Data for 2017

Productive Capacities Index, 2017

Name: Productive Capacities Index, 2017
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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2017, 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, 2017 covers 195 countries on 9 measures. Denmark is highest, at 70.89; Somalia is lowest, at 15.64. The middle country reads 46.17. Against 2016, 194 values changed (152 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Productive Capacities Index · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

70.89

LowestSomalia

15.64

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

195countries
9measures per country
2017the year it describes
191distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Productive Capacities Index, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	70.89	84.16	29.02	71.57	82.35	77.35	92.81	76.89	80.30	—
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	70.87	75.56	23.96	76.56	93.72	78.68	92.92	80.51	83.25	—
=3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.71	77.50	40.29	73.96	63.03	71.30	90.28	85.51	69.62	—
=3	United States`USA`Northern America	69.71	73.64	24.66	75.24	76.66	71.76	83.99	92.70	95.30	—
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68.93	72.13	27.83	70.98	77.72	76.66	87.66	79.17	86.54	—
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.43	69.81	29.61	67.00	83.49	74.06	97.47	88.89	64.79	—
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	67.96	77.25	19.21	74.04	80.11	78.09	89.20	82.51	89.99	—
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.30	68.97	26.22	71.88	73.26	73.21	93.41	85.35	75.74	—
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	66.88	86.27	18.10	67.22	88.00	73.86	93.50	77.59	80.83	—
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.27	77.62	25.00	69.25	79.28	71.73	96.69	79.07	63.65	—
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.93	69.31	25.90	79.89	87.06	71.22	86.18	63.08	73.90	—
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	65.56	78.14	17.91	74.30	88.78	71.07	82.20	75.42	83.93	—
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	64.53	76.96	17.04	71.03	80.15	71.66	88.41	74.33	85.53	—
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.52	70.79	19.61	68.98	75.26	75.17	80.56	76.71	89.74	—
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.19	81.97	17.95	70.37	82.94	67.35	96.13	72.76	71.23	—
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.83	78.20	11.25	74.62	81.87	78.99	95.75	84.17	80.59	—
=17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	63.63	61.13	11.41	85.72	88.39	87.52	88.48	98.44	66.70	Run-to-run variation exceeds +/- 1 index point
=17	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	63.63	42.87	46.34	81.30	85.52	63.18	63.51	69.05	70.26	—
19	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	63.55	47.53	33.73	80.51	83.18	77.66	70.48	70.91	63.85	—
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	63.50	76.28	21.37	69.89	90.35	80.67	89.43	70.88	50.25	—
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	63.34	87.19	11.97	77.39	76.55	74.94	74.13	94.23	80.01	—
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.09	62.22	10.92	74.24	99.07	80.93	92.86	89.16	65.97	—
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.04	75.41	24.37	75.99	67.80	69.99	72.25	71.50	64.14	—
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.44	64.94	27.17	69.81	65.60	67.36	77.45	64.29	74.91	—
25	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.09	74.19	6.23	90.46	98.59	74.88	92.68	95.21	71.23	—
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.85	58.06	25.68	74.55	84.50	74.90	79.91	62.55	53.47	—
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.56	67.06	21.85	64.27	65.06	70.99	79.80	72.73	71.66	—
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.54	78.56	7.67	74.79	74.25	75.32	86.31	97.69	84.93	—
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.12	65.20	18.85	66.75	71.49	70.44	73.76	71.10	78.73	—
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	60.10	47.23	36.68	78.25	94.95	65.31	50.43	65.75	61.08	—
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.59	58.13	31.05	63.99	70.29	67.44	67.04	61.36	70.60	—
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	59.29	58.77	34.84	68.07	56.56	64.28	69.67	57.55	75.18	—
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	58.96	60.69	30.79	65.34	43.19	74.59	82.34	62.46	72.15	—
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.75	69.75	21.36	68.30	65.33	70.07	75.73	60.14	66.86	—
35	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	58.57	52.38	22.57	71.33	89.01	65.03	75.09	66.50	56.83	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
36	Chile`CHL`South America	58.23	53.03	38.50	64.20	55.26	63.54	76.68	67.20	55.76	—
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	58.03	55.59	38.65	63.59	46.81	54.06	48.15	82.36	93.76	—
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.80	62.73	17.05	69.63	61.58	67.97	66.65	68.44	87.58	—
39	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	57.76	38.42	48.90	73.74	69.97	54.12	58.88	63.93	62.69	—
40	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.72	48.89	33.53	67.85	67.27	60.84	61.69	66.61	65.82	—
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.57	52.14	28.45	63.59	68.39	66.79	73.35	55.62	68.62	—
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.41	57.44	29.14	57.30	62.98	68.94	75.66	56.36	66.48	—
43	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	57.37	61.85	10.21	72.89	84.59	69.50	83.37	92.73	56.11	—
44	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	57.15	45.63	45.02	75.30	67.16	61.16	50.94	64.61	54.42	—
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	56.69	40.67	28.43	72.81	84.47	62.61	68.30	58.67	59.79	—
=46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	56.44	53.64	22.48	69.75	61.43	73.13	74.90	65.16	55.80	—
=46	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	56.44	56.52	10.33	75.64	84.31	83.52	77.80	73.69	57.75	—
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.74	66.30	23.72	72.91	62.90	69.41	59.17	59.88	52.53	—
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	55.00	45.69	56.97	76.04	47.52	60.81	49.66	55.10	53.46	—
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	54.84	52.92	18.16	67.95	78.11	65.62	75.65	58.76	54.97	—
51	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	54.65	52.70	12.91	70.86	80.02	68.80	82.72	69.98	51.78	—
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.60	54.46	31.17	63.92	60.65	55.37	45.05	60.49	79.53	—
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	54.56	51.83	34.11	60.87	56.54	57.38	48.58	64.14	72.22	—
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.08	46.24	24.20	65.75	77.03	60.05	72.78	54.53	54.20	—
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.90	42.21	47.88	57.34	51.54	53.47	56.49	57.98	68.08	—
56	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	53.80	54.42	8.95	68.70	77.65	75.19	87.22	72.90	56.49	—
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.72	53.39	36.09	60.99	42.58	65.10	59.83	54.49	65.31	—
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.59	55.17	37.28	56.27	49.79	65.81	53.91	52.57	63.31	—
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.52	55.65	24.73	59.11	56.48	65.97	64.30	50.79	68.01	—
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	53.40	43.88	28.87	81.19	76.29	59.47	57.28	44.68	55.39	—
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.75	46.47	34.29	60.87	48.10	63.15	60.38	49.16	68.52	—
62	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	52.73	49.09	15.52	70.64	78.94	65.34	63.38	58.52	58.11	—
63	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.60	55.66	24.32	69.63	36.83	65.50	70.08	56.72	64.83	—
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.12	49.43	27.47	59.94	56.42	63.22	67.53	52.75	52.62	—
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	52.00	51.93	43.07	56.91	37.88	66.69	74.47	44.02	50.70	—
66	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.98	49.25	31.62	52.48	55.84	62.90	56.91	56.67	57.58	—
67	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	51.30	50.67	13.21	72.33	92.10	68.42	64.84	50.02	48.45	—
68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51.03	50.05	36.22	63.83	53.92	68.46	41.25	41.55	62.81	—
69	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	51.00	48.68	24.36	66.70	77.18	55.36	45.26	48.07	62.23	—
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	50.97	43.18	17.93	64.79	58.97	56.64	58.07	61.37	76.28	—
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	50.88	53.00	33.67	68.31	51.56	66.48	39.67	43.78	61.87	—
72	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	50.87	47.62	13.60	68.50	80.87	53.16	72.82	61.95	52.11	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
73	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	49.77	37.49	58.18	69.47	43.67	61.29	46.27	40.56	49.49	—
74	Argentina`ARG`South America	49.13	55.16	35.39	58.75	40.89	62.58	55.57	37.85	54.98	—
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49.03	45.44	14.58	63.07	73.01	53.14	69.79	52.58	56.17	—
76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	49.01	44.92	39.62	53.45	41.49	52.07	47.09	54.70	62.86	—
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.98	48.74	31.41	58.08	34.83	61.91	64.81	46.20	57.71	—
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.95	44.15	33.71	59.67	43.21	49.76	46.84	51.88	70.98	—
79	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	48.85	54.03	4.03	76.99	93.23	74.41	78.78	77.69	45.57	—
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	48.44	45.38	15.68	63.19	73.87	53.05	68.79	51.52	48.51	—
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.40	47.46	53.75	57.54	40.33	58.44	39.81	41.25	53.06	—
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	48.30	46.77	43.71	53.69	42.14	61.14	46.81	43.31	51.67	—
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	48.26	53.81	35.89	51.46	40.95	56.91	50.32	41.24	61.28	—
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	48.22	44.43	16.93	58.14	68.06	61.84	67.34	51.91	45.40	—
85	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	48.09	50.63	7.35	70.84	84.28	56.87	70.87	59.95	53.31	—
86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.07	50.20	44.56	52.95	38.06	48.10	50.75	45.21	57.31	—
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.88	46.85	34.93	54.14	35.92	56.74	53.27	52.30	54.86	—
88	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	47.82	44.68	22.34	62.65	70.94	40.13	60.52	56.08	45.26	—
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.76	35.73	27.86	53.96	70.11	41.57	61.31	54.85	51.39	—
90	Colombia`COL`South America	47.70	48.41	33.66	57.58	44.06	54.90	50.57	42.81	54.50	—
91	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	47.55	48.31	13.42	58.04	69.59	53.99	64.39	52.51	54.71	—
92	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	47.53	40.19	36.57	46.98	51.53	45.77	66.34	42.93	56.15	—
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.28	44.35	30.31	61.17	52.92	48.91	37.38	51.13	61.40	—
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.19	38.76	69.98	57.71	33.78	48.76	54.51	39.52	44.24	—
95	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	47.01	46.24	6.68	71.57	73.60	61.01	69.50	59.27	58.33	—
96	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	46.85	39.66	40.41	41.15	42.84	38.24	68.68	44.13	70.87	—
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.35	37.45	36.94	57.14	49.54	52.26	51.25	39.19	51.86	—
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	46.17	47.98	36.87	57.31	20.96	58.13	48.35	55.64	62.15	—
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.94	43.66	26.85	53.42	55.75	43.69	58.23	48.44	46.12	—
100	Peru`PER`South America	45.86	44.09	35.69	54.45	40.21	48.10	51.87	42.38	53.68	—
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.83	42.27	44.16	50.79	33.28	46.18	48.13	45.44	61.08	—
102	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.63	51.01	41.79	64.99	32.49	54.27	35.90	44.79	47.81	—
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.47	41.89	39.11	54.37	35.80	47.60	42.55	49.10	57.64	—
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.44	34.52	45.35	39.66	44.21	40.57	62.16	52.08	50.42	—
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.41	43.77	33.88	56.46	35.24	40.49	53.91	50.46	55.66	—
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.24	39.16	26.44	61.23	41.90	45.80	51.92	42.02	66.09	—
107	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	45.12	43.06	22.01	53.28	74.69	33.83	63.04	50.86	41.98	—
108	Belize`BLZ`Central America	45.05	40.00	30.40	45.84	66.64	45.27	47.75	49.02	43.08	—
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	44.94	41.60	34.40	47.63	42.98	48.12	47.39	48.25	51.60	—
110	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	44.85	45.19	32.22	48.63	41.94	47.46	60.01	40.20	48.19	—
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.84	36.95	33.95	54.54	31.91	46.72	51.70	44.95	68.89	—
112	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	44.54	53.01	2.60	76.33	87.90	78.32	73.62	72.36	40.17	—
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.45	47.57	31.15	54.48	41.24	48.07	43.93	43.11	50.29	—
114	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.13	41.87	45.35	61.89	36.83	55.70	39.37	33.49	45.22	—
115	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.72	34.10	24.03	46.41	53.74	33.55	70.96	46.97	58.48	—
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.47	48.85	37.62	48.88	21.66	51.81	55.23	48.45	47.23	—
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.43	45.02	44.73	60.70	26.12	44.84	36.01	39.86	61.63	—
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.37	34.35	36.69	46.52	32.55	41.12	68.36	48.39	48.20	—
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.01	36.19	41.66	43.23	30.58	30.74	52.17	49.71	73.72	—
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.90	36.85	35.56	49.84	31.20	39.27	48.13	50.38	59.14	—
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	42.83	48.98	42.71	56.71	19.51	53.49	47.96	43.92	43.42	—
122	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.45	41.61	42.55	52.16	32.97	40.25	41.30	44.79	46.48	—
123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.01	41.32	38.44	55.11	26.31	44.93	45.46	44.07	46.80	—
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.44	36.91	51.55	65.90	39.30	36.42	24.31	30.87	64.61	—
125	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.35	53.51	33.50	62.23	37.52	30.36	45.22	36.04	41.31	—
126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.22	41.32	31.30	58.32	20.06	45.98	50.15	40.91	58.44	—
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.76	37.46	52.76	40.80	42.47	28.49	43.20	36.44	49.62	—
128	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.68	38.08	46.61	55.28	24.81	39.78	37.19	37.84	55.02	—
129	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	40.55	28.20	33.36	35.60	54.23	33.28	57.43	45.66	46.17	—
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	40.54	38.34	53.16	44.51	27.68	44.83	40.31	30.61	52.51	—
131	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.36	34.95	38.20	49.59	28.04	43.09	50.39	38.90	44.90	—
132	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.89	41.28	42.21	38.04	24.59	40.99	41.28	45.11	51.49	—
133	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	39.09	34.85	46.82	37.99	49.47	21.88	62.70	39.56	32.73	—
134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.80	35.95	35.55	36.73	38.24	30.68	48.08	42.27	45.87	—
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	38.00	37.33	49.20	55.13	24.27	45.05	31.57	30.87	40.27	—
136	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.75	32.70	46.03	37.80	28.21	32.81	45.08	39.10	44.41	—
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.34	28.93	84.19	23.42	24.15	30.04	48.27	33.56	56.39	—
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.33	32.56	40.63	47.21	22.35	32.68	36.80	42.06	53.42	—
139	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.31	39.30	46.62	56.02	30.80	49.88	14.82	38.38	41.91	—
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	37.23	22.00	49.97	35.48	38.48	30.40	34.67	36.24	64.39	—
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.07	37.31	43.36	30.62	24.34	37.63	40.41	40.80	47.68	—
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.47	34.53	35.64	45.78	15.91	43.29	40.74	39.59	50.06	—
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	36.13	29.77	38.65	50.07	27.38	29.87	38.66	28.46	56.03	—
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.08	32.91	37.52	38.99	22.49	33.06	37.49	40.85	52.33	—
145	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	35.86	28.83	39.61	33.75	48.10	25.23	50.67	42.57	27.09	—
146	Honduras`HND`Central America	35.45	34.59	33.69	36.58	19.52	35.47	41.03	39.48	52.21	—
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.12	30.11	42.62	28.61	30.15	26.24	42.79	40.18	46.37	—
148	Venezuela`VEN`South America	34.76	41.23	34.23	49.19	24.38	48.77	19.07	33.71	40.11	—
149	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.75	26.42	47.57	41.59	15.82	33.97	55.89	35.50	38.13	—
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.49	28.51	29.88	44.28	22.41	34.72	38.45	31.49	44.55	—
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	33.05	33.66	52.77	17.29	26.46	22.73	55.63	35.45	39.12	—
152	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.69	34.26	39.43	36.49	16.00	25.85	35.04	33.01	55.33	—
153	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.64	22.74	62.61	28.30	23.25	25.05	38.66	30.81	46.10	—
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	32.19	26.40	41.30	31.86	9.30	29.21	53.13	43.85	52.36	—
155	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.09	21.37	48.32	34.15	13.25	32.07	41.24	43.54	41.80	—
156	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.95	31.25	43.76	47.70	16.59	40.36	22.19	28.38	39.46	—
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	31.64	31.42	46.70	30.48	36.08	19.87	36.31	37.07	23.30	—
158	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.60	25.65	45.62	27.90	13.91	24.13	46.46	32.72	59.65	—
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	31.58	35.93	45.19	39.24	16.25	30.94	27.37	22.95	49.19	—
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.55	21.66	41.84	41.65	17.23	27.13	33.92	38.73	42.30	—
161	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	31.44	29.84	52.89	22.70	19.76	21.14	36.67	44.21	39.38	—
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	30.79	24.63	34.08	29.22	29.37	21.23	41.59	36.76	34.59	—
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	29.92	24.60	29.15	55.13	39.12	12.23	25.23	32.59	41.30	—
164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.53	23.20	40.11	22.01	23.85	21.04	29.32	32.88	58.35	—
165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.00	21.22	48.99	27.70	15.99	31.33	43.66	20.25	39.21	—
166	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.49	22.00	37.58	36.49	16.29	21.48	32.65	29.52	42.68	—
167	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28.46	22.08	41.94	21.63	14.93	24.47	43.73	31.33	42.84	—
168	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	28.17	24.32	49.59	18.39	22.58	14.68	33.54	33.51	48.02	—
169	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.16	27.25	42.21	22.03	15.44	30.33	26.97	30.39	40.64	—
170	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.83	24.68	37.64	26.99	11.37	28.69	32.36	32.44	41.92	—
171	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.43	22.14	44.70	31.36	12.27	28.09	31.98	30.49	30.67	—
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.83	24.12	53.93	39.62	12.67	38.62	10.67	32.35	30.80	—
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26.79	28.16	43.65	42.56	16.74	22.93	19.37	20.47	33.39	—
174	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.50	22.77	44.16	16.95	9.76	21.43	47.34	39.05	36.90	—
175	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	26.42	28.18	38.46	25.65	15.45	20.97	27.66	26.45	36.04	—
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	26.41	29.61	46.86	12.35	26.21	17.43	38.81	31.95	24.35	—
=177	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.40	21.87	63.55	20.91	9.88	20.76	33.77	28.12	41.71	—
=177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.40	25.37	52.49	18.54	8.17	19.90	42.50	30.24	45.75	—
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25.36	24.01	48.93	18.27	11.91	16.60	36.73	28.47	38.54	—
180	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.51	25.73	54.93	23.65	8.62	14.24	37.97	22.58	37.09	—
181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.25	26.65	49.38	29.63	12.36	19.23	19.69	27.11	24.18	—
182	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.66	24.24	54.24	16.04	3.61	18.64	45.99	43.24	34.83	—
183	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.64	15.15	58.12	18.37	6.30	26.34	36.30	43.31	23.15	—
184	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.57	28.51	56.47	17.22	7.36	16.38	44.36	22.35	28.72	—
185	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	23.42	26.51	46.88	15.28	20.12	19.18	27.01	37.40	12.22	—
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	23.18	25.62	67.02	9.71	19.02	14.04	23.44	30.01	26.61	—
187	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.96	26.32	82.96	14.21	8.98	19.52	40.64	19.20	18.18	—
188	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.84	24.05	42.48	43.56	6.18	23.83	12.67	19.81	31.57	—
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	21.33	21.59	56.87	21.45	16.20	5.51	18.55	35.56	27.59	—
190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.75	19.18	43.65	15.46	8.07	14.18	17.48	21.83	40.94	—
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.07	16.44	62.44	8.11	3.26	12.56	38.38	37.98	35.29	—
192	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.84	23.95	52.51	29.20	12.59	6.98	8.83	18.95	29.45	—
193	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.67	13.28	50.21	10.69	12.00	7.99	20.17	28.16	38.09	—
194	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.12	13.91	62.12	14.16	5.45	11.25	24.55	31.44	20.05	—
195	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.64	10.09	61.87	14.75	4.89	17.35	7.45	23.87	25.80	—

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark70.89
2Netherlands70.87
3Australiashared69.71
3United Statesshared69.71
5United Kingdom68.93

Lowest

195Somalia15.64
194Chad18.12
193Central African Republic18.67
192South Sudan18.84
191Niger19.07

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.17. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Human capital
HighestSouth Korea87.19
LowestSomalia10.09
Middle country: 43.66
Natural capital
HighestLesotho84.19
LowestCayman Islands2.60
Middle country: 35.89
Energy
HighestSingapore90.46
LowestNiger8.11
Middle country: 56.46
Transport
HighestLuxembourg99.07
LowestNiger3.26
Middle country: 42.14
Information and communication technology
HighestHong Kong87.52
LowestEritrea5.51
Middle country: 48.91
Institutions
HighestNew Zealand97.47
LowestSomalia7.45
Middle country: 50.94
Private sector
HighestHong Kong98.44
LowestSouth Sudan18.95
Middle country: 45.44
Structural change
HighestUnited States95.30
LowestGuinea-Bissau12.22
Middle country: 53.47

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 195 in both
152 · 42rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Benin23.69 → 26.50+2.81
Nepal34.56 → 37.07+2.51
Cyprus54.20 → 56.44+2.24
Lesotho35.23 → 37.34+2.11
Albania41.42 → 43.47+2.05

Fell most

Mozambique27.92 → 25.36−2.56
Bahrain62.48 → 60.10−2.38
Estonia60.98 → 58.96−2.02
Equatorial Guinea31.65 → 29.92−1.73
Guinea28.11 → 26.40−1.71

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 69.71. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
192 empty cells
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