Data for 2021

Productive Capacities Index, 2021

Name: Productive Capacities Index, 2021
Creator: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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2021, 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, 2021 covers 195 countries on 9 measures. United States is highest, at 71.10; Somalia is lowest, at 17.01. The middle country reads 46.31. Against 2020, 194 values changed (143 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Productive Capacities Index · Data for 2021

HighestUnited States

71.10

LowestSomalia

17.01

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

195countries
9measures per country
2021the year it describes
187distinct values2 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Productive Capacities Index, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United States`USA`Northern America	71.10	77.49	26.85	75.11	75.49	75.80	78.89	95.49	96.90	—
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.03	83.94	27.56	72.02	82.70	80.28	95.64	76.84	79.70	—
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	70.59	78.14	24.26	76.20	87.99	78.97	92.10	79.46	83.91	—
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.79	77.10	42.09	73.00	61.43	75.18	89.39	87.08	66.08	—
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68.40	76.03	28.52	70.33	65.74	80.14	84.26	81.72	86.62	—
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.86	72.67	29.18	71.81	66.13	74.28	89.10	87.08	77.44	—
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	67.68	79.68	19.11	73.53	74.26	81.14	87.74	80.94	91.89	—
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.66	73.26	28.63	67.05	74.24	72.21	93.75	96.66	64.33	—
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.80	79.36	26.32	70.28	78.89	72.94	94.74	81.71	60.66	—
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	66.66	84.67	19.61	75.42	83.93	74.21	82.65	74.51	81.16	—
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	66.34	89.13	18.51	66.60	79.55	73.72	92.47	77.70	81.06	—
12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	65.54	62.03	15.92	76.47	95.58	82.24	93.17	92.85	66.34	—
13	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	65.47	55.75	33.79	81.09	81.51	80.95	70.30	73.16	65.10	—
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.93	72.79	19.28	68.59	70.08	79.34	80.27	78.63	93.53	—
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	64.91	81.28	16.90	71.24	76.24	75.70	86.66	74.64	86.28	—
=15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.91	82.86	22.68	69.91	86.56	80.07	91.04	75.25	50.50	—
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.80	95.65	11.65	77.63	73.01	80.46	77.89	100.00	78.53	—
18	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.71	42.13	46.66	81.71	85.46	65.53	68.43	74.37	67.16	—
=19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.18	86.01	17.73	69.39	74.13	70.26	96.28	74.96	72.41	—
=19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.18	69.14	22.74	86.64	82.40	75.65	87.59	60.48	63.99	—
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.53	81.78	10.85	75.78	75.45	81.93	94.13	85.83	79.07	—
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	63.51	80.30	26.10	74.03	60.14	74.61	70.59	77.80	69.21	—
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.24	65.88	12.54	88.13	66.62	99.01	79.72	98.12	59.97	Run-to-run variation exceeds +/- 1 index point
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.00	72.43	23.80	63.64	60.80	76.06	77.07	74.39	75.02	—
25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	61.97	49.27	37.76	81.89	89.88	69.94	56.67	68.26	58.74	—
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.62	68.32	20.67	65.58	67.15	76.09	73.68	74.17	80.39	—
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.15	68.10	27.19	70.69	53.68	71.21	78.57	63.89	77.86	—
28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.05	79.15	6.11	92.14	87.27	80.82	93.13	96.93	67.97	—
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	61.04	62.33	30.97	66.38	69.27	72.73	65.98	59.69	75.81	—
30	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	60.85	61.40	38.21	66.01	46.99	62.47	49.95	87.55	94.53	—
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.55	60.31	24.50	77.62	74.88	75.06	73.35	64.48	59.28	—
32	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	60.51	54.42	23.50	67.06	71.80	81.02	88.37	71.76	56.78	—
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.48	80.39	7.77	72.78	69.42	78.55	85.67	97.81	86.14	—
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	59.12	61.45	32.05	69.47	53.63	68.05	67.35	58.58	75.74	—
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	59.09	64.00	28.38	60.43	41.22	77.81	85.07	66.68	74.39	—
36	Chile`CHL`South America	58.81	54.34	40.69	65.02	53.43	67.66	72.77	67.90	55.74	—
37	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	58.52	64.91	10.21	74.79	87.19	74.41	83.96	94.79	53.75	—
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.23	56.37	28.89	64.17	64.77	67.03	75.66	55.12	69.87	—
39	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	58.04	51.98	23.59	68.60	84.65	64.45	73.62	65.76	57.93	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.28	64.68	17.62	69.50	47.52	71.39	67.58	70.93	89.90	—
41	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	57.26	59.10	34.73	66.53	59.86	61.79	44.39	63.55	81.17	—
42	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	56.86	46.18	56.73	75.53	47.60	70.23	52.82	57.20	54.70	—
43	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	56.70	42.06	27.72	74.46	63.97	72.10	74.08	60.05	59.97	—
44	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	56.33	38.33	49.38	73.78	59.77	59.91	55.15	62.46	58.85	—
45	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	55.96	60.87	28.07	59.88	42.63	69.74	78.45	56.72	71.05	—
46	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.88	73.01	19.52	68.80	42.74	74.48	75.73	60.05	67.00	—
=47	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	55.60	53.84	14.01	69.97	81.49	71.63	80.10	69.39	53.30	—
=47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.60	54.66	20.41	66.79	76.87	67.12	73.55	59.58	54.25	—
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.56	43.30	33.48	66.39	51.09	68.88	64.38	69.51	59.87	—
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.51	70.71	20.71	62.97	60.70	72.65	64.51	61.82	55.60	—
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	55.47	46.28	44.68	75.15	59.02	60.06	54.98	65.74	45.01	—
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55.03	54.31	34.30	60.25	47.23	63.25	50.47	68.36	72.73	—
53	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.99	54.41	42.61	59.30	41.70	71.16	78.62	51.58	50.52	—
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	54.91	58.85	22.13	70.69	48.44	78.77	69.93	62.56	53.80	—
55	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	54.84	60.64	11.17	70.24	71.30	72.49	74.64	76.57	58.27	—
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.56	55.86	37.85	57.26	47.78	69.87	52.70	53.49	68.89	—
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.40	59.03	24.41	61.85	52.69	69.10	65.14	51.24	70.87	—
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.89	46.07	24.06	65.27	60.01	67.93	73.59	56.43	58.05	—
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.80	46.98	34.69	62.84	46.26	67.83	61.41	49.83	71.35	—
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	53.11	45.32	31.31	65.30	59.46	62.39	56.29	57.53	56.83	—
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.96	56.29	23.63	69.28	37.73	70.38	69.71	58.23	62.30	—
62	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	52.83	48.78	16.22	68.80	65.25	65.14	64.18	60.07	68.07	—
63	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	52.31	45.32	23.22	65.55	70.86	49.23	66.83	70.05	49.77	—
64	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	52.22	50.78	34.97	69.80	51.55	71.87	39.09	50.01	61.63	—
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	52.21	43.66	29.63	77.87	65.48	62.94	57.13	49.26	47.28	—
66	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	51.81	51.32	13.95	70.22	79.47	76.28	71.35	52.20	45.74	—
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.53	52.74	36.72	63.80	28.52	67.04	57.50	56.33	64.96	—
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.43	40.39	49.17	55.47	40.27	55.76	55.26	58.41	61.26	—
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51.38	50.68	25.20	60.58	48.24	63.08	68.43	58.43	51.62	—
70	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.34	48.84	12.00	68.63	82.90	56.15	76.74	64.01	52.47	Half or more of the indicators imputed. Value stable across runs (variation within +/- 1 index point).
71	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	51.31	50.81	8.78	70.35	82.97	61.93	72.00	61.52	67.29	—
72	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	51.03	46.11	16.73	61.03	64.95	62.85	68.54	55.39	62.99	—
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	50.33	45.72	38.30	56.01	38.90	58.39	47.94	57.51	66.98	—
=74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	49.90	50.39	24.76	65.01	64.41	55.86	54.23	46.90	51.76	—
=74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	49.90	48.48	14.88	64.68	74.37	53.92	70.06	53.72	54.55	—
76	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	49.87	36.48	58.58	68.04	42.02	63.61	48.06	40.78	50.27	—
77	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	49.80	46.38	43.99	57.19	37.18	67.40	49.99	48.04	53.84	—
78	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	49.55	48.23	14.08	60.07	70.29	57.14	66.83	55.07	60.23	—
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.43	42.29	35.35	58.84	42.88	56.47	43.34	55.46	69.57	—
80	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.08	53.82	37.90	51.34	38.25	60.09	49.43	46.06	61.40	—
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	49.05	42.99	37.27	50.27	46.99	49.57	68.23	46.68	56.06	—
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.94	50.55	34.28	60.38	30.14	63.95	63.79	48.06	53.18	—
83	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	48.88	47.69	35.63	65.44	41.54	73.72	35.02	42.62	64.13	—
84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.80	50.52	30.90	55.38	28.77	71.31	56.96	59.34	53.63	—
85	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.57	46.44	30.68	54.75	36.83	61.71	55.45	57.65	54.69	—
86	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.50	50.63	50.67	60.37	27.89	58.84	52.09	47.79	48.36	—
87	Colombia`COL`South America	48.48	48.28	33.89	57.66	43.07	59.51	49.89	47.17	53.64	—
88	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	48.37	44.05	14.16	63.20	72.12	51.36	67.03	54.95	55.74	—
89	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	48.33	47.71	26.29	57.30	57.10	44.59	62.03	48.44	54.18	—
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.28	46.34	57.60	57.72	35.06	61.21	43.26	40.81	50.56	—
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.01	44.96	8.65	71.25	73.59	64.55	68.32	59.31	52.93	—
92	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	47.96	52.41	4.09	75.61	88.75	76.34	79.56	75.53	42.34	—
93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47.18	41.41	29.22	48.57	62.70	55.71	50.15	49.99	47.69	—
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.75	49.92	43.95	51.33	30.72	54.91	50.20	44.64	53.56	—
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.65	57.57	37.92	58.74	29.02	66.14	50.14	34.76	52.29	—
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.62	40.78	70.02	58.75	21.17	59.74	52.85	41.58	47.81	—
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.49	40.56	28.82	49.19	48.21	44.75	62.90	56.44	49.59	—
98	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	46.31	53.08	2.60	76.97	90.28	78.12	77.56	72.93	49.85	—
99	Peru`PER`South America	46.20	43.69	36.24	53.81	35.83	52.18	49.33	47.80	55.26	—
100	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	46.16	42.99	46.66	64.27	45.25	58.52	42.06	35.26	40.70	—
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.83	41.25	33.22	49.22	39.31	55.95	46.59	50.11	56.23	—
102	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.75	49.76	43.15	66.07	28.65	65.67	26.79	44.14	60.85	—
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.66	43.27	40.02	50.94	29.30	54.77	48.24	47.14	58.69	—
=104	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	45.35	41.07	42.25	42.68	29.17	43.46	68.56	43.10	64.51	—
=104	Suriname`SUR`South America	45.35	37.49	35.76	56.52	33.92	65.60	50.39	35.41	59.48	—
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.33	45.10	29.87	48.46	40.68	54.79	59.68	45.09	45.57	—
107	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	45.30	46.51	21.38	57.49	75.94	37.94	64.91	52.31	31.72	—
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.93	46.76	35.41	57.64	17.34	63.35	44.15	58.53	61.25	—
109	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.82	38.47	35.00	56.31	25.52	49.53	53.95	46.43	67.75	—
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.61	39.73	31.63	60.41	26.06	50.40	55.07	44.36	64.37	—
111	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	44.53	42.03	37.92	53.28	34.28	49.85	36.91	50.12	57.60	—
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.34	48.38	32.39	52.96	31.72	51.56	47.50	46.95	49.42	—
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.23	39.12	33.01	56.99	45.34	50.42	30.28	48.86	58.85	—
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.13	48.54	36.22	53.88	21.69	54.59	53.66	49.30	48.50	—
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	44.06	36.97	42.53	45.32	26.65	37.62	52.44	50.60	74.95	—
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.88	32.52	34.99	46.86	28.26	52.41	68.73	50.80	49.86	—
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.25	42.51	28.80	53.96	26.84	43.90	53.76	51.76	56.57	—
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	43.11	41.54	44.23	53.85	33.81	46.74	38.42	46.71	42.53	—
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.10	36.71	23.37	44.56	39.65	33.19	68.48	54.65	63.24	—
120	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.82	39.90	23.11	57.34	30.33	52.60	50.68	42.52	62.16	—
121	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42.75	31.45	32.34	38.16	46.83	37.94	60.21	43.84	61.31	—
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.74	41.34	37.89	51.92	22.40	51.22	45.76	51.48	50.69	—
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.38	40.31	36.74	50.35	22.24	49.30	47.25	49.68	54.20	—
124	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.18	38.36	49.95	66.02	19.79	57.84	39.37	33.67	52.15	—
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.52	40.43	46.37	54.35	20.95	46.39	39.00	43.87	52.07	—
126	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.09	37.36	54.50	69.03	29.10	41.33	24.40	31.43	62.72	—
127	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.00	34.57	47.37	38.11	19.88	43.08	61.59	50.32	48.21	—
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40.64	42.32	45.73	62.21	16.04	48.56	35.52	39.28	56.87	—
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.41	54.51	33.00	61.02	21.75	41.39	43.32	38.27	43.39	—
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.19	41.94	40.62	51.94	41.48	31.17	47.39	34.40	36.48	—
=131	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.93	35.68	34.17	57.36	28.22	50.51	50.44	42.18	30.45	—
=131	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	39.93	37.55	42.64	38.97	49.31	27.30	66.93	38.95	29.48	—
133	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	39.85	37.31	34.46	37.95	37.45	34.23	50.03	39.27	51.73	—
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	39.34	23.51	49.20	40.15	48.67	31.48	34.96	35.66	64.71	—
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	39.30	34.24	39.30	52.30	22.64	39.55	36.99	44.27	55.16	—
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.75	37.23	43.21	35.99	23.35	42.95	44.28	44.76	44.16	—
137	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.42	40.11	50.27	55.06	31.75	62.32	14.49	36.63	40.73	—
138	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.03	40.52	44.51	36.85	25.34	39.42	32.13	43.22	47.48	—
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.36	34.23	44.69	40.39	19.94	40.60	39.40	42.16	45.66	—
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.35	28.49	70.49	26.85	25.42	30.13	44.98	37.39	54.55	—
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	37.09	37.76	55.74	43.64	14.07	49.09	37.43	32.63	46.23	—
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.83	35.08	35.78	47.83	14.70	45.97	39.04	40.52	52.79	—
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	36.71	29.58	37.61	52.00	20.86	40.62	39.21	29.10	58.98	—
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.46	31.46	41.72	31.62	25.07	35.59	43.11	40.26	48.60	—
145	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.38	35.97	32.00	37.92	22.13	38.43	37.34	42.53	52.05	—
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.35	27.08	43.06	34.34	15.34	36.69	53.01	44.60	57.24	—
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	36.25	30.87	37.96	35.71	34.72	29.16	50.14	48.89	28.70	—
148	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	35.20	34.71	36.19	41.80	12.34	38.88	37.05	44.70	56.54	—
149	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.92	29.83	47.63	44.26	13.73	37.07	54.96	34.64	36.28	—
150	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.91	34.57	50.31	21.79	22.26	27.61	56.41	36.88	45.49	—
151	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.29	28.02	30.79	43.45	21.91	41.05	39.44	33.93	42.43	—
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	34.07	34.04	46.40	35.35	39.62	28.65	29.90	38.98	24.56	—
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.77	24.39	50.05	36.33	11.95	38.18	44.09	44.95	42.17	—
154	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.16	23.32	65.63	29.91	19.51	32.36	37.57	31.73	42.37	—
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	32.50	22.23	45.39	28.10	23.09	32.08	46.02	25.26	51.00	—
156	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.38	30.44	48.47	19.48	21.81	26.91	40.05	43.97	40.68	—
157	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.31	22.93	42.55	42.68	17.09	29.18	36.18	38.18	41.42	—
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.14	35.75	45.16	40.49	12.04	37.74	29.97	24.98	51.22	—
159	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.12	26.87	48.07	28.49	13.38	30.19	43.44	33.27	52.68	—
160	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.91	33.68	44.37	47.21	14.80	44.72	22.39	29.82	34.49	—
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31.06	26.25	35.19	28.84	26.73	25.68	40.89	37.64	30.81	—
162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	30.96	35.79	39.40	35.91	10.88	35.60	22.59	35.17	54.18	—
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	30.24	26.96	29.27	52.03	20.91	26.70	26.24	31.55	36.81	—
164	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.64	24.78	45.53	31.91	11.68	28.85	31.64	34.26	45.30	—
165	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	29.58	29.99	55.26	37.93	19.82	41.00	10.88	31.03	34.02	—
166	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.27	21.62	41.80	25.72	14.97	27.99	43.03	31.34	41.05	—
167	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	29.22	21.78	41.87	24.98	11.06	27.13	47.48	40.44	40.54	—
=168	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.08	26.81	41.86	21.33	17.19	26.93	30.48	33.17	45.58	—
=168	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29.08	39.38	37.73	39.45	12.42	44.53	13.20	30.58	39.04	—
170	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	28.99	23.89	46.07	20.59	22.85	20.56	33.88	34.19	40.48	—
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	28.28	32.37	48.11	15.76	29.53	18.12	37.72	31.08	26.59	—
172	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.52	24.51	36.75	27.93	9.98	32.49	30.59	32.47	40.63	—
173	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.98	23.09	65.45	25.13	10.11	24.72	32.58	28.77	31.54	—
174	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.95	27.41	50.74	21.03	8.75	21.53	39.62	29.97	42.49	—
175	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.66	25.56	49.68	19.06	10.13	20.93	35.32	31.39	44.89	—
176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26.18	22.25	39.26	35.79	10.10	24.62	36.51	25.07	31.02	—
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	25.66	22.75	52.66	29.02	15.72	22.28	21.40	25.37	28.43	—
=178	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.21	28.22	44.00	14.58	19.74	25.20	31.97	39.57	14.31	—
=178	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.21	14.51	60.27	24.58	8.15	30.36	30.16	43.90	23.13	—
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	25.15	26.96	67.61	11.34	19.35	18.46	25.45	34.46	24.73	—
181	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.10	27.11	35.88	25.47	11.18	25.03	23.61	25.72	37.37	—
182	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	25.07	21.42	43.16	22.99	10.61	32.80	27.58	19.78	38.70	—
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	24.78	31.38	43.56	39.15	10.01	22.48	17.62	22.43	29.86	—
184	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.77	27.77	56.20	18.13	7.01	21.65	46.90	24.98	28.18	—
185	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	24.60	22.00	56.50	22.98	15.09	17.81	18.21	36.73	26.16	—
186	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.01	27.34	76.01	17.30	9.08	23.99	41.45	19.39	17.58	—
187	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.12	24.60	52.73	18.75	2.24	24.80	42.44	42.62	33.45	—
188	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.93	22.05	52.17	24.49	3.32	20.00	38.09	24.82	43.20	—
189	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20.86	24.43	44.39	40.78	6.50	21.05	9.86	19.75	30.39	—
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	20.28	16.12	64.53	14.50	6.62	16.01	24.20	31.16	23.68	—
191	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.16	16.48	46.65	10.93	11.78	13.46	19.90	29.26	35.13	—
192	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.80	20.19	44.34	14.81	4.95	19.75	20.04	22.49	40.40	—
193	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.62	19.99	59.57	7.05	2.90	17.15	39.41	38.92	34.19	—
194	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	19.14	18.94	52.61	29.33	12.20	13.33	8.86	17.55	24.41	—
195	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	17.01	10.45	59.73	14.49	6.16	20.88	8.47	23.67	30.09	—

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

195Somalia17.01
194South Sudan19.14
193Niger19.62
192DR Congo19.80
191Central African Republic20.16

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Human capital
HighestSouth Korea95.65
LowestSomalia10.45
Middle country: 42.99
Natural capital
HighestSierra Leone76.01
LowestCayman Islands2.60
Middle country: 35.78
Energy
HighestSingapore92.14
LowestNiger7.05
Middle country: 57.30
Transport
HighestLuxembourg95.58
LowestBurkina Faso2.24
Middle country: 38.25
Information and communication technology
HighestHong Kong99.01
LowestSouth Sudan13.33
Middle country: 55.71
Institutions
HighestFinland96.28
LowestSomalia8.47
Middle country: 52.44
Private sector
HighestSouth Korea100.00
LowestSouth Sudan17.55
Middle country: 48.86
Structural change
HighestUnited States96.90
LowestGuinea-Bissau14.31
Middle country: 53.84

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 195 in both
143 · 51rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda49.40 → 52.83+3.43
Uzbekistan39.15 → 42.18+3.03
Burkina Faso20.33 → 23.12+2.79
Dominican Republic42.20 → 44.61+2.41
Armenia46.25 → 48.50+2.25

Fell most

Macau57.69 → 54.84−2.85
Montenegro51.61 → 48.80−2.81
Cambodia37.40 → 35.20−2.20
Brunei58.42 → 56.70−1.72
Bulgaria53.15 → 51.53−1.62

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187 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 64.91. 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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