Data for 2011

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2011

2011, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2011 covers 169 countries on 6 measures. United Kingdom is highest, at 1.0000; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.0513. The middle country reads 0.4992. Against 2010, 168 values changed (148 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2011

HighestUnited Kingdom

1.0000

LowestSierra Leone

0.0513

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
2011the year it describes
169distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	1.0000	0.9166	0.7903	0.7795	0.9001	0.9659
2	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.9808	0.8909	0.7777	0.8810	0.8661	0.8987
3	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.9609	0.5932	0.7861	1.0000	0.8536	0.9682
4	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.9592	1.0000	0.7229	0.8267	0.7912	0.9417
5	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.9495	0.8382	0.8138	0.7137	0.8691	0.9275
6	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.9356	0.8604	0.7740	0.6550	0.8834	0.9352
7	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.9296	0.8221	0.7314	0.8134	0.8424	0.9114
8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.9241	0.9217	0.7943	0.6497	0.7710	0.9750
9	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.9222	0.8183	0.7795	0.5086	1.0000	0.9285
10	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.9220	0.7805	1.0000	0.6959	0.6444	0.9338
11	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.9185	0.7021	0.7287	0.7014	0.9396	0.9576
12	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.9158	0.8559	0.7852	0.6141	0.8664	0.9036
13	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.8934	0.8614	0.5113	0.8338	0.8468	0.9585
14	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.8893	0.9286	0.8657	0.5471	0.6577	0.9529
15	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.8885	0.7216	0.8509	0.5736	0.8658	0.9189
16	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.8874	0.6995	0.7189	0.7492	0.8166	0.9353
17	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.8795	0.7355	0.8696	0.6467	0.7698	0.8575
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.8624	0.8233	0.7006	0.6471	0.7838	0.9106
19	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.8623	0.7739	0.6815	0.7266	0.7774	0.9086
20	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.8609	0.6541	0.7556	0.6126	0.9076	0.8768
21	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.8556	0.7929	0.7714	0.3703	0.9102	0.8978
22	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.8538	0.8146	0.7000	0.4769	0.8553	0.9825
23	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.8370	0.6846	0.8291	0.5695	0.6960	0.9360
24	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.8253	0.6137	0.6616	0.7350	0.7404	0.9644
25	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.8229	0.8796	0.8799	0.2904	0.6756	0.9444
26	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.8095	0.4950	0.4285	0.9997	0.8467	0.9345
27	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.8020	0.8256	0.6272	0.5699	0.6720	0.9576
28	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.7957	0.9262	0.5706	0.5592	0.7772	0.8196
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.7956	0.6832	0.6958	0.5621	0.8140	0.8443
30	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.7864	0.7441	0.6774	0.1933	0.9500	0.9311
31	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.7754	0.6151	0.6574	0.5173	0.8577	0.8625
32	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.7642	0.7766	0.7483	0.2889	0.7643	0.8905
33	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.7635	0.6141	0.7752	0.3974	0.7685	0.8951
34	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.7593	0.6637	0.6646	0.6715	0.6224	0.8300
35	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.7531	0.6821	0.6962	0.4238	0.7251	0.8931
36	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.7313	0.4789	0.6582	0.5916	0.7559	0.8510
37	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.7312	0.6521	0.6707	0.4863	0.6283	0.9315
38	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.7301	0.6909	0.6364	0.4227	0.7679	0.8393
39	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.7297	0.8323	0.5710	0.4005	0.7072	0.8733
40	BrazilBRASouth America	0.7218	0.5753	0.4867	0.6854	0.7220	0.8620
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.7171	0.6084	0.7814	0.4096	0.6388	0.8466
42	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.7062	0.7215	0.4386	0.6022	0.7902	0.7750
43	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.7012	0.5415	0.4682	0.5205	0.8105	0.9223
44	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.6975	0.5934	0.6404	0.4803	0.6426	0.8779
45	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.6882	0.5345	0.5722	0.2749	0.7652	1.0000
46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.6856	0.7278	0.5713	0.3421	0.6825	0.8792
47	ChileCHLSouth America	0.6853	0.7555	0.5408	0.4701	0.5162	0.9162
48	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.6700	0.6907	0.3862	0.4003	0.7644	0.9403
49	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.6699	0.4887	0.2665	0.7285	0.8262	0.8500
50	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.6612	0.6076	0.5430	0.3768	0.7158	0.8371
51	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.6548	0.5863	0.6353	0.4221	0.6800	0.7214
52	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.6469	0.4556	0.4916	0.5057	0.6458	0.9312
53	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.6326	0.5694	0.4582	0.5405	0.6035	0.8457
54	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.6316	0.5034	0.4901	0.3143	0.7276	0.8943
55	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.6314	0.4984	0.6410	0.3987	0.6074	0.8130
56	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.6304	0.5598	0.4832	0.3812	0.7088	0.8618
57	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.6254	0.5883	0.4816	0.2155	0.7257	0.9043
58	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.6147	0.5299	0.3957	0.3179	0.8728	0.7998
59	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.6109	0.5612	0.6888	0.2159	0.5826	0.8210
60	PanamaPANCentral America	0.6011	0.5686	0.4514	0.1795	0.7725	0.8961
61	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.5960	0.6128	0.6399	0.0356	0.6206	0.8962
62	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.5936	0.4332	0.5196	0.1423	0.8661	0.8395
63	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.5929	0.7637	0.4708	0.1423	0.6119	0.8438
64	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.5877	0.7067	0.3691	0.3210	0.6532	0.7980
65	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.5782	0.5855	0.5665	0.1623	0.6300	0.8204
66	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.5738	0.6511	0.3173	0.2641	0.6936	0.8929
67	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.5731	0.4538	0.5675	0.4403	0.4746	0.8098
68	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.5663	0.6117	0.4805	0.1538	0.5667	0.8664
69	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.5615	0.5860	0.4609	0.1355	0.6103	0.8794
70	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.5571	0.5484	0.4054	0.2586	0.6289	0.8825
71	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.5541	0.5504	0.6386	0.0826	0.5230	0.8573
72	UruguayURYSouth America	0.5484	0.4970	0.5183	0.2764	0.5858	0.7682
73	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.5482	0.6407	0.2310	0.2978	0.6317	0.9008
74	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5469	0.5957	0.5973	0.1128	0.5460	0.7920
75	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.5414	0.4232	0.4578	0.1541	0.6439	0.9035
76	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.5384	0.5731	0.4674	0.1511	0.5655	0.8660
77	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.5368	0.6448	0.5033	0.1810	0.4746	0.8161
78	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.5212	0.6427	0.4321	0.1067	0.5599	0.8247
79	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.5127	0.3921	0.4162	0.4110	0.5178	0.8019
80	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.5115	0.5534	0.5156	0.0000	0.5872	0.8479
81	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.5095	0.5382	0.5140	0.0920	0.5602	0.8071
82	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.5078	0.5458	0.4488	0.0000	0.6087	0.9023
83	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.5056	0.6106	0.5207	0.0712	0.3935	0.8757
84	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5040	0.3540	0.3179	0.3070	0.7266	0.7985
85	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.4992	0.5220	0.4508	0.2244	0.4535	0.8071
86	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.4960	0.3623	0.4150	0.3994	0.4486	0.8461
87	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.4817	0.4144	0.3721	0.2059	0.6058	0.8141
88	PeruPERSouth America	0.4812	0.4889	0.3968	0.2187	0.4856	0.8054
89	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.4810	0.5458	0.5245	0.0000	0.4838	0.8317
90	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.4707	0.5003	0.4826	0.2008	0.4136	0.7614
91	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.4682	0.5569	0.4032	0.0564	0.5805	0.7722
92	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.4681	0.5554	0.4296	0.0712	0.5107	0.7873
93	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.4605	0.4688	0.4613	0.1317	0.4406	0.7920
94	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.4604	0.4902	0.4413	0.1390	0.4582	0.7902
95	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.4599	0.6165	0.3958	0.1672	0.3060	0.8254
96	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.4568	0.3289	0.4024	0.1893	0.5880	0.8096
97	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.4515	0.4010	0.3931	0.0920	0.5139	0.8872
98	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.4411	0.4079	0.4389	0.0999	0.4532	0.8178
99	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.4398	0.6492	0.3438	0.2431	0.3687	0.7018
100	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.4379	0.3163	0.3389	0.0999	0.6287	0.8738
101	SurinameSURSouth America	0.4308	0.4771	0.4032	0.0000	0.5218	0.7753
102	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.4288	0.3617	0.3312	0.0356	0.6311	0.8475
103	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.4276	0.3204	0.5181	0.1067	0.3843	0.8341
104	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.4230	0.4726	0.3832	0.0712	0.4701	0.7948
105	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.4207	0.3576	0.3727	0.0000	0.6435	0.7699
106	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.4188	0.4065	0.3221	0.0000	0.5836	0.7860
107	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.4179	0.3554	0.3305	0.0999	0.6328	0.6875
108	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.4146	0.4102	0.3845	0.0000	0.4860	0.8435
109	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.4138	0.4771	0.3407	0.0000	0.4534	0.8650
110	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.4118	0.3587	0.3860	0.0826	0.6388	0.6855
111	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.4099	0.3526	0.3548	0.0712	0.6432	0.7056
112	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.4050	0.3484	0.2567	0.1423	0.5317	0.8404
113	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.3973	0.2861	0.3577	0.0920	0.5466	0.7911
114	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.3949	0.3188	0.2888	0.0826	0.6090	0.7765
115	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.3910	0.3380	0.4732	0.2558	0.2455	0.7142
116	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.3863	0.2853	0.2376	0.1810	0.5792	0.7894
117	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.3814	0.3317	0.5369	0.0000	0.3652	0.7259
118	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.3811	0.4012	0.0702	0.3309	0.5486	0.7422
119	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.3765	0.4130	0.2331	0.1609	0.4755	0.7445
120	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.3725	0.3973	0.3519	0.0564	0.3449	0.8351
121	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.3695	0.4215	0.1077	0.1231	0.5811	0.7762
122	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.3655	0.2183	0.1535	0.2223	0.5501	0.8318
123	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.3575	0.3445	0.2382	0.0564	0.4517	0.8422
124	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.3567	0.3231	0.3290	0.0000	0.5529	0.7378
125	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.3561	0.2288	0.2440	0.1423	0.6005	0.7124
126	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.3545	0.3682	0.2646	0.0000	0.4562	0.8254
127	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.3434	0.3039	0.2762	0.0712	0.4425	0.7852
128	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.3363	0.2205	0.2096	0.1423	0.6212	0.7070
129	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.3340	0.2807	0.2226	0.1275	0.4741	0.7541
130	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.3317	0.2380	0.2722	0.0000	0.6185	0.7270
131	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.3302	0.1877	0.4836	0.0734	0.4262	0.7878
132	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.3260	0.2729	0.2117	0.1390	0.4852	0.7410
133	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.3190	0.2625	0.2520	0.0000	0.4862	0.8011
134	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.3167	0.3367	0.0600	0.0826	0.5990	0.7511
135	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.3125	0.3542	0.3666	0.1423	0.2923	0.6330
136	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.3124	0.2065	0.4273	0.0000	0.4008	0.7155
137	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.3117	0.2876	0.2045	0.0712	0.4508	0.7634
138	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.3109	0.2559	0.2394	0.0999	0.4830	0.7225
139	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.3089	0.2402	0.2380	0.1128	0.5182	0.6601
140	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.3085	0.1744	0.1317	0.1067	0.6398	0.7187
141	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.3053	0.3494	0.2146	0.0356	0.5120	0.6957
142	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.3047	0.1932	0.2528	0.0356	0.5005	0.7595
143	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.3033	0.2575	0.1670	0.1128	0.5639	0.6939
144	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.3031	0.2471	0.2921	0.0000	0.4236	0.7533
145	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.2989	0.2610	0.2066	0.0920	0.4653	0.7195
146	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.2978	0.2898	0.2198	0.0356	0.2745	0.8791
147	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.2938	0.2205	0.1732	0.0356	0.5247	0.7634
148	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.2914	0.1358	0.1544	0.0712	0.5851	0.7635
149	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.2910	0.1222	0.1951	0.1231	0.5537	0.6880
150	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.2849	0.2384	0.2884	0.0000	0.4156	0.6981
151	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.2843	0.1842	0.1362	0.1538	0.5179	0.7126
152	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.2800	0.3380	0.2035	0.0826	0.4070	0.6266
153	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.2770	0.1811	0.2158	0.0826	0.3819	0.7924
154	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.2764	0.3064	0.1231	0.0356	0.5011	0.6960
155	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.2730	0.1778	0.0179	0.1182	0.5820	0.7337
156	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.2652	0.2839	0.2090	0.0000	0.4316	0.6767
157	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.2642	0.1358	0.1287	0.0000	0.6331	0.6552
158	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.2626	0.2288	0.1585	0.0000	0.5581	0.6245
159	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.2525	0.2183	0.1472	0.0000	0.4282	0.7411
160	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.2523	0.0574	0.0510	0.1067	0.7165	0.6914
161	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.2499	0.2226	0.1762	0.0356	0.3248	0.7769
162	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.2454	0.1406	0.0880	0.1728	0.4338	0.7474
163	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.2338	0.1662	0.1659	0.0356	0.3800	0.6786
164	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.2283	0.3121	0.1834	0.0356	0.2698	0.6492
165	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.2277	0.0784	0.1811	0.0000	0.4508	0.7663
166	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.2230	0.1493	0.1580	0.0712	0.4899	0.6043
167	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.2047	0.1307	0.0339	0.0000	0.6019	0.6223
168	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.1579	0.0000	0.1592	0.0564	0.3429	0.6542
169	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0513	0.0937	0.1160	0.0000	0.6180	0.0000

02In 2011

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
2Germany0.9808
3United States0.9609
4South Korea0.9592
5Netherlands0.9495

Lowest

169Sierra Leone0.0513
168Myanmar0.1579
167Chad0.2047
166DR Congo0.2230
165Burundi0.2277

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4992. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

ICT deployment
HighestSouth Korea1.0000
LowestMyanmar0.0000
Middle country: 0.4889
Skills
HighestAustralia1.0000
LowestBurkina Faso0.0179
Middle country: 0.4296
Research and development
HighestUnited States1.0000
Lowest23 share it
Middle country: 0.1541
Industry activity
HighestIreland1.0000
LowestAlgeria0.2455
Middle country: 0.6019
Access to finance
HighestCyprus1.0000
LowestSierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8210

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 169 in both
148 · 20rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.4461 → 0.5115+0.0654
Azerbaijan0.4342 → 0.4992+0.0650
Mexico0.6420 → 0.7062+0.0642
Albania0.4579 → 0.5212+0.0633
Bahamas0.4434 → 0.5056+0.0622

Fell most

Barbados0.6265 → 0.5960−0.0305
Türkiye0.6620 → 0.6326−0.0294
Hungary0.8013 → 0.7754−0.0259
Poland0.7525 → 0.7313−0.0212
São Tomé and Príncipe0.3753 → 0.3545−0.0208

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UNCTAD’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2011.
The position is ours
UNCTAD publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
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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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2011). Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/frontier-technology-readiness/2011

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