
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.38	50.16	24.60	72.51	67.29	64.70	80.41	67.95	55.23	—
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.81	57.61	32.66	61.93	64.93	60.57	70.34	49.43	68.05	—
37	Chile`CHL`South America	56.74	49.01	40.48	63.18	56.25	53.18	82.32	59.00	58.96	—
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	56.67	54.21	19.15	69.11	80.91	64.12	81.64	62.06	56.44	—
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	56.30	45.94	35.57	67.75	63.10	52.84	62.06	66.20	66.61	—
40	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	56.00	45.17	23.97	73.94	93.47	54.83	68.45	64.70	53.23	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.88	51.62	28.56	60.14	67.02	61.28	71.10	53.35	68.84	—
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	54.76	56.13	28.75	58.10	60.13	63.80	74.03	52.60	57.75	—
43	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.75	39.58	29.13	78.98	82.31	48.18	69.84	55.33	57.83	—
44	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	54.04	51.08	14.18	69.23	85.66	61.26	84.32	67.03	48.92	—
45	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	53.83	35.43	50.56	71.88	63.89	46.67	59.00	55.41	56.21	—
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	53.74	60.11	28.70	71.06	57.16	60.45	61.22	53.47	50.18	—
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.46	39.12	45.67	74.65	64.53	49.79	54.10	58.97	48.80	—
48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.31	47.37	35.02	60.05	55.57	47.99	54.57	60.72	74.11	—
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	53.18	41.73	58.94	76.59	50.44	53.51	48.09	51.98	50.32	—
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.09	53.57	27.55	56.90	54.80	59.87	64.04	56.28	63.51	—
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.08	42.61	27.89	62.47	72.33	49.66	74.80	54.93	57.58	—
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	52.97	41.39	32.12	82.52	75.44	53.92	59.14	46.50	50.48	—
53	Uruguay`URY`South America	52.96	48.84	47.08	56.46	43.28	57.40	73.55	47.24	55.20	—
54	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	52.87	51.56	43.15	61.06	40.63	41.56	42.90	65.80	94.31	—
55	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	52.81	54.03	8.88	67.61	77.21	66.89	87.67	73.90	55.79	—
56	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.15	56.63	25.06	69.17	39.10	57.56	72.06	53.06	64.74	—
57	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	52.00	50.11	12.94	71.05	80.57	60.91	74.08	60.84	52.43	—
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.98	50.51	37.87	58.63	40.76	58.48	58.81	53.17	63.74	—
59	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	51.84	58.40	6.54	71.61	79.54	64.36	79.98	86.25	53.93	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
60	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	51.78	48.55	10.43	69.63	79.92	74.04	70.57	67.60	51.95	—
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.26	53.74	38.57	54.51	42.53	54.76	51.80	52.76	66.25	—
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50.98	38.48	49.01	57.12	39.26	42.74	59.36	61.07	69.61	—
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.89	46.34	37.39	58.05	46.00	52.69	57.36	44.06	73.00	—
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.88	43.33	36.35	60.48	51.57	41.26	49.04	60.78	74.36	—
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	50.72	42.39	21.90	60.23	58.68	52.70	57.24	59.59	74.21	—
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	50.48	45.91	13.54	71.42	85.52	47.56	70.67	62.36	53.01	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
67	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	50.45	54.49	3.96	77.26	88.74	94.06	80.94	86.01	43.29	—
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.36	49.51	32.36	48.95	54.05	55.89	58.20	53.41	47.82	—
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	49.31	49.12	27.59	56.05	56.24	50.23	70.70	46.75	49.31	—
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49.15	49.58	52.46	61.20	41.49	48.44	42.06	43.14	58.65	—
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	48.83	44.26	13.80	60.98	75.19	52.22	73.65	55.26	54.28	—
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	48.74	51.59	34.06	67.72	49.02	56.76	38.24	42.42	59.29	—
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	48.65	51.36	35.71	51.93	41.09	50.28	56.94	41.70	67.22	—
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.42	42.52	36.69	58.62	38.88	43.81	52.43	52.80	70.05	—
=75	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.41	43.81	8.41	71.99	73.01	57.66	75.89	60.44	58.92	—
=75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	48.41	39.08	38.55	45.91	56.99	39.09	67.44	46.78	62.08	—
77	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.26	43.74	14.12	69.37	87.44	53.82	62.86	40.68	57.04	—
78	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.04	53.93	37.54	59.44	35.42	54.56	48.37	43.05	58.58	—
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.70	48.60	47.11	52.84	37.44	39.97	50.51	49.69	58.95	—
80	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	47.67	37.04	59.57	68.63	42.28	54.21	39.64	39.53	49.02	—
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	47.55	49.52	36.30	62.44	49.38	55.64	36.27	36.71	63.68	—
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.47	43.11	12.48	62.61	77.45	49.18	75.08	52.22	51.28	—
83	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	47.19	44.08	18.53	52.40	64.28	56.48	71.88	52.10	42.29	—
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.09	45.56	39.24	51.85	34.93	50.57	52.74	49.87	56.19	—
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	46.98	47.21	45.33	52.72	37.27	48.71	49.21	41.33	56.99	—
86	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.97	35.65	35.59	59.41	54.13	41.19	53.52	41.32	63.72	—
87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.86	42.69	29.68	61.75	52.22	44.93	40.80	49.93	62.17	—
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.80	37.72	66.45	54.32	39.77	36.58	50.49	36.32	63.38	—
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.76	41.71	36.19	58.34	41.72	39.94	53.86	47.92	60.36	—
90	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	46.75	42.82	43.17	47.59	53.03	35.09	54.47	44.42	57.55	—
91	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	45.89	47.56	11.60	66.26	76.45	46.85	59.16	52.37	48.52	—
92	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.84	46.31	44.20	54.82	34.77	44.96	51.22	41.68	52.11	—
93	Colombia`COL`South America	45.35	46.09	36.05	54.34	39.47	45.43	48.83	43.50	52.01	—
94	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	45.14	52.69	2.61	76.41	89.38	76.38	78.88	75.13	40.55	—
95	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	45.13	46.60	33.12	53.59	30.40	50.72	59.88	43.26	52.10	—
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	45.11	48.06	38.69	54.61	21.82	47.24	49.30	53.91	61.60	—
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.67	39.95	46.04	49.46	30.57	37.65	47.67	49.65	63.96	—
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.61	47.71	39.23	48.76	35.69	43.56	49.86	46.29	47.92	—
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.33	42.06	41.67	49.03	32.10	42.78	43.45	46.49	62.59	—
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	44.28	41.36	35.28	48.14	41.24	42.05	52.00	45.02	51.85	—
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.27	45.27	19.44	61.82	64.40	44.05	45.39	45.59	46.22	—
102	Peru`PER`South America	43.91	42.29	36.29	53.34	35.22	40.00	49.89	41.17	58.29	—
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.50	38.65	32.74	42.53	57.64	37.79	54.39	47.84	41.99	—
104	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	43.45	47.70	8.65	54.61	69.19	50.36	64.61	51.24	48.82	—
105	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	43.05	39.40	26.29	65.60	64.79	30.51	55.65	48.95	32.26	—
=106	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.74	44.56	34.51	52.64	39.38	41.46	40.72	43.48	47.63	—
=106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.74	33.15	43.59	38.16	37.42	31.58	64.23	48.11	55.34	—
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.73	34.15	30.83	46.47	62.19	36.35	43.40	51.96	44.62	—
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.05	32.02	26.65	43.79	55.59	25.78	62.40	46.92	62.29	—
110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	41.95	37.04	39.24	36.07	37.82	28.20	59.81	41.77	68.65	—
111	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.94	40.48	37.82	52.70	34.83	36.04	40.21	43.81	53.64	—
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	41.75	31.26	41.40	32.94	35.37	34.28	71.48	44.82	55.76	—
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.48	46.91	43.57	62.75	27.93	36.48	30.81	40.55	53.72	—
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.42	38.16	27.44	51.27	40.01	33.15	48.33	39.66	63.47	—
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.13	34.64	35.62	52.03	29.14	32.72	46.54	42.55	67.55	—
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	40.98	36.69	47.12	58.13	32.67	47.19	35.44	33.03	43.83	—
117	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.91	43.49	33.33	47.82	30.51	39.56	56.03	35.34	47.39	—
118	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	40.82	39.28	22.58	51.80	74.22	26.80	52.40	45.67	35.26	—
119	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.82	32.50	38.92	45.67	45.55	36.11	45.92	36.85	39.33	—
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	39.74	39.06	45.89	48.99	28.86	32.85	42.08	41.76	42.49	—
121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.60	34.49	47.78	57.29	22.79	33.77	39.30	41.75	50.75	—
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.56	34.74	45.42	37.99	26.44	22.56	47.81	47.29	74.29	—
123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.52	40.55	38.08	53.31	25.00	36.00	41.01	40.61	48.23	—
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39.40	28.72	40.93	30.41	54.21	24.26	60.07	46.10	44.64	—
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.28	33.79	35.16	44.16	25.93	32.74	48.00	49.23	53.81	—
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.04	42.21	45.88	58.10	24.16	30.20	35.57	35.07	52.71	—
127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.86	39.67	47.20	60.93	33.01	34.95	26.51	36.11	41.27	—
128	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.73	39.94	29.87	55.30	17.05	39.34	48.08	38.73	61.38	—
129	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.41	41.45	33.17	56.29	31.88	44.85	27.10	36.51	43.31	—
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.73	39.36	44.93	35.37	24.42	29.55	41.70	41.62	52.45	—
131	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	37.23	30.93	36.69	32.47	39.86	24.54	46.53	40.89	53.87	—
132	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.91	38.76	52.47	43.28	22.26	32.68	37.30	26.56	54.32	—
133	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	36.87	51.89	36.61	59.48	36.81	14.30	41.64	31.89	43.27	—
134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	36.32	31.50	44.17	33.05	43.21	20.55	55.19	38.14	35.20	—
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.81	33.32	37.03	42.83	15.70	36.92	40.96	41.70	51.70	—
136	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	35.65	32.38	53.40	66.73	21.76	23.28	25.59	28.39	61.40	—
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.55	27.54	56.46	25.19	29.85	18.77	52.34	33.82	65.74	—
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.38	28.33	47.29	32.23	28.55	25.54	43.83	40.71	43.67	—
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	35.20	34.50	33.54	35.76	23.44	28.69	40.80	39.09	53.14	—
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.83	34.77	52.88	32.25	36.37	13.66	38.70	33.77	56.20	—
141	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.56	26.23	31.89	45.91	23.72	30.12	43.32	33.60	51.02	—
142	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.36	37.92	52.12	55.28	25.29	24.24	26.36	30.38	36.23	—
143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.06	26.58	48.92	32.84	15.46	21.56	57.11	35.95	48.84	—
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32.94	26.24	40.12	42.15	26.40	21.53	35.77	29.54	51.98	—
145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	31.90	30.43	43.89	37.94	21.14	14.48	35.37	38.96	50.15	—
=146	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	31.69	27.85	44.82	24.06	29.18	19.53	38.99	31.64	48.13	—
=146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	31.69	28.49	38.04	27.82	39.83	19.55	45.27	37.02	25.84	—
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	31.51	23.75	42.57	28.91	14.16	22.46	50.71	43.34	47.62	—
149	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.50	20.77	51.24	30.72	28.16	15.71	39.86	30.07	55.92	—
150	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.45	30.49	59.72	41.73	21.74	27.63	19.98	34.69	30.27	—
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	31.22	33.66	38.73	27.99	17.12	25.01	38.96	35.00	42.42	—
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	30.95	35.54	42.95	25.58	18.86	20.75	35.35	33.66	46.31	—
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	30.73	17.86	30.17	61.09	41.51	10.79	29.29	27.20	67.73	—
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	30.27	22.47	38.33	26.91	30.06	14.84	41.34	35.34	46.70	—
155	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30.10	20.30	64.73	24.38	22.56	18.04	35.40	30.97	47.18	—
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	29.93	33.91	40.05	37.18	19.76	22.10	28.74	26.31	38.64	—
157	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.10	25.89	42.36	24.19	22.16	23.72	22.97	35.86	44.76	—
158	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.90	25.14	59.90	15.22	27.33	12.27	34.47	43.77	41.93	—
159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	28.61	18.01	43.12	38.89	18.33	18.39	29.77	35.99	41.19	—
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	28.31	33.12	55.25	11.54	23.80	15.64	50.47	28.55	36.42	—
161	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28.23	26.50	43.72	50.01	14.49	20.02	25.31	24.03	39.44	—
162	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.90	21.86	45.86	27.55	10.55	15.70	50.98	32.72	48.14	—
163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.62	28.44	46.41	26.55	33.16	10.41	33.22	31.33	26.93	—
164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27.53	18.89	39.36	23.25	25.23	17.79	30.44	24.25	57.58	—
165	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26.98	16.90	41.66	36.68	16.50	16.28	32.28	27.12	46.21	—
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	26.82	25.39	46.94	35.01	15.11	18.93	24.59	25.23	36.12	—
167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.45	18.62	50.36	16.91	13.22	12.61	47.13	31.22	61.51	—
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	26.11	25.84	45.06	13.72	29.31	10.64	38.19	30.59	37.12	—
169	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.81	28.39	38.63	23.27	16.65	15.56	29.70	29.21	34.31	—
170	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.63	19.07	48.48	24.23	12.26	21.34	42.70	23.83	31.25	—
171	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.62	22.53	37.75	23.93	11.97	17.35	33.52	32.79	39.97	—
172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.21	22.84	44.35	16.90	12.44	12.99	45.56	32.01	40.44	—
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	24.91	22.72	44.66	35.76	18.05	13.18	20.48	23.05	36.43	—
174	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.54	17.41	46.04	29.76	11.85	17.95	30.14	28.24	30.44	—
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.48	24.05	50.81	29.01	15.62	16.34	19.23	27.74	26.75	—
176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.25	18.65	47.98	27.31	5.19	17.48	33.39	42.60	37.89	—
177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	24.18	23.98	52.89	12.94	9.32	14.05	42.09	26.74	48.37	—
178	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.99	23.04	57.87	21.60	9.46	10.01	37.56	25.43	42.17	—
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	23.75	23.24	59.19	13.54	17.19	7.30	34.55	31.36	39.94	—
180	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	22.63	24.51	57.23	14.70	7.61	12.00	47.16	26.32	29.48	—
181	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.15	17.92	58.37	16.35	10.98	9.88	28.85	24.97	43.32	—
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.43	13.79	57.49	15.48	8.17	15.25	35.37	41.24	19.94	—
183	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.42	21.99	46.21	5.80	6.09	17.32	47.91	44.70	33.27	—
184	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.13	28.39	38.36	25.76	12.98	3.79	23.94	27.10	44.43	—
185	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.10	16.28	55.71	13.29	4.30	12.67	45.86	39.36	33.13	—
186	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20.95	22.49	49.33	12.88	19.81	12.21	26.38	40.68	9.98	—
187	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20.81	22.74	64.05	12.69	11.73	10.27	38.63	16.55	24.71	—
188	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	20.28	16.39	49.27	28.37	15.07	6.09	24.07	16.20	34.85	—
189	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19.92	24.62	63.93	7.81	18.87	6.28	27.57	24.28	25.42	—
190	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	18.60	19.46	56.72	22.04	13.80	3.07	21.94	29.92	21.22	—
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.24	10.42	62.08	8.20	5.76	6.36	40.29	40.47	38.74	—
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	16.11	8.90	42.58	10.12	11.70	6.48	25.18	28.48	21.72	—
193	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16.09	14.27	44.69	16.18	6.71	5.58	19.03	17.07	35.73	—
194	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.39	10.98	60.23	11.33	4.84	5.67	26.08	21.96	26.68	—
195	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13.24	6.83	62.59	15.46	9.46	6.25	4.69	21.37	24.12	—

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark71.15
2Netherlands70.84
3Australia70.34
4United States69.14
5Germany67.64

Lowest

195Somalia13.24
194Chad15.39
193DR Congo16.09
192Central African Republic16.11
191Niger18.24

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 44.61. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Human capital
HighestDenmark83.00
LowestSomalia6.83
Middle country: 41.36
Natural capital
HighestMongolia66.45
LowestCayman Islands2.61
Middle country: 37.82
Energy
HighestSingapore88.63
LowestBenin5.80
Middle country: 54.61
Transport
HighestSingapore97.56
LowestBurkina Faso4.30
Middle country: 39.86
Information and communication technology
HighestBermuda94.06
LowestEritrea3.07
Middle country: 41.26
Institutions
HighestFinland98.31
LowestSomalia4.69
Middle country: 50.71
Private sector
HighestHong Kong99.50
LowestSouth Sudan16.20
Middle country: 44.70
Structural change
HighestUnited States95.06
LowestGuinea-Bissau9.98
Middle country: 53.23

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

+2 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 193 in both
141 · 51rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Somalia9.59 → 13.24+3.65
Kiribati32.79 → 36.32+3.53
Ethiopia20.35 → 23.75+3.40
Myanmar17.83 → 21.13+3.30
Tonga44.05 → 46.75+2.70

Fell most

Syria33.94 → 31.45−2.49
Eritrea21.03 → 18.60−2.43
Mali22.84 → 21.43−1.41
Andorra54.07 → 52.81−1.26
Greece54.92 → 53.74−1.18

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

04Caveats

Read before you use

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
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 2012.
192 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 48.41. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
191 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
195 rows · 15 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download productive-capacities-index-2012-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
UNCTAD’s own file, on its own site.
US_PCI

What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2012). Productive Capacities Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productive-capacities-index/2012

0623 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Productive Capacities Index, 2011
193 countries
The year after ›
Productive Capacities Index, 2013
195 countries
All of them
Productive Capacities Index: every year
23 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

This edition

The same ranking, cut differently

Behind the number

Browse

By continent

Much-read profiles

Every subject

The numbers

Reading the data