Statizoid

Rank in the Economic Complexity Index by country

The Economic Complexity Index (ECI) takes data on exports, and reduces a country’s economic system into two dimensions: (i) The number or ‘diversification’ of products in the export basket, and (ii) the quality, or ‘ubiquity’ of products in the export basket. This map ranks countries by ECI scores. The highest rank...

Countries reporting
120
Highest
119
Angola
Lowest
1
Switzerland
Median
52.5
Years covered
53
1964–2016
Data points
5,650

What the numbers show

Rank in the Economic Complexity Index is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 119 in Angola; the lowest is 1 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 52.5, and the mean is 53.74.

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

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 150.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 76.9%).

Rank in the Economic Complexity Index: 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 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

About this data

Indicator
Rank in the Economic Complexity Index
Source
Observatory of Economic Complexity and Atlas of Economic Complexity (2016) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
121 places, 5,650 data points, 1964–2016
Last refreshed

The Economic Complexity Index (ECI) takes data on exports, and reduces a country’s economic system into two dimensions: (i) The number or ‘diversification’ of products in the export basket, and (ii) the quality, or ‘ubiquity’ of products in the export basket. This map ranks countries by ECI scores. The highest rank is 1 and corresponds to the country with the most complex economy in that year.