Data for 2014

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2014

2014, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2014 covers 171 countries on 6 measures. United Kingdom is highest, at 1.0000; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.3947. Against 2013, 171 values changed (7 up, 164 down), the same countries are covered.

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Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2014

HighestUnited Kingdom

1.0000

LowestSierra Leone

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
2014the year it describes
169distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	1.0000	0.8307	0.8275	0.7720	0.8878	0.9429
2	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.9747	0.8191	0.7655	0.8648	0.8673	0.8935
3	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.9694	0.6438	0.7652	0.9839	0.8311	0.9715
4	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.9660	0.9531	0.7998	0.5281	1.0000	0.8948
5	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.9612	0.9467	0.8383	0.5808	0.8934	0.9377
6	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.9560	0.7909	0.8381	0.7155	0.8715	0.9289
7	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.9523	0.7920	0.8555	0.6654	0.8728	0.9386
8	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.9484	0.9065	0.7055	0.8248	0.8094	0.9402
9	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.9262	0.8651	0.8742	0.6455	0.7624	0.9656
10	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.9239	0.7282	0.7405	0.6985	0.9345	0.9611
11	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.9222	0.7843	0.8652	0.6260	0.8312	0.9081
12	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.9151	0.7637	0.7155	0.8047	0.8489	0.9093
13	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.9147	0.8647	0.8634	0.6233	0.7561	0.8645
14	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.9043	0.7641	1.0000	0.6918	0.5619	0.9379
15	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.8934	1.0000	0.7017	0.4645	0.8764	0.9929
16	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.8845	0.7330	0.7194	0.7424	0.7745	0.9348
17	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.8687	0.8013	0.4963	0.8242	0.8329	0.9596
18	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.8677	0.7157	0.7419	0.6176	0.9249	0.8753
19	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.8604	0.7779	0.7859	0.4503	0.8471	0.9013
20	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.8458	0.8466	0.8671	0.5534	0.5610	0.9516
21	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.8358	0.7582	0.8344	0.5675	0.6553	0.9378
22	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.8270	0.7065	0.6585	0.7374	0.7572	0.9038
23	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.8253	0.7599	0.6962	0.6279	0.7825	0.9026
24	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.8173	0.5430	0.4348	1.0000	0.8779	0.9460
25	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.7939	0.7911	0.6697	0.6826	0.5842	0.8595
26	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.7831	0.8473	0.6833	0.2388	0.9127	0.9117
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.7813	0.5966	0.6827	0.7308	0.6957	0.9392
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.7627	0.6457	0.7119	0.5736	0.8061	0.8500
29	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.7613	0.7687	0.6548	0.4929	0.8266	0.8361
30	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.7539	0.7642	0.6447	0.5586	0.6342	0.9389
31	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.7538	0.8125	0.9196	0.2899	0.5574	0.9094
32	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.7430	0.9362	0.7536	0.3608	0.6094	0.8323
33	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.7377	0.9029	0.4829	0.5623	0.7130	0.8072
34	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.7260	0.7291	0.7315	0.3890	0.7513	0.8783
35	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.7196	0.5290	0.6850	0.6328	0.7415	0.8562
36	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.7054	0.5894	0.7835	0.4252	0.7609	0.8589
37	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.7008	0.7170	0.6951	0.3976	0.7100	0.8534
38	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.6934	0.6792	0.6940	0.4921	0.5733	0.9294
39	BrazilBRASouth America	0.6908	0.5581	0.5210	0.6765	0.6753	0.8766
40	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.6869	0.6543	0.5932	0.4750	0.7916	0.8503
41	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.6800	0.6598	0.6165	0.4917	0.6211	0.8886
42	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.6720	0.7634	0.5797	0.4049	0.6685	0.8666
43	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.6653	0.6378	0.5871	0.3023	0.7368	1.0000
44	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.6480	0.5759	0.4440	0.5472	0.8062	0.9321
45	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.6468	0.6551	0.4454	0.5837	0.7695	0.7981
46	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.6428	0.4489	0.2950	0.7478	0.8077	0.8544
47	ChileCHLSouth America	0.6339	0.6753	0.5751	0.4884	0.4404	0.9229
48	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.6181	0.5977	0.4948	0.4816	0.5901	0.9382
49	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.6158	0.6603	0.6212	0.4479	0.5746	0.7301
50	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.6143	0.5883	0.4252	0.4002	0.9146	0.8247
51	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.6115	0.6410	0.3777	0.4454	0.7545	0.9495
=52	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.6106	0.6886	0.6300	0.2878	0.6322	0.8778
=52	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.6106	0.6939	0.5284	0.3411	0.6715	0.8322
54	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.5963	0.5658	0.4819	0.3958	0.6922	0.8956
55	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.5905	0.5538	0.6359	0.4458	0.4942	0.8358
56	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.5899	0.7245	0.6251	0.2116	0.5603	0.8963
57	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.5817	0.5504	0.5468	0.5039	0.5425	0.8730
58	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.5719	0.6298	0.5802	0.5133	0.3345	0.8386
59	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.5663	0.6438	0.4644	0.2726	0.6144	0.9132
60	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.5648	0.5908	0.4630	0.4038	0.6682	0.8675
61	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.5580	0.6686	0.4839	0.1535	0.6253	0.8736
62	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.5569	0.8372	0.3514	0.3048	0.6008	0.8081
63	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.5536	0.5547	0.4919	0.1751	0.8969	0.8565
64	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.5406	0.6192	0.6711	0.2118	0.5480	0.7819
65	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.5295	0.6593	0.5019	0.3648	0.4899	0.7893
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.5164	0.5801	0.5757	0.2615	0.5702	0.8250
67	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.5042	0.6877	0.4666	0.1705	0.5578	0.8519
68	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.4971	0.6004	0.4715	0.1793	0.4716	0.8788
69	PanamaPANCentral America	0.4944	0.5356	0.4362	0.2473	0.6640	0.8980
70	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.4939	0.5848	0.6481	0.1512	0.5403	0.8133
71	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.4924	0.6668	0.2566	0.3589	0.5621	0.8983
72	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.4898	0.4851	0.5068	0.1462	0.6683	0.9118
73	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.4884	0.7188	0.5283	0.1377	0.4697	0.8412
74	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.4760	0.5939	0.3100	0.2550	0.7349	0.8943
75	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.4701	0.5763	0.6590	0.1091	0.3931	0.8546
76	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.4578	0.5389	0.4094	0.2655	0.5691	0.8775
77	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.4527	0.5999	0.4735	0.1655	0.4864	0.8681
78	UruguayURYSouth America	0.4506	0.4992	0.5217	0.2589	0.4879	0.7877
79	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.4449	0.6393	0.4717	0.2025	0.3812	0.8327
80	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.4398	0.6874	0.4033	0.1377	0.4416	0.8854
81	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.4210	0.4180	0.4771	0.3885	0.3085	0.8491
82	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.4206	0.3724	0.3374	0.3276	0.6484	0.8218
83	PeruPERSouth America	0.4057	0.5229	0.4068	0.2739	0.3306	0.8325
84	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.4044	0.6199	0.4305	0.1856	0.3485	0.8014
85	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.4032	0.5575	0.4943	0.1274	0.3934	0.8245
86	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.3947	0.6178	0.3751	0.3017	0.1427	0.8435
87	SurinameSURSouth America	0.3915	0.6588	0.3995	0.0000	0.4376	0.8031
88	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.3832	0.5582	0.3730	0.1615	0.3990	0.8490
89	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.3820	0.6072	0.4056	0.0000	0.4835	0.8936
90	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.3761	0.5948	0.4342	0.1511	0.2649	0.8123
91	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.3719	0.4199	0.4021	0.1901	0.4807	0.8168
92	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.3714	0.5631	0.4724	0.2057	0.1850	0.8036
93	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.3683	0.5977	0.5083	0.0344	0.2301	0.8705
94	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.3661	0.4419	0.5143	0.0966	0.3319	0.8667
95	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.3608	0.5470	0.4107	0.0688	0.5068	0.7878
96	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.3574	0.5750	0.3669	0.0688	0.3651	0.8641
97	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.3548	0.4660	0.3233	0.0890	0.5465	0.7372
98	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.3519	0.4695	0.4795	0.1435	0.3223	0.7958
99	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.3516	0.5418	0.5293	0.0000	0.2575	0.8496
100	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.3453	0.4669	0.3242	0.0799	0.5608	0.8568
101	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.3428	0.4151	0.4627	0.1618	0.3074	0.8387
102	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.3419	0.5984	0.5135	0.0000	0.2283	0.8006
103	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.3374	0.3779	0.5168	0.0688	0.2832	0.7633
104	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.3373	0.5234	0.4226	0.1091	0.3044	0.8018
105	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.3296	0.4619	0.3449	0.1345	0.3926	0.8115
106	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.3291	0.5090	0.4095	0.0966	0.3297	0.8260
107	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.3204	0.4603	0.2434	0.1091	0.5320	0.8141
108	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.3171	0.3603	0.2936	0.1868	0.3804	0.8589
109	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.3155	0.4043	0.3748	0.1234	0.5606	0.7029
110	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.3126	0.4302	0.3580	0.0546	0.5257	0.7668
111	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.3124	0.2859	0.4448	0.0000	0.4014	0.7618
112	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.3104	0.4365	0.4657	0.2800	0.0000	0.7484
=113	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.3017	0.5404	0.2330	0.1819	0.3225	0.7488
=113	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.3017	0.3924	0.3473	0.0799	0.3811	0.8224
115	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.2951	0.2782	0.1792	0.3538	0.3907	0.8386
116	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.2936	0.4173	0.3744	0.0344	0.4051	0.8412
117	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.2931	0.3188	0.2366	0.2194	0.4948	0.8168
118	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.2880	0.4479	0.3220	0.2556	0.2138	0.7289
119	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.2855	0.3066	0.3126	0.0890	0.5243	0.8761
120	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.2836	0.3668	0.3849	0.0000	0.5057	0.7717
121	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.2821	0.4531	0.2133	0.0890	0.4589	0.8718
122	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.2795	0.4281	0.1296	0.1557	0.4866	0.7953
123	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.2785	0.5422	0.3620	0.0688	0.1201	0.8343
124	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.2650	0.3622	0.0613	0.3507	0.4525	0.7339
125	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.2507	0.3168	0.2773	0.1655	0.3725	0.7318
126	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.2504	0.4532	0.2606	0.0688	0.3694	0.7634
127	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.2397	0.4652	0.2836	0.0000	0.3364	0.8120
128	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.2396	0.4789	0.3351	0.0000	0.1959	0.7286
129	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.2331	0.2527	0.2524	0.1345	0.5111	0.7501
130	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.2325	0.4166	0.1764	0.0688	0.3952	0.7779
131	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.2239	0.4063	0.2304	0.0000	0.3279	0.8599
132	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.2223	0.3511	0.2331	0.0546	0.4766	0.7707
133	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.2173	0.3244	0.3114	0.0344	0.3874	0.7744
134	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.2161	0.3179	0.2064	0.1655	0.3349	0.7628
135	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.2087	0.3310	0.2386	0.0344	0.3104	0.8892
136	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.2078	0.3754	0.2810	0.0000	0.2683	0.8151
137	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.2051	0.1899	0.2058	0.1736	0.4919	0.7261
138	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.2024	0.3223	0.2544	0.0344	0.3770	0.7761
139	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.1978	0.1987	0.1912	0.1345	0.5089	0.6802
140	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.1925	0.1961	0.2801	0.0890	0.4030	0.7888
141	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.1917	0.2786	0.3729	0.2033	0.0460	0.6673
142	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.1879	0.4036	0.1596	0.0966	0.3058	0.7169
143	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.1843	0.3184	0.1921	0.0799	0.4004	0.7549
144	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.1743	0.0208	0.0694	0.0890	0.8646	0.7087
145	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.1734	0.2489	0.2738	0.0000	0.3359	0.8088
146	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.1729	0.2801	0.1644	0.0890	0.3794	0.7643
147	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.1706	0.2815	0.1009	0.2176	0.3280	0.7553
148	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.1703	0.2610	0.1311	0.1091	0.3914	0.7381
149	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.1694	0.2701	0.3137	0.0000	0.2683	0.7312
150	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.1668	0.2101	0.2315	0.1512	0.2681	0.7520
151	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.1664	0.2217	0.2488	0.1274	0.3312	0.7128
152	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.1583	0.2527	0.1681	0.0890	0.3314	0.8045
153	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.1575	0.2083	0.1334	0.0344	0.4061	0.7020
154	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.1539	0.2199	0.0372	0.1191	0.4278	0.7756
155	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.1527	0.2021	0.0424	0.1234	0.4770	0.7810
156	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.1525	0.2705	0.0916	0.1856	0.3256	0.7290
157	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.1517	0.3343	0.2063	0.0000	0.3919	0.6833
158	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.1492	0.2754	0.1764	0.0966	0.2494	0.7435
159	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.1418	0.3549	0.1653	0.0966	0.2540	0.6498
160	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.1376	0.3487	0.2334	0.0546	0.0487	0.7835
161	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.1332	0.2732	0.2112	0.0546	0.2607	0.7148
162	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.1135	0.2950	0.1512	0.1345	0.1638	0.6838
163	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.1124	0.3433	0.2086	0.0000	0.1430	0.7150
164	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.1119	0.3121	0.1233	0.0344	0.3273	0.6912
165	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.1085	0.1337	0.1649	0.0000	0.3214	0.7299
166	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.1020	0.2169	0.1819	0.0546	0.2760	0.6168
167	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.0645	0.1726	0.1694	0.0000	0.3198	0.6511
168	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.0454	0.0000	0.1857	0.0344	0.1818	0.7632
169	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.0312	0.1181	0.0598	0.0000	0.2842	0.6798
170	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.0128	0.1561	0.0000	0.0000	0.2141	0.5451
171	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0000	0.3043	0.1130	0.0546	0.4696	0.0000

02In 2014

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
2Germany0.9747
3United States0.9694
4Ireland0.9660
5Singapore0.9612

Lowest

171Sierra Leone0.0000
170South Sudan0.0128
169Chad0.0312
168Burundi0.0454
167DR Congo0.0645

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.3947. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

ICT deployment
HighestHong Kong1.0000
LowestBurundi0.0000
Middle country: 0.5430
Skills
HighestAustralia1.0000
LowestSouth Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4305
Research and development
HighestChina1.0000
Lowest18 share it
Middle country: 0.1856
Industry activity
HighestIreland1.0000
LowestAlgeria0.0000
Middle country: 0.4879
Access to finance
HighestCyprus1.0000
LowestSierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8327

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 171 in both
7 · 164rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Egypt0.4882 → 0.5295+0.0413
Hong Kong0.8541 → 0.8934+0.0393
South Sudan0.0000 → 0.0128+0.0128
Philippines0.6044 → 0.6143+0.0099
Malta0.7803 → 0.7831+0.0028

Fell most

Liberia0.2431 → 0.1124−0.1307
DR Congo0.1829 → 0.0645−0.1184
Azerbaijan0.4907 → 0.3761−0.1146
Eswatini0.3979 → 0.2836−0.1143
Namibia0.3854 → 0.2855−0.0999

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

Read before you use

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 2014.
169 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 0.6106. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2014). Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/frontier-technology-readiness/2014

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