Data for 2019

Productive Capacities Index, 2019

Name: Productive Capacities Index, 2019
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2019, 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, 2019 covers 195 countries on 9 measures. Denmark is highest, at 70.97; Somalia is lowest, at 15.98. The middle country reads 46.73. Against 2018, 195 values changed (124 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Productive Capacities Index · Data for 2019

HighestDenmark

70.97

LowestSomalia

15.98

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

195countries
9measures per country
2019the year it describes
189distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Productive Capacities Index, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	70.97	84.12	28.42	70.99	82.75	80.56	93.38	77.11	79.04	—
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	70.73	76.48	23.42	76.59	93.67	79.47	92.04	79.79	83.52	—
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.68	77.32	40.29	74.18	71.05	73.26	90.30	85.45	67.10	—
4	United States`USA`Northern America	69.85	75.62	25.08	75.17	76.40	74.60	80.41	90.44	95.84	—
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	69.45	74.00	28.41	70.87	76.80	78.52	86.95	79.95	86.62	—
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.53	73.36	28.97	67.15	82.93	71.12	95.28	94.87	63.95	—
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	68.49	79.20	19.56	73.50	79.78	79.34	88.43	82.43	92.19	—
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.67	70.44	27.22	72.20	73.41	73.90	91.02	85.37	75.32	—
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	66.71	81.46	19.38	75.26	88.05	72.96	82.13	74.75	83.76	—
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.70	79.26	25.09	69.43	79.19	72.90	95.25	78.66	65.57	—
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.45	68.81	23.25	82.05	87.14	73.24	85.70	61.36	86.27	—
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	65.92	87.16	16.16	66.64	88.28	74.01	93.48	77.82	79.90	—
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.39	91.89	13.55	77.33	76.79	78.11	76.84	96.35	78.20	—
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	65.24	78.97	16.64	71.99	84.47	73.35	88.26	74.71	84.89	—
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.99	71.50	19.27	69.11	75.11	77.30	81.65	77.54	90.86	—
16	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	64.83	51.91	33.93	81.21	86.54	80.95	70.38	70.87	62.40	—
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	64.70	63.01	15.87	75.01	99.42	80.40	93.75	82.75	66.02	—
18	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.44	43.83	46.49	81.63	86.24	64.58	64.62	70.05	70.94	—
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.20	83.52	17.24	69.89	84.06	68.76	95.22	72.78	71.60	—
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	63.97	77.34	22.52	70.58	88.70	80.23	90.29	71.51	49.64	—
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.75	79.98	10.82	76.20	81.52	80.77	94.38	84.37	78.91	—
22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	63.62	63.39	11.80	85.51	87.19	94.65	82.37	98.43	62.73	Run-to-run variation exceeds +/- 1 index point
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.89	78.65	24.25	75.80	66.69	72.44	72.20	72.93	66.55	—
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	61.89	79.43	8.89	73.86	73.72	78.83	85.14	97.80	85.21	—
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.71	65.89	27.18	70.02	64.59	70.25	76.31	63.44	76.38	—
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.58	68.95	22.75	64.34	66.88	73.14	78.92	73.70	72.03	—
27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.27	75.85	6.04	92.06	99.03	77.64	92.68	95.69	69.01	—
28	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	61.09	47.96	37.43	82.89	95.61	63.54	52.81	66.65	60.94	—
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.99	58.52	25.36	77.01	88.03	75.59	74.25	60.27	56.27	—
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	60.88	60.81	31.05	65.57	73.13	69.81	65.55	61.12	74.57	—
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.76	66.29	18.18	66.87	72.58	74.06	74.65	71.86	79.94	—
32	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	59.87	53.44	23.04	67.08	72.61	78.52	87.56	71.11	56.33	—
33	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	59.61	58.48	37.84	64.46	48.77	59.69	47.52	84.16	95.99	—
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	59.50	60.19	31.04	68.53	59.35	65.70	69.72	58.67	76.88	—
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	59.11	62.83	29.46	65.04	40.06	76.81	83.47	64.94	74.21	—
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.83	72.02	20.06	68.87	64.42	72.22	77.55	59.65	67.02	—
37	Chile`CHL`South America	58.61	53.72	36.83	65.40	56.62	65.02	74.42	67.67	58.08	—
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.48	64.53	17.29	70.13	61.68	69.13	67.51	69.25	87.74	—
39	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.44	39.75	49.35	74.29	71.58	57.55	59.07	63.43	60.47	—
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.39	54.13	28.89	63.89	71.99	65.66	74.64	54.58	70.20	—
41	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	57.98	40.94	27.60	74.32	87.12	67.22	68.69	59.38	63.72	—
42	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	57.92	61.90	10.21	73.31	84.14	72.32	82.47	92.79	58.75	—
43	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	57.51	50.51	24.16	69.67	83.20	63.67	71.28	64.01	58.19	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.41	46.42	33.19	67.92	65.84	63.02	64.68	66.70	63.00	—
45	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	57.40	46.77	45.16	74.98	68.72	60.51	54.06	64.62	51.20	—
46	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	56.27	58.45	10.38	73.56	83.29	94.11	75.39	73.40	51.91	—
47	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.00	59.46	28.67	58.08	48.02	68.18	76.69	56.68	68.66	—
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	55.79	46.06	56.73	76.58	52.67	62.23	49.71	56.27	51.19	—
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55.78	53.04	34.19	60.76	59.19	60.32	50.28	65.55	72.32	—
50	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	55.72	54.04	13.55	70.58	83.02	71.39	81.28	70.98	52.59	—
51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.52	57.41	32.87	64.31	61.11	58.25	45.03	60.26	77.08	—
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	55.47	56.38	21.92	71.97	55.72	73.82	74.03	62.30	53.13	—
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.18	68.60	21.39	65.01	63.95	70.62	62.91	61.03	51.99	—
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.71	46.10	23.98	67.46	77.14	63.22	71.91	53.65	57.24	—
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.62	57.73	24.34	60.51	57.12	69.10	65.03	51.32	70.70	—
56	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	54.53	52.58	18.79	67.92	76.22	67.78	72.68	59.03	52.58	—
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.45	55.53	36.88	57.28	51.53	67.79	53.07	53.00	67.09	—
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.23	54.06	35.45	62.57	41.51	65.50	60.59	56.32	67.18	—
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.53	42.13	47.81	56.16	51.25	54.65	56.51	56.90	66.12	—
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.41	47.27	34.70	62.22	50.05	65.55	60.83	47.12	69.03	—
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	53.38	44.69	24.30	65.94	61.52	58.16	57.24	59.93	74.97	—
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	53.35	44.35	30.46	78.42	74.89	61.79	55.84	44.94	53.34	—
63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	53.31	49.72	29.92	55.24	57.54	69.32	57.62	58.75	58.80	—
64	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	52.94	48.66	15.00	69.82	75.53	65.43	65.34	58.53	64.06	—
=65	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52.59	49.66	35.66	65.51	55.76	71.71	44.94	43.80	64.04	—
=65	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.59	56.19	23.80	67.53	37.36	68.21	69.66	57.27	63.70	—
=65	Uruguay`URY`South America	52.59	53.64	42.19	59.43	38.07	68.44	75.41	45.78	48.38	—
68	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	52.33	54.07	34.20	69.23	52.32	69.59	41.59	47.42	61.15	—
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51.71	50.49	25.96	59.78	56.01	61.71	68.96	54.04	50.65	—
70	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	51.62	49.73	12.95	71.09	83.63	74.06	67.04	50.74	52.21	—
71	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.25	48.64	13.09	68.59	81.96	55.03	73.51	62.84	52.26	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	50.90	45.81	38.48	55.89	46.39	56.45	46.96	56.31	66.00	—
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50.88	48.62	23.77	66.74	69.54	56.16	48.75	47.35	64.59	—
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	50.20	50.59	32.02	59.40	38.11	62.85	65.24	48.54	55.26	—
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	50.11	37.11	57.82	67.20	45.27	61.37	48.09	40.80	50.63	—
76	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	49.84	45.11	22.54	64.38	70.49	43.43	63.84	62.00	48.01	—
77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	49.28	45.91	16.03	63.05	70.26	60.25	66.64	51.27	51.81	—
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	49.22	40.27	35.58	52.22	61.24	47.49	67.96	43.48	53.58	—
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	49.21	46.41	43.09	55.85	43.17	62.90	47.52	45.71	52.18	—
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.17	38.27	68.14	59.68	37.05	54.15	55.09	40.97	48.44	—
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.02	44.14	33.61	60.16	44.24	53.59	45.30	50.36	69.03	—
82	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	48.97	51.11	7.88	70.42	82.57	61.33	71.23	58.86	54.95	—
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.88	38.29	26.85	55.95	72.07	43.32	65.77	55.80	49.40	—
84	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.80	47.12	53.39	57.65	41.13	60.25	42.46	39.00	54.03	—
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	48.61	54.88	36.02	51.17	40.83	57.47	50.28	42.93	60.81	—
86	Colombia`COL`South America	48.55	49.10	34.18	57.65	45.54	56.53	51.61	44.43	54.05	—
87	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	48.48	54.41	4.07	76.75	91.72	76.44	78.83	78.05	41.63	—
=88	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	48.27	49.23	13.48	59.80	69.43	57.23	61.64	53.23	56.97	—
=88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.27	50.39	43.78	53.21	36.73	52.21	51.65	45.15	56.19	—
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.12	55.96	37.48	58.59	39.45	62.62	52.85	34.55	51.85	—
91	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	48.08	46.16	21.46	55.16	75.25	37.33	63.16	51.54	57.16	—
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	48.06	46.50	14.46	63.52	73.78	51.45	69.15	50.43	50.36	—
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.90	47.61	31.17	55.51	36.46	59.31	53.70	54.55	53.08	—
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	47.74	41.34	40.25	42.88	43.50	41.59	67.50	45.84	67.54	—
95	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	47.54	44.60	7.53	71.82	78.35	63.47	67.49	58.37	55.22	—
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.21	50.22	46.83	59.77	28.23	55.72	52.74	47.75	44.28	—
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	47.14	40.50	33.86	57.76	49.19	55.86	49.94	37.07	60.57	—
98	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46.73	43.15	13.40	61.86	69.40	46.51	68.88	53.07	53.87	—
99	Peru`PER`South America	46.33	44.60	33.37	54.35	41.09	49.16	53.35	45.06	54.01	—
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	46.24	47.47	35.81	57.10	20.69	61.22	46.49	58.30	62.75	—
101	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	46.22	43.85	46.13	63.22	47.58	57.25	40.56	34.19	43.14	—
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	46.06	42.87	38.49	51.54	34.61	50.94	48.28	46.33	60.41	—
103	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	45.91	52.74	2.59	76.82	89.38	93.28	74.80	72.12	41.80	—
=104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	45.90	44.84	31.42	60.53	54.92	49.17	34.73	49.45	49.79	—
=104	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.90	44.55	26.63	53.62	56.60	38.57	61.58	50.48	45.64	—
106	Belize`BLZ`Central America	45.84	41.30	29.37	46.89	61.99	50.27	48.67	49.43	45.76	—
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.73	41.76	33.22	50.05	43.12	52.57	47.72	48.14	52.88	—
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.37	45.33	29.37	49.92	41.78	51.40	59.98	42.80	49.01	—
109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.28	50.80	43.29	65.69	29.80	60.41	29.48	44.47	51.81	—
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.18	48.12	31.29	53.81	41.18	49.55	46.10	45.99	49.57	—
111	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	44.93	42.31	38.93	53.63	34.90	48.46	38.98	49.29	57.82	—
112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.88	37.02	34.01	55.83	30.51	46.42	51.69	45.60	70.15	—
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.69	34.37	35.78	47.44	33.30	46.65	68.87	49.21	51.80	—
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.17	35.17	21.60	47.89	54.27	32.50	70.20	53.13	60.53	—
=115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.11	38.76	34.48	50.86	33.30	45.29	48.33	49.43	58.52	—
=115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.11	40.40	22.36	58.79	40.76	47.42	52.05	42.39	63.25	—
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.10	49.70	37.15	51.41	24.43	51.84	53.30	48.39	46.17	—
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.87	35.82	41.75	44.71	31.41	33.96	52.24	49.94	73.77	—
119	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.70	35.29	44.19	40.66	34.32	41.53	62.21	49.67	47.66	—
120	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.69	44.40	28.25	54.65	34.82	39.83	53.36	49.00	53.46	—
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.62	41.88	37.99	53.38	30.50	47.82	47.08	47.48	47.35	—
122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.07	41.15	30.36	59.08	26.24	47.95	50.13	41.65	61.04	—
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.94	43.86	45.32	61.71	25.56	45.47	34.50	39.44	59.58	—
124	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.56	55.68	34.10	63.07	30.29	37.41	44.59	38.43	46.32	—
125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.55	42.99	42.71	53.37	34.24	42.96	37.78	44.74	44.11	—
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.63	40.02	46.54	55.53	25.23	42.02	38.70	37.76	56.31	—
127	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.51	37.30	54.92	65.05	38.41	36.21	24.10	31.44	62.79	—
128	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.10	29.82	32.20	36.04	55.09	36.50	57.27	45.43	44.93	—
129	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.98	37.94	48.94	60.24	24.28	53.03	33.71	31.09	52.67	—
130	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.01	36.58	35.31	51.81	33.90	47.05	49.28	41.22	30.27	—
131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	39.77	37.64	44.84	46.55	41.69	29.02	45.12	34.14	42.73	—
132	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	39.69	35.73	54.21	44.58	22.12	47.26	41.16	31.79	52.13	—
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.69	33.76	39.88	50.13	24.40	36.05	36.54	41.83	55.31	—
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	38.36	22.80	50.18	36.59	39.99	32.01	35.62	37.14	66.13	—
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	38.29	36.05	45.32	38.35	48.13	21.70	65.93	39.70	27.00	—
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.24	37.87	42.95	34.58	21.02	41.24	41.35	42.48	53.37	—
137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.16	34.35	35.44	40.95	26.14	38.35	37.08	43.38	55.89	—
138	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.12	34.82	34.12	37.50	36.53	31.99	49.54	40.42	42.79	—
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.91	33.84	82.99	26.21	23.22	29.15	45.91	33.80	55.23	—
140	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.84	40.51	48.48	54.93	33.33	60.46	12.32	38.29	40.99	—
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	37.70	30.00	36.83	49.92	30.64	36.61	36.60	29.13	61.94	—
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.63	35.68	45.38	36.69	25.31	36.50	42.02	39.31	44.33	—
143	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.87	31.89	42.22	29.98	32.02	32.56	42.58	40.27	47.30	—
144	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.81	41.75	43.02	36.82	23.92	36.45	33.52	41.82	41.70	—
145	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.30	35.07	35.05	46.87	15.51	43.89	40.21	37.92	50.44	—
146	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.05	35.67	31.70	37.26	21.98	36.92	39.57	41.53	50.76	—
147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.00	27.68	41.84	34.23	16.74	32.71	54.40	44.17	54.12	—
148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	35.93	29.96	38.35	35.32	39.70	26.70	51.61	42.01	29.82	—
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.55	34.58	49.81	20.63	26.35	25.72	54.42	35.99	43.10	—
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.35	28.68	30.48	43.96	23.47	36.90	37.55	33.49	46.36	—
151	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.30	28.80	47.08	43.32	14.10	31.30	55.65	34.84	38.06	—
152	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.61	23.54	60.71	29.96	23.58	27.37	39.30	32.01	46.88	—
153	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.40	32.95	43.72	47.11	22.04	40.06	21.22	28.37	42.96	—
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.39	23.36	48.27	35.31	13.13	35.43	43.08	44.65	43.30	—
155	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	33.36	34.09	36.86	35.37	16.27	34.92	33.47	34.19	53.11	—
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.95	36.17	45.20	42.46	16.37	34.16	28.55	24.79	50.64	—
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.27	26.53	29.21	52.59	34.43	24.24	26.36	33.62	39.00	—
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	31.81	32.39	45.83	31.77	34.25	22.47	32.04	36.31	24.84	—
159	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.45	28.32	44.06	30.41	10.34	27.14	44.18	34.80	58.43	—
160	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31.27	26.05	33.90	30.32	30.00	24.33	41.08	36.34	31.35	—
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.22	23.06	41.75	41.27	16.98	27.17	33.07	35.14	42.32	—
162	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	31.05	30.58	47.42	17.57	21.90	24.61	37.81	43.94	37.83	—
163	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.03	37.64	35.49	45.48	18.31	46.90	14.07	30.64	38.24	—
164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.71	22.29	45.75	28.95	18.54	30.25	46.34	22.07	46.72	—
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.67	23.47	40.58	24.30	17.66	26.92	42.45	30.91	41.60	—
166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.36	24.34	41.64	21.82	23.00	23.43	30.38	32.05	47.49	—
167	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	29.33	24.91	46.94	20.18	24.23	16.10	37.51	33.97	46.69	—
168	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.32	22.42	45.02	31.54	12.67	28.31	30.83	30.56	38.44	—
169	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.00	21.95	38.95	36.89	14.80	22.89	35.52	26.90	36.96	—
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	27.58	22.43	43.11	19.87	10.36	23.62	46.64	40.33	37.85	—
=171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27.46	28.10	55.09	39.32	12.67	40.22	10.25	30.80	32.98	—
=171	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	27.46	24.13	41.95	23.81	17.57	31.09	26.90	22.82	40.00	—
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27.40	26.37	50.85	21.00	11.51	19.28	40.71	29.72	42.00	—
174	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.20	25.36	48.91	19.28	11.79	20.12	36.63	30.66	46.97	—
175	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	27.18	29.36	47.82	15.18	28.05	17.79	37.05	31.55	23.95	—
176	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.87	23.60	59.55	23.58	9.57	23.67	34.84	30.70	33.86	—
177	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.68	24.77	36.98	27.65	8.13	31.25	29.83	32.29	41.44	—
178	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	26.43	28.89	36.11	25.86	14.36	23.09	27.40	26.24	37.07	—
179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26.11	29.83	43.58	42.27	14.23	22.39	20.04	19.39	31.78	—
180	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25.17	22.50	51.64	24.33	9.06	17.38	37.66	23.45	41.03	—
181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	25.02	26.02	51.31	29.35	10.93	22.18	20.62	27.95	28.02	—
182	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.85	27.60	43.76	15.73	19.84	20.69	29.71	38.96	16.12	—
183	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.75	16.08	58.33	22.65	7.11	28.70	33.42	43.37	22.44	—
184	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	24.15	27.62	67.98	10.98	20.01	16.90	22.88	30.31	23.93	—
185	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.13	28.12	54.87	18.23	7.00	18.62	43.65	23.74	30.30	—
186	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	24.06	22.92	56.03	22.67	15.31	15.14	17.56	36.31	26.09	—
187	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.75	23.40	51.47	17.09	3.99	20.60	42.91	42.07	33.13	—
188	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	23.30	27.49	69.76	15.61	9.14	21.07	41.60	19.05	19.00	—
189	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.15	24.77	44.67	39.69	6.81	22.41	10.05	19.97	29.79	—
190	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.75	15.51	48.69	10.57	14.60	11.46	19.58	28.72	45.73	—
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.87	18.61	60.52	7.22	3.37	15.76	38.09	37.34	39.61	—
192	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.37	19.83	41.77	13.58	6.19	16.28	19.48	20.54	43.66	—
193	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.91	14.69	62.20	13.16	5.68	12.35	24.28	29.05	27.46	—
194	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.13	21.13	52.61	29.67	12.10	12.30	7.64	14.40	21.60	—
195	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.98	10.48	59.98	14.25	4.74	18.95	7.14	25.48	29.10	—

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

195Somalia15.98
194South Sudan18.13
193Chad18.91
192DR Congo19.37
191Niger19.87

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.73. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Human capital
HighestSouth Korea91.89
LowestSomalia10.48
Middle country: 44.14
Natural capital
HighestLesotho82.99
LowestCayman Islands2.59
Middle country: 35.44
Energy
HighestSingapore92.06
LowestNiger7.22
Middle country: 57.10
Transport
HighestLuxembourg99.42
LowestNiger3.37
Middle country: 41.51
Information and communication technology
HighestHong Kong94.65
LowestCentral African Republic11.46
Middle country: 52.21
Institutions
HighestNew Zealand95.28
LowestSomalia7.14
Middle country: 52.05
Private sector
HighestHong Kong98.43
LowestSouth Sudan14.40
Middle country: 47.35
Structural change
HighestChina95.99
LowestGuinea-Bissau16.12
Middle country: 53.13

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
124 · 71rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Marshall Islands44.56 → 48.08+3.52
Panama51.05 → 53.38+2.33
Azerbaijan43.89 → 46.22+2.33
Armenia45.01 → 47.21+2.20
South Korea63.63 → 65.39+1.76

Fell most

Jordan46.03 → 43.69−2.34
Saint Lucia48.60 → 46.73−1.87
Estonia60.69 → 59.11−1.58
Namibia45.26 → 43.70−1.56
Timor-Leste41.21 → 39.77−1.44

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 52.59. 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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