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Economic complexity rankings by country

Countries reporting
121
Highest
119
Angola
Lowest
1
Switzerland
Median
52
Years covered
53
1964–2016
Data points
5,650

What the numbers show

Economic complexity rankings is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 119 in Angola; the lowest is 1 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 52, and the mean is 53.39.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 119.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 150.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 76.9%).

Economic complexity rankings: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Angola 119 2012 down 0.8% rising
2 Myanmar 113 2011 down 0.9% rising
3 Gabon 112 2012 unchanged rising
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 110 2012 up 2.8% rising
5 Sudan 108 2015 down 9.2% rising
6 Nigeria 107 2015 down 10.8% rising
7 Guinea 106 2015 down 4.5% rising
8 Azerbaijan 104 2015 up 20.9% rising
8 Turkmenistan 104 2012 up 4.0% rising
10 Yemen 101 2015 down 12.9% rising
11 Bangladesh 100 2013 down 5.7% rising
11 Bolivia 100 2015 up 4.2% rising
13 Mozambique 97 2015 down 8.5% rising
14 Cote d'Ivoire 96 2015 down 11.9% rising
14 Trinidad and Tobago 96 2012 up 95.9% rising
16 Nicaragua 95 2015 up 2.2% rising
17 Cameroon 92 2015 down 22.0% rising
18 Venezuela 90 2013 up 45.2% rising
19 Iran 89 2013 down 6.3% rising
20 Mauritania 85 2016 down 28.0% rising
20 Syria 85 2011 down 18.3% rising
22 Congo 84 2015 down 28.2% rising
22 Mongolia 84 2016 down 16.8% rising
24 Kuwait 83 2015 up 15.3% rising
24 Madagascar 83 2016 down 20.2% rising
26 Ecuador 82 2016 down 13.7% rising
27 Ethiopia 81 2016 down 21.4% rising
28 Tanzania 80 2016 down 24.5% rising
29 Laos 79 2016 down 19.4% rising
30 Ghana 78 2016 down 29.1% rising
30 Uzbekistan 78 2012 down 11.4% flat
32 Zimbabwe 77 2016 up 1.3% rising
33 Kenya 76 2015 down 7.3% rising
33 Peru 76 2016 down 8.4% rising
35 Morocco 75 2016 down 6.2% rising
35 Zambia 75 2015 down 25.7% rising
37 Pakistan 74 2016 down 12.9% rising
38 Paraguay 72 2016 down 14.3% rising
39 Albania 71 2016 down 5.3% rising
39 Qatar 71 2015 up 34.0% rising
41 Botswana 70 2016 down 27.8% falling
42 Chile 69 2016 unchanged rising
43 Sri Lanka 68 2016 down 13.9% falling
44 Georgia 67 2016 down 9.5% rising
44 Guatemala 67 2015 down 5.6% rising
46 Honduras 66 2015 down 21.4% rising
46 Cambodia 66 2016 down 38.9% rising
48 Senegal 65 2016 down 30.1% rising
49 Algeria 64 2016 down 28.9% rising
49 Togo 64 2015 down 32.6% rising
51 Moldova 63 2016 up 1.6% rising
52 Kazakhstan 62 2016 down 11.4% rising
52 Saudi Arabia 62 2015 up 5.1% falling
54 Jamaica 61 2016 down 20.8% rising
55 Argentina 60 2016 up 17.6% rising
56 Dominican Republic 59 2016 down 16.9% rising
57 Namibia 58 2016 down 38.3% falling
58 Oman 56 2016 down 31.7% rising
59 Australia 55 2016 down 14.1% rising
60 North Macedonia 53 2016 down 22.1% rising
61 Egypt 52 2016 down 27.8% rising
62 Indonesia 51 2016 down 15.0% falling
63 Uruguay 50 2016 down 9.1% rising
63 Vietnam 50 2015 down 39.8% rising
65 El Salvador 49 2016 down 16.9% rising
66 Greece 48 2016 up 2.1% rising
67 Costa Rica 47 2016 down 19.0% rising
68 New Zealand 46 2016 up 2.2% rising
69 Colombia 45 2016 down 13.5% rising
69 Lebanon 45 2015 down 6.2% rising
71 Brazil 44 2016 up 10.0% falling
72 Tunisia 43 2016 down 29.5% rising
72 Ukraine 43 2015 up 34.4% flat
74 South Africa 42 2016 down 8.7% falling
75 Turkey 41 2016 down 6.8% falling
76 Jordan 40 2016 down 25.9% rising
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39 2016 up 2.6% rising
78 Philippines 38 2016 down 32.1% falling
79 India 37 2016 down 24.5% rising
80 Portugal 36 2016 up 16.1% rising
81 Serbia 35 2016 up 9.4% rising
82 Russia 34 2016 up 3.0% rising
83 Bulgaria 33 2016 down 23.3% rising
84 Latvia 32 2016 down 13.5% falling
85 United Arab Emirates 31 2016 down 41.5% rising
86 Belarus 30 2016 up 20.0% falling
87 Canada 29 2016 up 11.5% rising
88 Spain 28 2016 up 21.7% rising
88 Romania 28 2015 down 30.0% rising
90 Croatia 27 2016 unchanged rising
91 Lithuania 26 2016 down 36.6% falling
91 Netherlands 26 2015 up 36.8% rising
93 Mexico 25 2016 up 25.0% falling
94 Panama 24 2016 down 52.0% rising
95 Estonia 23 2016 down 23.3% falling
96 Poland 22 2016 down 8.3% rising
97 Denmark 21 2016 up 50.0% rising
97 Thailand 21 2015 down 41.7% falling
99 Norway 20 2016 down 31.0% rising
100 Slovakia 19 2016 up 11.8% falling
101 China 18 2016 down 48.6% falling
102 Italy 17 2016 up 6.2% rising
103 Belgium 16 2016 down 15.8% rising
104 Hungary 15 2016 down 16.7% falling
105 Malaysia 14 2016 down 50.0% falling
106 France 13 2016 up 18.2% rising
107 Hong Kong 12 2016 down 64.7% rising
108 Ireland 11 2016 down 26.7% falling
108 Slovenia 11 2015 unchanged falling
110 Israel 10 2016 down 54.5% falling
111 Czechia 9 2016 unchanged falling
111 Finland 9 2015 up 80.0% falling
113 United Kingdom 8 2016 up 14.3% rising
114 United States 7 2016 down 12.5% rising
115 Austria 6 2015 down 14.3% rising
115 Sweden 6 2016 up 50.0% rising
117 Germany 5 2016 up 150.0% rising
118 South Korea 4 2016 down 60.0% falling
119 Singapore 3 2016 down 76.9% volatile
120 Japan 2 2016 up 100.0% volatile
121 Switzerland 1 2016 down 66.7% falling

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Economic complexity rankings
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
121 places, 5,650 data points, 1964–2016
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