Data for 2012

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2012

2012, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2012 covers 171 countries on 6 measures. United Kingdom is highest, at 1.0000; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.4693. Against 2011, 167 values changed (99 up, 68 down), 2 countries joined.

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Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2012

HighestUnited Kingdom

1.0000

LowestSouth Sudan

0.0000

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

171countries
6measures per country
2012the year it describes
171distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	1.0000	0.8544	0.7623	0.7791	0.9015	0.9591
2	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.9996	0.8478	0.7729	0.8800	0.8885	0.8983
3	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.9751	0.7983	0.8437	0.7277	0.8798	0.9294
4	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.9731	0.5609	0.7740	0.9939	0.8639	0.9672
5	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.9706	0.9529	0.7233	0.8250	0.8152	0.9398
6	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.9487	0.8188	0.7653	0.6724	0.8887	0.9379
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.9482	0.8803	0.8487	0.6475	0.7997	0.9707
8	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.9448	0.7840	0.7289	0.8100	0.8659	0.9115
9	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.9432	0.7778	0.8000	0.5410	1.0000	0.9250
10	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.9410	0.7807	1.0000	0.6954	0.6684	0.9327
11	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.9349	0.9024	0.8608	0.6368	0.7822	0.8585
12	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.9288	0.6637	0.7262	0.7089	0.9332	0.9599
13	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.9274	0.7947	0.7847	0.6291	0.8773	0.9068
14	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.9174	1.0000	0.7067	0.4924	0.8789	0.9788
15	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.9150	0.7436	0.7092	0.7494	0.8231	0.9349
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.9013	0.8180	0.5146	0.8358	0.8474	0.9576
17	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.8999	0.6820	0.8461	0.5806	0.8899	0.9262
18	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.8985	0.7263	0.7535	0.6140	0.9242	0.8768
19	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.8970	0.8835	0.8674	0.5551	0.6776	0.9520
20	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.8798	0.7309	0.6837	0.7432	0.8021	0.9088
21	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.8773	0.7821	0.6994	0.6614	0.8139	0.9092
22	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.8715	0.7548	0.7722	0.4116	0.9011	0.8980
23	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.8706	0.6502	0.4303	1.0000	0.8678	0.9385
24	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.8516	0.6752	0.8282	0.5719	0.7226	0.9339
25	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.8335	0.5795	0.6739	0.7349	0.7608	0.9576
26	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.8248	0.7886	0.6559	0.5173	0.8699	0.8506
27	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.8151	0.7750	0.6486	0.5993	0.7793	0.8512
28	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.8140	0.8387	0.8889	0.2967	0.6737	0.9301
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.8072	0.6476	0.6988	0.5754	0.8352	0.8490
30	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.8050	0.8871	0.5451	0.5825	0.7913	0.8193
31	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.8041	0.7880	0.6263	0.5622	0.6996	0.9544
32	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.7969	0.7187	0.6713	0.6583	0.6608	0.8380
33	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.7945	0.7021	0.6572	0.2635	0.9525	0.9239
34	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.7806	0.7374	0.7520	0.3623	0.7858	0.8853
35	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.7646	0.5772	0.7660	0.4173	0.7952	0.8931
36	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.7606	0.7351	0.6375	0.4266	0.8133	0.8427
37	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.7480	0.6471	0.6986	0.4228	0.7443	0.8741
38	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.7399	0.6163	0.6776	0.5165	0.6533	0.9307
39	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.7297	0.7918	0.5704	0.3940	0.7288	0.8757
40	BrazilBRASouth America	0.7255	0.5400	0.4826	0.6604	0.7470	0.8709
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.7163	0.6380	0.7813	0.3596	0.6662	0.8434
42	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.7080	0.5123	0.4602	0.5444	0.8379	0.9271
43	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.7042	0.5678	0.6330	0.4808	0.6827	0.8774
44	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.6981	0.5035	0.5803	0.3286	0.7793	1.0000
45	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.6943	0.4421	0.2878	0.7457	0.8396	0.8536
46	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.6863	0.6819	0.3842	0.4371	0.7890	0.9436
47	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.6805	0.6916	0.5740	0.3347	0.7068	0.8807
48	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.6629	0.5756	0.5394	0.3594	0.7522	0.8435
49	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.6628	0.5551	0.6430	0.4206	0.6946	0.7358
50	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.6574	0.6442	0.6323	0.2257	0.6794	0.9000
51	ChileCHLSouth America	0.6560	0.5536	0.5465	0.4895	0.5459	0.9187
52	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.6495	0.4779	0.4864	0.3486	0.7965	0.8953
53	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.6494	0.4342	0.4924	0.4983	0.6694	0.9357
54	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.6412	0.5320	0.4767	0.5489	0.6310	0.8535
55	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.6383	0.6047	0.4641	0.1310	0.8346	0.8803
56	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.6365	0.3931	0.4373	0.5874	0.8081	0.7851
57	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.6361	0.5653	0.4820	0.2854	0.7202	0.9049
58	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.6350	0.4784	0.6337	0.4216	0.6014	0.8239
59	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.6345	0.5854	0.4677	0.3840	0.7251	0.8637
60	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.6244	0.5362	0.6878	0.2775	0.6626	0.7725
61	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.6171	0.5516	0.5704	0.4755	0.5087	0.8196
62	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.6085	0.4768	0.5130	0.1579	0.8913	0.8452
63	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.6012	0.6651	0.3693	0.3565	0.6842	0.8133
64	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.5937	0.5805	0.4769	0.1579	0.7322	0.8602
65	PanamaPANCentral America	0.5891	0.5197	0.4424	0.2317	0.7592	0.8961
66	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.5867	0.4019	0.4007	0.2722	0.9162	0.8082
67	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.5839	0.5926	0.3181	0.3354	0.7523	0.8886
68	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.5805	0.4448	0.5731	0.2868	0.6648	0.8238
69	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.5743	0.6835	0.4883	0.1123	0.6348	0.8465
70	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.5652	0.6795	0.2421	0.3017	0.6585	0.9026
71	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.5570	0.5571	0.6418	0.0708	0.5663	0.8591
72	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.5558	0.6256	0.5263	0.2092	0.5357	0.8215
73	UruguayURYSouth America	0.5512	0.4651	0.5217	0.3053	0.6037	0.7742
74	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.5483	0.6556	0.5158	0.1416	0.5746	0.8182
75	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5398	0.5635	0.6139	0.1310	0.5423	0.7960
76	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.5356	0.3827	0.4717	0.1270	0.6802	0.9137
77	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.5326	0.5945	0.4585	0.1225	0.5944	0.8697
78	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.5276	0.5104	0.4023	0.1897	0.6587	0.8832
79	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5191	0.3201	0.3298	0.3386	0.7537	0.8125
80	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.5172	0.3949	0.4299	0.4353	0.4593	0.8494
81	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.5170	0.5964	0.4564	0.0000	0.6360	0.9079
82	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.5136	0.6045	0.4516	0.1062	0.5739	0.8270
83	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.4950	0.3507	0.4205	0.3838	0.5368	0.7939
84	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.4835	0.5520	0.4448	0.1062	0.5216	0.8109
85	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.4821	0.5004	0.3901	0.1348	0.5521	0.8901
86	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.4693	0.5787	0.3809	0.1816	0.4176	0.8223
87	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.4692	0.5189	0.5218	0.0000	0.4744	0.8528
88	PeruPERSouth America	0.4634	0.4513	0.4012	0.1831	0.5010	0.8142
89	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.4629	0.5825	0.5127	0.0000	0.3788	0.8737
90	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.4625	0.5048	0.4414	0.1416	0.4791	0.7974
91	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.4622	0.5160	0.5210	0.0354	0.4681	0.8171
92	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.4574	0.4332	0.4637	0.1225	0.5112	0.7919
93	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.4559	0.3278	0.4022	0.1933	0.5971	0.8141
94	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.4525	0.4785	0.4782	0.2213	0.3465	0.7865
95	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.4522	0.5250	0.4050	0.0354	0.6114	0.7755
96	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.4503	0.4429	0.4329	0.0822	0.5104	0.8268
97	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.4481	0.5006	0.4460	0.0915	0.4712	0.7992
98	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.4456	0.4268	0.3464	0.0000	0.6334	0.7985
99	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.4455	0.3867	0.3726	0.0994	0.6265	0.8294
100	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.4433	0.3612	0.5055	0.1384	0.4124	0.8376
101	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.4388	0.3403	0.3293	0.0994	0.6729	0.7113
102	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.4331	0.3098	0.3323	0.1225	0.6487	0.8755
103	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.4276	0.3827	0.3257	0.0354	0.6621	0.8488
104	SurinameSURSouth America	0.4261	0.4408	0.4017	0.0000	0.5433	0.7823
105	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.4228	0.4997	0.2376	0.1702	0.5437	0.7551
106	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.4217	0.3588	0.3541	0.1477	0.5490	0.8111
107	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.4157	0.4428	0.4026	0.0561	0.5011	0.8071
108	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.4143	0.3174	0.2786	0.1624	0.5534	0.8477
109	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.4135	0.3364	0.3820	0.1123	0.6658	0.6934
110	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.4085	0.3799	0.3548	0.0561	0.6385	0.7270
111	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.4076	0.3696	0.3799	0.0561	0.5024	0.8441
112	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.3989	0.3247	0.3817	0.0354	0.6078	0.7607
113	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.3961	0.4431	0.3515	0.0000	0.4606	0.8648
114	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.3917	0.2941	0.2677	0.0822	0.6429	0.8089
115	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.3851	0.3102	0.4756	0.2621	0.2368	0.7237
116	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.3829	0.2504	0.2383	0.2028	0.6076	0.7905
117	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.3812	0.3532	0.5350	0.0561	0.3472	0.6935
118	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.3778	0.3765	0.1298	0.1504	0.6111	0.7833
119	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.3687	0.3595	0.3481	0.2467	0.3584	0.7054
120	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.3605	0.2817	0.2759	0.0708	0.6265	0.7576
121	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.3571	0.1676	0.1634	0.2627	0.5465	0.8360
122	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.3521	0.3452	0.0632	0.3007	0.5534	0.7390
123	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.3482	0.2856	0.3219	0.0561	0.5721	0.7355
124	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.3477	0.3382	0.2759	0.0822	0.4419	0.7984
125	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.3430	0.3287	0.2689	0.0000	0.4929	0.8316
126	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.3428	0.2138	0.2546	0.1416	0.5596	0.7201
127	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.3377	0.3076	0.2418	0.0354	0.4691	0.8524
128	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.3370	0.2649	0.2236	0.1477	0.5013	0.7652
129	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.3333	0.3557	0.3366	0.0354	0.3174	0.8360
130	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.3288	0.1667	0.2103	0.1602	0.6486	0.7182
131	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.3217	0.2398	0.2515	0.0000	0.5819	0.7990
132	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.3211	0.1481	0.2380	0.1062	0.5733	0.7429
133	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.3202	0.3961	0.1636	0.1348	0.4823	0.7010
134	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.3172	0.2544	0.2209	0.1384	0.4698	0.7688
135	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.3171	0.2493	0.2274	0.0000	0.4850	0.8863
136	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.3156	0.2923	0.0623	0.1225	0.5666	0.7625
137	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.3107	0.2289	0.2096	0.1176	0.4579	0.8263
138	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.3073	0.2209	0.2236	0.0994	0.4997	0.7417
139	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.3069	0.1455	0.2699	0.0915	0.5255	0.7729
140	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.3026	0.3166	0.1615	0.0708	0.4684	0.7770
141	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.3024	0.2473	0.4643	0.0451	0.4326	0.7847
142	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.3010	0.3309	0.3737	0.1816	0.2075	0.6508
143	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.2949	0.1558	0.1310	0.1416	0.5764	0.7292
144	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.2927	0.2041	0.2923	0.0000	0.4596	0.7633
145	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.2899	0.1377	0.0322	0.1602	0.6317	0.7474
146	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.2894	0.2212	0.2111	0.0915	0.4871	0.7423
147	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.2867	0.2042	0.3916	0.0000	0.3585	0.7299
148	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.2838	0.0920	0.1950	0.1270	0.5356	0.7000
149	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.2815	0.2517	0.2983	0.0000	0.3957	0.7176
150	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.2777	0.1697	0.1606	0.0994	0.4901	0.7753
151	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.2775	0.1441	0.1231	0.1702	0.5570	0.7231
152	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.2759	0.1929	0.2423	0.0822	0.4919	0.6720
153	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.2730	0.2827	0.1921	0.0000	0.5840	0.6320
154	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.2687	0.3070	0.1996	0.0561	0.4411	0.6283
155	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.2684	0.2408	0.2112	0.0354	0.4649	0.7072
156	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.2671	0.1177	0.1332	0.0000	0.6653	0.6509
157	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.2667	0.2703	0.1221	0.0822	0.5055	0.7006
158	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.2656	0.1731	0.0946	0.1897	0.4765	0.7532
159	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.2637	0.2921	0.1368	0.0822	0.4368	0.7165
160	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.2577	0.2167	0.2111	0.0561	0.3457	0.7818
161	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.2547	0.2842	0.2136	0.0000	0.4378	0.7003
162	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.2546	0.1771	0.1665	0.0354	0.5734	0.6248
163	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.2452	0.0000	0.0581	0.0915	0.7716	0.6996
164	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.2397	0.1137	0.1717	0.0561	0.5675	0.6316
165	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.2379	0.1117	0.1677	0.0354	0.3922	0.7186
166	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.2280	0.1697	0.1489	0.0000	0.4066	0.7481
167	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.2222	0.0917	0.1666	0.0708	0.4723	0.6932
168	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.2002	0.0177	0.1852	0.0000	0.4457	0.7655
169	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.1791	0.0754	0.0545	0.0000	0.5271	0.6493
170	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0875	0.1310	0.1158	0.0000	0.6905	0.0000
171	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.0000	0.1427	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.4959

02In 2012

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
2Germany0.9996
3Netherlands0.9751
4United States0.9731
5South Korea0.9706

Lowest

171South Sudan0.0000
170Sierra Leone0.0875
169Chad0.1791
168Burundi0.2002
167Myanmar0.2222

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4693. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

ICT deployment
HighestHong Kong1.0000
LowestNiger0.0000
Middle country: 0.4513
Skills
HighestAustralia1.0000
LowestSouth Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4303
Research and development
HighestChina1.0000
Lowest20 share it
Middle country: 0.1624
Industry activity
HighestIreland1.0000
LowestSouth Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.6114
Access to finance
HighestCyprus1.0000
LowestSierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8239

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 169 in both
99 · 68rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Poland0.7313 → 0.8151+0.0838
Bahrain0.5615 → 0.6383+0.0768
Myanmar0.1579 → 0.2222+0.0643
Hong Kong0.8538 → 0.9174+0.0636
Barbados0.5960 → 0.6574+0.0614

Fell most

Nigeria0.4398 → 0.3687−0.0711
Mexico0.7062 → 0.6365−0.0697
Liberia0.3053 → 0.2547−0.0506
Bahamas0.5056 → 0.4629−0.0427
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.5115 → 0.4692−0.0423

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

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 2012.
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 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2012). Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/frontier-technology-readiness/2012

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