Data for 2015

Productive Capacities Index, 2015

Name: Productive Capacities Index, 2015
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2015, 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, 2015 covers 195 countries on 9 measures. Netherlands is highest, at 70.98; Somalia is lowest, at 14.29. The middle country reads 45.17. Against 2014, 194 values changed (120 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Productive Capacities Index · Data for 2015

HighestNetherlands

70.98

LowestSomalia

14.29

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

195countries
9measures per country
2015the year it describes
191distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Productive Capacities Index, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	70.98	74.36	25.89	76.20	92.76	75.43	93.19	80.40	83.74	—
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	70.65	85.22	29.31	70.57	82.84	74.89	94.49	76.94	78.05	—
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.20	78.67	38.65	74.03	62.14	67.81	90.68	85.22	71.72	—
4	United States`USA`Northern America	68.58	72.76	23.26	74.54	76.68	67.10	83.80	93.62	96.07	—
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68.36	71.50	27.30	70.22	77.03	74.81	90.00	77.32	86.79	—
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.89	70.59	29.66	66.74	82.80	70.25	97.57	87.55	64.97	—
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	67.44	76.25	19.55	73.98	80.15	73.71	90.13	82.15	88.72	—
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.87	69.07	23.33	72.22	71.88	69.03	92.99	85.76	76.93	—
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	65.83	83.69	16.22	69.08	88.85	72.62	94.32	77.49	79.68	—
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	65.57	75.09	24.69	69.88	79.40	70.99	95.40	77.80	63.01	—
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	65.21	76.78	17.80	73.12	88.04	69.42	85.03	75.43	83.45	—
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	64.45	76.18	17.99	70.16	78.99	72.33	88.47	72.90	84.06	—
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.31	69.07	24.27	78.32	85.78	67.35	89.85	64.20	66.84	—
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	63.77	82.63	17.76	70.92	83.39	65.73	95.80	72.30	69.17	—
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	63.71	69.84	19.60	69.39	74.57	70.78	80.45	76.07	88.41	—
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.66	77.86	11.44	74.64	82.37	77.03	95.94	83.46	79.80	—
17	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	63.44	41.95	46.40	81.81	87.11	62.27	67.41	69.32	65.00	—
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	62.94	76.77	21.81	70.28	88.35	77.99	89.50	70.45	48.20	—
19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.72	59.88	11.12	82.79	87.67	81.55	90.26	97.47	69.04	Run-to-run variation exceeds +/- 1 index point
20	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	62.31	43.94	33.70	80.17	82.33	69.57	70.79	70.23	67.18	—
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.12	84.07	11.99	77.02	75.07	71.40	71.39	94.03	79.42	—
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	61.77	61.09	12.00	77.41	99.48	77.82	94.38	77.99	65.60	—
23	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	61.70	47.10	39.57	83.00	94.49	68.18	54.37	67.57	57.37	—
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.08	60.77	30.39	64.00	65.58	70.81	82.52	62.86	68.04	—
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.77	73.29	23.31	74.66	66.11	67.35	72.77	72.30	62.28	—
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.60	58.03	26.07	70.50	85.94	70.40	78.94	62.29	57.30	—
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.50	65.85	27.32	69.27	63.00	62.84	77.08	61.99	76.15	—
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.97	78.47	7.86	74.67	72.27	71.65	86.17	95.84	84.98	—
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.89	64.63	21.23	65.53	70.40	65.21	73.73	70.64	77.02	—
30	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	58.99	51.39	16.30	74.08	83.70	80.06	77.57	72.29	62.92	—
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.65	65.42	21.77	62.98	62.98	64.82	78.77	69.53	69.75	—
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.16	69.57	21.80	67.16	64.84	65.13	75.01	60.25	67.32	—
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.13	57.32	33.25	66.53	51.56	61.63	74.75	56.72	76.30	—
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.10	57.69	31.18	62.28	68.61	61.77	66.96	59.01	69.20	—
35	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	58.08	47.94	20.85	72.90	98.95	64.70	72.57	69.22	55.25	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
36	Chile`CHL`South America	57.66	51.77	38.27	64.43	55.62	57.40	78.83	64.65	58.79	—
37	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	57.58	64.06	10.21	73.58	88.20	66.46	82.87	97.32	53.14	—
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.27	49.06	33.32	67.38	66.55	54.82	63.68	67.13	67.35	—
39	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	57.24	38.53	49.00	73.81	69.69	52.06	59.04	61.65	62.64	—
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56.95	61.76	17.93	68.68	60.74	63.09	66.42	65.69	87.08	—
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.62	56.52	28.88	58.83	62.77	63.88	77.21	55.76	63.69	—
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	56.47	51.80	27.89	61.82	66.73	63.17	73.14	56.30	66.73	—
43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	56.09	44.31	44.93	75.71	64.19	56.08	50.26	67.17	53.46	—
44	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	55.84	50.28	13.54	72.34	88.18	65.54	82.62	77.49	51.90	—
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	55.79	41.04	28.57	77.16	83.25	53.42	67.97	57.51	59.68	—
46	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.75	54.55	39.34	62.79	44.16	47.48	45.17	77.64	94.10	—
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.17	53.19	16.39	68.62	79.82	65.86	79.20	61.42	56.08	—
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	54.93	44.93	57.18	77.69	48.14	58.07	47.89	52.90	58.59	—
49	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	54.37	75.35	2.61	88.38	98.26	69.69	92.16	94.65	73.48	—
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	54.34	43.02	29.73	82.55	78.63	58.84	57.36	47.01	57.73	—
51	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	54.14	52.93	10.91	67.05	75.98	71.90	85.37	73.43	55.67	—
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.03	64.45	24.27	63.21	61.53	64.38	59.69	59.56	52.18	—
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.75	51.32	32.16	61.90	58.40	49.63	49.41	60.02	79.35	—
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.67	46.17	25.34	64.35	72.78	56.64	74.96	54.17	54.60	—
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.40	41.57	47.14	57.65	50.64	47.52	58.03	59.06	70.92	—
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.71	54.02	37.13	60.05	41.67	59.02	57.31	52.06	67.42	—
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.69	48.98	34.84	60.27	54.51	46.95	47.45	64.37	73.84	—
=58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.56	54.22	25.45	57.49	54.91	60.71	63.52	51.05	67.92	—
=58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.56	54.92	36.99	55.14	48.58	59.38	56.12	52.61	61.05	—
60	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.19	56.90	23.99	68.21	36.56	61.02	70.13	56.23	67.13	—
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.01	46.83	35.46	59.50	46.47	56.44	60.64	48.21	70.71	—
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.78	49.91	43.63	57.09	38.60	62.94	75.11	43.52	52.30	—
63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	51.65	52.03	21.92	68.74	41.13	67.55	76.99	63.99	47.19	—
=64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51.04	49.66	27.25	56.80	55.35	56.53	70.37	49.95	54.48	—
=64	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.04	42.30	18.89	63.26	62.61	52.69	59.37	62.23	74.72	—
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.00	47.13	13.23	69.47	82.43	51.57	73.54	62.31	54.26	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
67	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	50.60	49.12	12.24	70.49	78.04	63.83	67.85	59.05	50.83	—
68	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	49.88	45.71	13.01	72.40	88.41	58.10	66.63	47.95	54.24	—
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.75	51.01	27.49	51.17	54.66	59.42	57.37	54.92	51.10	—
70	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.02	43.86	33.95	59.54	39.85	47.50	48.76	57.31	71.11	—
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	48.92	53.01	33.65	66.90	49.76	61.58	37.48	40.07	59.74	—
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.68	37.43	57.12	70.19	41.53	55.67	44.84	40.97	49.49	—
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	48.48	53.90	35.05	52.16	41.28	53.80	51.77	41.33	65.17	—
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	48.45	49.31	34.79	63.44	51.60	61.49	39.44	36.29	61.42	—
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.82	43.03	17.10	60.37	72.26	51.84	68.98	50.34	47.35	—
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.81	44.76	15.10	60.23	70.16	52.54	68.39	53.51	49.72	—
=77	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.57	54.66	35.15	60.63	39.85	57.46	48.05	37.32	54.81	—
=77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.57	46.95	37.00	52.94	35.60	53.56	53.17	50.84	55.30	—
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	47.54	46.87	42.87	54.08	39.83	57.15	46.09	41.93	54.57	—
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.49	43.72	30.13	60.69	51.21	49.39	38.32	51.08	65.32	—
81	Colombia`COL`South America	47.45	48.32	34.46	55.81	45.55	50.13	50.73	43.46	54.95	—
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.42	48.12	31.66	58.36	33.01	56.01	62.49	44.12	56.44	—
83	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	47.41	47.06	17.72	65.81	76.63	49.04	48.64	46.88	54.28	—
84	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	47.38	52.98	3.96	76.55	89.63	70.21	77.50	78.12	41.46	—
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	47.30	43.25	41.51	51.92	39.03	44.84	45.96	53.27	62.73	—
86	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	47.19	43.94	7.98	71.83	76.31	59.07	71.78	59.65	50.61	—
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.95	48.76	45.23	52.96	37.48	42.12	50.71	43.67	57.83	—
88	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.85	39.53	35.64	45.53	54.44	42.45	67.74	44.93	51.44	—
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	46.80	43.74	18.51	54.79	63.68	57.89	69.22	51.81	39.23	—
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46.53	48.22	53.43	58.32	36.57	53.58	36.37	40.00	51.30	—
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	46.42	40.36	22.32	58.31	73.90	36.86	59.41	53.61	47.36	—
92	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.25	37.42	29.34	57.59	49.21	49.11	51.96	41.85	63.01	—
93	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	46.23	48.41	6.68	68.99	80.95	54.20	68.52	57.39	54.17	—
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.15	42.78	34.82	56.22	36.72	42.85	54.13	50.11	57.60	—
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.04	35.10	27.69	51.16	67.28	38.76	55.35	53.94	52.15	—
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.90	34.53	42.68	41.26	43.07	38.26	63.40	51.18	60.55	—
97	Peru`PER`South America	45.34	44.64	34.30	53.78	40.15	42.89	50.88	43.03	57.51	—
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.17	40.76	34.38	49.36	42.52	45.78	50.91	49.38	51.18	—
=99	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.91	41.02	44.51	60.53	43.32	53.51	38.42	34.09	49.27	—
=99	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	44.91	37.65	67.14	55.00	36.07	40.35	52.12	39.50	39.76	—
101	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	44.74	53.09	2.60	76.24	87.97	76.65	75.55	73.01	40.95	—
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.54	48.19	36.16	55.16	20.34	51.19	47.92	52.77	61.14	—
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44.51	39.22	28.81	45.90	65.20	41.13	49.46	49.54	45.25	—
104	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.33	41.89	28.13	54.88	55.13	37.78	55.10	47.67	42.15	—
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.22	41.95	43.15	49.99	30.20	40.05	49.29	45.93	58.97	—
106	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	44.21	38.55	40.54	38.06	39.40	34.56	63.47	40.05	70.87	—
107	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	44.02	47.78	8.61	56.15	68.19	53.00	63.62	52.28	50.78	—
108	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.00	33.17	37.19	45.55	36.12	41.00	69.56	46.91	51.72	—
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.81	39.38	26.70	57.12	40.77	36.95	53.16	45.80	61.67	—
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.75	47.39	31.54	54.55	39.97	44.65	41.80	43.22	51.04	—
111	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.42	34.40	24.94	44.32	55.53	31.44	68.61	47.34	58.58	—
112	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.22	44.14	32.02	47.77	38.27	45.34	57.33	38.87	46.67	—
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.19	48.08	42.00	62.77	26.87	45.38	34.50	42.56	53.37	—
114	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43.09	40.72	38.55	53.25	35.04	40.55	38.98	46.00	55.78	—
115	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	42.68	42.84	21.94	52.63	74.51	27.58	60.60	48.32	37.00	—
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.09	43.60	44.68	59.80	25.79	37.34	35.99	39.26	62.09	—
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.05	48.84	37.50	50.01	19.19	46.26	54.62	45.97	47.87	—
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.94	36.29	33.52	53.29	29.61	34.24	48.44	43.18	69.65	—
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	41.39	47.64	43.52	55.29	16.36	50.53	47.93	41.84	45.35	—
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	41.27	36.48	42.18	41.31	28.16	25.44	50.58	49.00	74.51	—
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	41.20	35.09	35.35	47.53	28.56	35.74	50.42	49.97	54.80	—
122	Bolivia`BOL`South America	40.97	41.08	42.47	51.58	30.28	35.34	40.87	44.55	45.29	—
123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.60	41.07	38.84	54.84	23.03	41.04	44.09	42.57	47.53	—
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	40.48	30.05	35.78	31.90	52.81	29.83	54.70	46.64	52.25	—
125	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.29	41.13	30.27	57.39	19.45	42.78	49.81	40.03	58.53	—
126	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.79	35.38	50.19	66.23	33.01	31.01	26.19	29.95	66.55	—
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.65	36.81	44.52	55.55	24.57	35.59	35.58	41.51	51.94	—
128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	39.08	37.11	53.24	40.19	40.24	25.79	40.45	34.28	47.60	—
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	38.91	53.06	33.64	61.18	37.59	19.07	44.54	34.26	43.97	—
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.90	40.59	42.09	36.78	24.68	34.13	42.12	43.49	54.01	—
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	38.46	38.28	52.19	43.42	26.59	38.93	36.45	28.26	51.71	—
132	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.42	34.02	37.46	34.57	39.10	29.26	47.00	41.59	48.14	—
133	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	38.34	32.38	43.88	37.59	46.57	18.70	57.27	37.93	46.17	—
134	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.49	40.48	45.41	56.23	33.03	39.37	16.36	40.71	43.57	—
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.29	33.72	37.86	48.12	20.72	40.49	47.59	39.90	38.17	—
136	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.54	41.39	33.20	51.34	27.39	46.68	22.57	34.53	45.25	—
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.40	26.24	54.53	26.57	30.23	26.76	49.37	34.50	58.85	—
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.14	30.65	45.84	32.94	27.51	29.35	43.66	41.10	43.39	—
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	36.12	22.59	49.38	34.65	37.32	23.96	35.50	35.08	67.32	—
140	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.83	28.10	29.02	46.39	27.31	34.26	41.45	34.43	53.82	—
141	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	35.68	36.75	48.96	54.58	23.95	35.36	28.13	29.56	38.01	—
142	Honduras`HND`Central America	35.64	33.71	33.16	36.46	23.20	32.52	41.31	38.90	52.71	—
143	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.58	33.83	36.65	45.27	13.97	38.62	40.87	40.62	51.10	—
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.62	32.22	39.50	40.94	21.89	23.51	36.64	40.66	51.68	—
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.41	29.24	39.38	41.50	26.98	25.90	38.65	27.88	54.62	—
146	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.29	29.85	44.52	26.41	29.22	23.20	41.72	39.46	48.81	—
147	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.12	28.66	47.48	36.84	14.46	27.87	55.13	36.83	44.80	—
148	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34.09	32.87	37.59	33.48	21.83	27.19	38.16	39.20	49.60	—
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.56	27.70	41.43	31.53	13.63	27.63	52.83	44.74	50.01	—
150	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	33.55	28.45	36.02	30.61	45.07	22.28	47.70	42.04	25.45	—
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	33.08	35.20	43.26	38.28	20.30	27.19	30.41	27.08	54.18	—
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	32.74	37.16	41.97	26.44	15.58	27.50	37.78	39.44	50.09	—
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.33	22.53	28.52	56.76	42.36	18.31	25.74	32.71	50.10	—
154	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	31.83	23.30	61.97	26.87	21.25	23.46	35.18	30.42	50.86	—
155	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.38	24.28	44.55	27.19	16.25	19.40	48.90	33.89	61.14	—
156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.08	22.12	37.98	23.49	29.53	20.95	31.37	32.65	69.66	—
157	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	30.90	28.08	42.42	46.15	18.03	26.51	22.74	28.67	48.55	—
158	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.59	32.39	52.71	13.76	20.41	20.64	53.97	34.72	41.32	—
159	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.43	18.89	47.94	30.99	12.03	28.48	41.70	42.36	43.27	—
160	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	30.36	29.51	46.64	28.04	34.30	16.87	36.50	35.88	24.67	—
161	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.09	28.51	55.17	13.92	20.67	18.47	37.80	43.93	48.37	—
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.76	20.17	41.52	40.63	17.69	20.08	32.84	37.19	41.71	—
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	29.73	22.24	32.69	28.73	29.55	18.63	42.47	37.51	33.30	—
164	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.97	20.43	38.98	37.65	15.17	21.81	32.86	32.50	46.78	—
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28.83	34.33	38.76	31.97	14.15	18.30	28.87	30.57	49.06	—
166	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.59	27.58	41.01	22.15	16.34	28.27	27.28	35.02	40.34	—
167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.41	22.54	47.47	18.50	14.13	18.46	40.81	35.13	57.41	—
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27.83	23.31	55.71	39.98	14.68	33.68	13.77	29.75	34.28	—
169	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.43	24.76	37.14	26.97	12.50	23.58	33.52	32.14	40.68	—
170	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.42	21.03	43.21	20.05	14.81	18.95	44.69	32.10	43.61	—
171	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27.40	24.23	52.85	15.73	19.92	14.06	34.89	34.05	47.33	—
172	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	26.34	20.02	43.15	31.34	12.58	21.52	32.03	31.19	31.61	—
173	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.15	19.36	47.23	26.64	10.57	27.78	38.04	21.28	37.75	—
174	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	26.04	29.00	39.10	25.20	15.92	18.99	27.70	26.62	33.17	—
175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.01	22.52	61.02	19.43	10.14	17.26	34.24	31.47	41.59	—
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	25.92	28.12	46.53	11.43	24.97	16.95	36.86	30.65	28.49	—
177	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	25.71	22.81	43.57	15.54	7.96	21.70	46.96	41.68	36.60	—
178	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	25.53	25.82	43.19	36.36	17.20	15.90	21.95	20.75	35.74	—
179	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	24.94	25.27	52.73	15.88	7.48	16.15	41.36	30.16	46.96	—
180	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.25	25.51	56.05	22.25	8.88	12.78	38.04	22.68	38.33	—
181	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.08	23.73	42.92	38.83	9.47	22.43	18.67	20.46	35.22	—
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23.59	25.52	48.84	27.36	13.21	16.76	19.20	26.39	25.07	—
183	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.04	26.95	55.69	16.08	7.77	13.06	44.92	23.88	30.30	—
184	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.88	14.92	55.51	18.67	5.92	23.29	37.07	42.75	22.28	—
185	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.77	25.92	48.25	13.85	19.88	15.43	28.60	35.84	13.27	—
186	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.21	20.00	53.97	14.55	3.49	16.56	45.32	44.02	32.75	—
187	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.71	29.58	83.09	11.74	9.52	15.76	38.78	18.69	15.72	—
188	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	21.69	24.85	65.60	7.97	18.92	10.10	26.78	30.49	24.13	—
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	19.84	21.42	56.48	21.91	13.94	3.90	18.99	35.86	24.45	—
190	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.55	18.84	50.67	30.87	13.52	4.19	12.42	17.73	38.15	—
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.49	14.25	62.08	7.68	3.30	9.44	40.28	38.31	41.83	—
192	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	18.14	18.25	43.14	13.31	6.39	10.32	20.27	22.34	37.48	—
193	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.55	12.72	57.78	14.89	5.13	9.05	26.55	26.32	25.35	—
194	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.44	11.08	50.38	9.77	12.20	6.61	19.89	28.79	34.02	—
195	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.29	10.19	62.42	14.68	4.74	10.23	7.68	22.55	22.11	—

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

195Somalia14.29
194Central African Republic17.44
193Chad17.55
192DR Congo18.14
191Niger18.49

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.17. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Human capital
HighestDenmark85.22
LowestSomalia10.19
Middle country: 42.30
Natural capital
HighestSierra Leone83.09
LowestCayman Islands2.60
Middle country: 35.78
Energy
HighestSingapore88.38
LowestNiger7.68
Middle country: 55.29
Transport
HighestLuxembourg99.48
LowestNiger3.30
Middle country: 40.77
Information and communication technology
HighestHong Kong81.55
LowestEritrea3.90
Middle country: 45.38
Institutions
HighestNew Zealand97.57
LowestSomalia7.68
Middle country: 50.73
Private sector
HighestHong Kong97.47
LowestSouth Sudan17.73
Middle country: 45.93
Structural change
HighestUnited States96.07
LowestGuinea-Bissau13.27
Middle country: 54.01

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 195 in both
120 · 74rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

San Marino52.17 → 57.58+5.41
Macau53.94 → 58.99+5.05
Togo27.04 → 30.09+3.05
Zambia28.46 → 31.38+2.92
Aruba53.16 → 55.84+2.68

Fell most

Cyprus54.78 → 51.65−3.13
Singapore57.35 → 54.37−2.98
Yemen26.35 → 24.08−2.27
Bahamas49.36 → 47.19−2.17
Gambia28.24 → 26.15−2.09

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 52.56. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
192 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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