Data for 2010

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2010

2010, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2010 covers 169 countries on 6 measures. United Kingdom is highest, at 1.0000; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.0070. The middle country reads 0.4652.

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Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2010

HighestUnited Kingdom

1.0000

LowestSierra Leone

0.0070

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

169countries
6measures per country
2010the year it describes
166distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2010, 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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Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2010: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	1.0000	0.9150	0.7918	0.7806	0.9085	0.9769
2	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.9587	0.5934	0.7992	1.0000	0.8599	0.9755
3	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.9497	1.0000	0.7253	0.8012	0.7983	0.9429
4	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.9408	0.8343	0.8090	0.7141	0.8735	0.9298
5	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.9311	0.6972	0.7824	0.8819	0.8676	0.9056
6	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.9267	0.8204	0.7342	0.8137	0.8540	0.9133
7	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.9163	0.8065	0.7755	0.6633	0.8826	0.9371
8	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.8986	0.6316	0.7530	0.7000	0.9415	0.9593
9	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.8901	0.8597	0.5189	0.8339	0.8460	0.9622
10	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.8846	0.7860	0.8534	0.5478	0.8704	0.9123
11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.8835	0.6613	1.0000	0.6945	0.6472	0.9392
12	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.8829	0.7881	0.7938	0.6446	0.7708	0.9812
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.8816	0.6931	0.7323	0.7460	0.8217	0.9384
14	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.8723	0.7284	0.8760	0.6488	0.7760	0.8625
15	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.8641	0.6158	0.7616	0.5173	1.0000	0.9453
16	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.8608	0.7763	0.7006	0.7256	0.7779	0.9104
17	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.8560	0.6347	0.7866	0.6111	0.8787	0.9052
18	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.8499	0.6510	0.7590	0.6139	0.9108	0.8790
19	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.8487	0.8180	0.7009	0.6322	0.7805	0.9160
20	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.8474	0.8143	0.7161	0.4690	0.8657	0.9774
21	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.8421	0.7899	0.7775	0.3526	0.9044	0.9029
22	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.8354	0.7586	0.8692	0.5258	0.6571	0.9561
23	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.8255	0.6791	0.8355	0.5560	0.7062	0.9411
24	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.8099	0.6106	0.6443	0.7316	0.7429	0.9700
25	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.8031	0.9360	0.5990	0.5521	0.7865	0.8243
26	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.8013	0.7612	0.6716	0.4966	0.8683	0.8682
27	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.7964	0.8265	0.6349	0.5735	0.6661	0.9603
28	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.7920	0.4908	0.4251	0.9850	0.8392	0.9403
29	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.7852	0.7375	0.6796	0.2336	0.9599	0.9316
30	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.7811	0.6798	0.7067	0.5580	0.8033	0.8428
31	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.7633	0.7062	0.8838	0.2236	0.6938	0.9628
32	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.7526	0.6793	0.7221	0.4087	0.7370	0.9121
33	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.7525	0.6059	0.6484	0.5942	0.7812	0.8484
34	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.7441	0.6160	0.7780	0.3661	0.7703	0.9017
35	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.7436	0.6405	0.6547	0.6640	0.6347	0.8352
36	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.7207	0.6419	0.6683	0.5103	0.6312	0.9289
37	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.7165	0.6209	0.7461	0.2934	0.7519	0.9102
38	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.7121	0.6904	0.6313	0.4011	0.7765	0.8385
39	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.7053	0.6056	0.7786	0.3972	0.6478	0.8656
40	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.7000	0.6243	0.6478	0.4843	0.6476	0.8905
41	BrazilBRASouth America	0.6985	0.5059	0.4927	0.6794	0.7424	0.8554
42	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.6924	0.7489	0.5635	0.3867	0.6963	0.8803
43	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.6856	0.5288	0.5771	0.3289	0.7606	1.0000
44	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.6820	0.5341	0.4722	0.5040	0.8111	0.9241
45	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.6690	0.7281	0.5639	0.3256	0.6864	0.8820
46	ChileCHLSouth America	0.6633	0.7465	0.5378	0.4282	0.5210	0.9169
47	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.6620	0.7631	0.4356	0.5374	0.6143	0.8386
48	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.6568	0.6862	0.3907	0.3633	0.7938	0.9316
49	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.6426	0.5777	0.6332	0.4433	0.6817	0.7141
50	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.6420	0.5456	0.4377	0.5620	0.7933	0.7719
51	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.6293	0.4332	0.4970	0.5088	0.6439	0.9384
52	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.6265	0.6119	0.6591	0.1850	0.6385	0.8991
53	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.6229	0.5615	0.6426	0.3701	0.6037	0.8079
54	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.6200	0.5477	0.6984	0.2890	0.5961	0.8351
55	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.6126	0.2943	0.2494	0.7311	0.8340	0.8512
56	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.6123	0.4865	0.4937	0.2883	0.7470	0.8971
57	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.6104	0.4411	0.5532	0.3573	0.7243	0.8445
58	PanamaPANCentral America	0.6075	0.5678	0.4499	0.2685	0.7630	0.9008
59	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.6048	0.5603	0.4976	0.3455	0.6920	0.8544
60	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.5879	0.5269	0.3889	0.2680	0.8892	0.7951
61	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.5869	0.4468	0.4834	0.2880	0.7153	0.8988
62	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.5865	0.7589	0.4834	0.1074	0.6436	0.8464
63	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.5864	0.6723	0.3904	0.3497	0.6636	0.7990
64	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.5756	0.4312	0.5173	0.1572	0.8621	0.8385
65	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.5560	0.4413	0.5659	0.3745	0.5148	0.8265
66	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.5559	0.5620	0.6280	0.0925	0.5638	0.8778
67	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.5492	0.6480	0.3164	0.2216	0.6736	0.9076
68	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5367	0.5919	0.5918	0.0831	0.5779	0.8207
69	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.5359	0.5416	0.4837	0.1074	0.5767	0.8890
70	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.5327	0.4188	0.5744	0.1847	0.6451	0.8228
71	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.5218	0.4667	0.4597	0.1238	0.6268	0.8796
72	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.5194	0.5902	0.2231	0.2725	0.6436	0.8997
73	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.5185	0.4707	0.4134	0.2114	0.6515	0.8845
74	UruguayURYSouth America	0.5184	0.4535	0.5075	0.2597	0.5922	0.7678
75	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.5178	0.4108	0.4494	0.1478	0.6549	0.9020
76	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.5114	0.5755	0.4501	0.1135	0.5647	0.8708
77	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.5016	0.5332	0.5141	0.1135	0.5757	0.8064
78	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.4993	0.5496	0.4658	0.0000	0.6129	0.9081
79	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.4954	0.3650	0.3038	0.3365	0.7377	0.7913
80	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.4898	0.3593	0.4076	0.4394	0.4479	0.8540
81	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.4890	0.4946	0.4835	0.1892	0.4894	0.8241
82	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.4876	0.3858	0.4199	0.3634	0.5198	0.8101
83	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.4673	0.6147	0.3978	0.1521	0.3630	0.8393
84	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.4666	0.4986	0.4873	0.2346	0.4230	0.7555
85	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.4652	0.5320	0.5301	0.0000	0.4806	0.8456
86	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.4579	0.4494	0.4116	0.1074	0.5744	0.8223
87	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.4520	0.4558	0.4561	0.1325	0.4633	0.8033
88	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.4467	0.4917	0.4301	0.1189	0.4959	0.7907
89	PeruPERSouth America	0.4466	0.4691	0.3924	0.1493	0.5031	0.8014
90	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.4461	0.5527	0.5128	0.0000	0.3730	0.8482
91	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.4434	0.4836	0.5275	0.0404	0.3484	0.8767
92	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.4378	0.4985	0.4072	0.0358	0.5945	0.7736
93	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.4361	0.3890	0.4510	0.0925	0.5135	0.8184
94	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.4347	0.3792	0.3963	0.1005	0.5161	0.8999
95	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.4342	0.4513	0.4466	0.1409	0.3873	0.8095
96	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.4340	0.5357	0.4549	0.0000	0.4937	0.7882
97	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.4316	0.3985	0.3684	0.1565	0.5486	0.7954
98	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.4314	0.3321	0.3435	0.0831	0.6649	0.8765
99	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.4293	0.3022	0.4082	0.1619	0.6130	0.7817
100	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.4290	0.3593	0.3412	0.0716	0.6506	0.8545
101	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.4214	0.3615	0.3791	0.0000	0.7621	0.7242
102	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.4148	0.4089	0.3976	0.0567	0.4788	0.8504
103	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.4096	0.3593	0.3891	0.1238	0.6606	0.6873
104	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.4090	0.3292	0.3644	0.0716	0.6591	0.7569
105	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.4035	0.4140	0.3083	0.0000	0.5922	0.7810
106	SurinameSURSouth America	0.3996	0.4202	0.4052	0.0000	0.5090	0.7790
107	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.3981	0.3209	0.4923	0.0716	0.4371	0.8133
108	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.3886	0.3419	0.3322	0.0567	0.6566	0.6749
109	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.3876	0.4387	0.3553	0.2362	0.3771	0.7231
110	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.3869	0.3385	0.4685	0.2450	0.2894	0.7252
111	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.3775	0.3234	0.2887	0.0567	0.6269	0.7798
112	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.3760	0.2750	0.3604	0.1074	0.5372	0.7922
113	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.3754	0.2908	0.2359	0.2060	0.5897	0.7789
=114	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.3753	0.4143	0.3273	0.0000	0.4438	0.8620
=114	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.3753	0.3736	0.2728	0.0000	0.5983	0.8265
116	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.3696	0.4283	0.0754	0.2845	0.5527	0.7577
117	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.3659	0.2991	0.2223	0.1463	0.5131	0.8587
118	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.3644	0.3783	0.3839	0.0000	0.4710	0.7845
119	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.3621	0.3483	0.5464	0.0358	0.3403	0.6866
120	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.3569	0.4305	0.1008	0.1074	0.6075	0.7674
121	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.3460	0.3282	0.2617	0.0358	0.4837	0.8451
122	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.3423	0.2332	0.1438	0.2123	0.5322	0.8308
123	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.3406	0.3317	0.3349	0.0000	0.5535	0.7278
124	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.3378	0.2750	0.2678	0.0000	0.6930	0.7225
125	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.3362	0.3207	0.2765	0.0716	0.4547	0.7896
=126	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.3321	0.3458	0.3176	0.0567	0.3416	0.8267
=126	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.3321	0.2977	0.2103	0.1572	0.4998	0.7435
128	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.3224	0.2462	0.2083	0.1463	0.6003	0.7089
=129	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.3222	0.2462	0.2327	0.1325	0.5579	0.7013
=129	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.3222	0.2150	0.4326	0.0000	0.5166	0.7152
131	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.3166	0.2819	0.2522	0.0000	0.5241	0.8102
132	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.3124	0.2806	0.2203	0.1135	0.5026	0.7234
133	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.3108	0.3014	0.2499	0.0358	0.3485	0.8794
134	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.3033	0.2898	0.1943	0.0925	0.4783	0.7656
135	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.3018	0.2202	0.1984	0.1463	0.5229	0.7386
136	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.2957	0.2609	0.2779	0.0000	0.5247	0.6985
137	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.2955	0.2150	0.2356	0.0716	0.5220	0.7379
138	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.2939	0.2999	0.2002	0.0925	0.4871	0.7075
139	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.2933	0.1661	0.4466	0.0472	0.4266	0.7748
140	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.2850	0.2435	0.1659	0.1135	0.4424	0.7690
141	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.2843	0.2607	0.2750	0.0000	0.4221	0.7638
142	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.2824	0.2800	0.2408	0.0925	0.4094	0.7245
143	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.2804	0.2592	0.2328	0.1005	0.5022	0.6441
144	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.2779	0.2059	0.1279	0.1074	0.5480	0.7201
145	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.2753	0.2121	0.1243	0.1756	0.5162	0.7094
146	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.2733	0.3016	0.2055	0.0831	0.4482	0.6699
147	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.2714	0.2308	0.1689	0.0716	0.5356	0.7021
148	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.2699	0.3276	0.3585	0.1398	0.2192	0.6341
149	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.2597	0.1200	0.1217	0.0358	0.7203	0.6037
150	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.2563	0.2414	0.1470	0.0000	0.5070	0.7082
151	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.2562	0.3857	0.2150	0.0000	0.3682	0.6877
152	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.2557	0.1799	0.0527	0.0567	0.6017	0.7511
153	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.2539	0.3375	0.1984	0.0567	0.3724	0.6490
154	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.2519	0.1413	0.1381	0.0831	0.5230	0.7664
155	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.2481	0.1400	0.2147	0.0831	0.3918	0.7924
156	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.2473	0.2399	0.1434	0.0358	0.4037	0.7525
157	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.2394	0.3120	0.1245	0.0000	0.4438	0.6889
158	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.2385	0.2744	0.1611	0.0000	0.3551	0.7791
159	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.2355	0.1038	0.0371	0.0716	0.7394	0.6842
160	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.2335	0.1252	0.1892	0.1074	0.4494	0.6891
161	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.2308	0.1957	0.0003	0.1283	0.4940	0.7374
162	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.2301	0.1568	0.1421	0.0358	0.6348	0.5982
163	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.2210	0.1214	0.1643	0.0358	0.4614	0.7530
164	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.2160	0.1990	0.1625	0.0000	0.3821	0.6501
165	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.2141	0.0951	0.0825	0.1596	0.4340	0.7495
166	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.2055	0.2750	0.1723	0.0000	0.3230	0.6457
167	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.1731	0.1659	0.0322	0.0000	0.5157	0.6107
168	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.1314	0.0000	0.1497	0.0567	0.3741	0.6221
169	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0070	0.1110	0.1059	0.0358	0.5387	0.0000

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

1United Kingdom1.0000
2United States0.9587
3South Korea0.9497
4Netherlands0.9408
5Germany0.9311

Lowest

169Sierra Leone0.0070
168Myanmar0.1314
167Chad0.1731
166Equatorial Guinea0.2055
165Ethiopia0.2141

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4652. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

ICT deployment
HighestSouth Korea1.0000
LowestMyanmar0.0000
Middle country: 0.4413
Skills
HighestAustralia1.0000
LowestBurkina Faso0.0003
Middle country: 0.4301
Research and development
HighestUnited States1.0000
Lowest23 share it
Middle country: 0.1521
Industry activity
HighestIreland1.0000
LowestIraq0.2192
Middle country: 0.6003
Access to finance
HighestCyprus1.0000
LowestSierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8243

03Caveats

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166 distinct values among 169
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Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 169 countries has every column.

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