Data for 2016

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2016

2016, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2016 covers 171 countries on 6 measures. United States is highest, at 1.0000; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.5136. Against 2015, 170 values changed (160 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2016

HighestUnited States

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
2016the year it describes
168distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United StatesUSANorthern America	1.0000	0.7934	0.7533	0.9561	0.7873	0.9859
2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.9749	0.9319	0.8528	0.6686	0.8222	0.9508
3	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.9716	0.8164	0.7909	0.7672	0.8577	0.9536
4	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.9627	1.0000	0.8318	0.5857	0.8819	0.9472
5	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.9535	0.8211	0.8219	0.7043	0.8403	0.9399
6	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.9528	0.9368	0.6810	0.8248	0.7820	0.9553
7	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.9493	0.7956	0.7546	0.8405	0.8349	0.9029
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.9279	0.7513	1.0000	0.6971	0.4972	0.9606
9	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.9258	0.9220	0.8054	0.5367	1.0000	0.8586
10	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.9193	0.6590	0.7398	0.6860	0.9097	0.9775
11	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.9187	0.8787	0.8686	0.6185	0.7455	0.8839
12	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.9166	0.7687	0.8533	0.6199	0.7927	0.9212
13	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.9136	0.7828	0.6988	0.7854	0.8043	0.9245
14	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.9111	0.8108	0.4422	1.0000	0.8243	0.9693
15	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.9035	0.8023	0.7101	0.7272	0.7240	0.9475
16	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.9012	0.7345	0.8538	0.6246	0.7019	0.9753
17	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.8993	0.9285	0.6950	0.5298	0.8389	0.9991
18	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.8905	0.7834	0.7341	0.6139	0.9212	0.8859
19	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.8748	0.7898	0.4883	0.7951	0.7977	0.9729
20	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.8710	0.8326	0.7558	0.4554	0.8340	0.9234
21	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.8672	0.7476	0.8451	0.5540	0.6059	0.9622
22	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.8515	0.8277	0.8429	0.5325	0.4904	0.9685
23	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.8342	0.8883	0.6644	0.6268	0.6730	0.8700
24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.8323	0.6939	0.6408	0.7243	0.6904	0.9116
25	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.8319	0.7477	0.6823	0.6158	0.7115	0.9096
26	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.8173	0.8196	0.6713	0.6785	0.5608	0.8672
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.8154	0.5966	0.6705	0.7054	0.6253	0.9376
28	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.7887	0.7806	0.6661	0.2968	0.9061	0.9080
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.7859	0.6376	0.6938	0.5587	0.7369	0.8635
30	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.7822	0.7507	0.6547	0.5411	0.5687	0.9371
31	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.7760	0.8965	0.8729	0.2638	0.4570	0.9108
32	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.7646	0.7477	0.7452	0.3998	0.6897	0.8549
33	BrazilBRASouth America	0.7583	0.6539	0.5126	0.6683	0.6508	0.8821
=34	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.7546	0.6647	0.5937	0.3828	0.6818	1.0000
=34	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.7546	0.7545	0.6078	0.4830	0.7660	0.8234
36	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.7538	0.7679	0.7152	0.3163	0.6948	0.8930
37	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.7522	0.9058	0.7170	0.3840	0.5537	0.8465
38	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.7435	0.6716	0.6786	0.4870	0.5044	0.9349
39	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.7406	0.7556	0.6896	0.3717	0.6638	0.8550
40	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.7249	0.8747	0.4784	0.5333	0.6524	0.8085
41	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.7242	0.5935	0.4506	0.5300	0.7545	0.9458
42	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.7206	0.6447	0.5653	0.4563	0.7174	0.8737
43	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.7179	0.7313	0.4782	0.4232	0.6872	0.9630
44	ChileCHLSouth America	0.7153	0.7464	0.5785	0.4802	0.3782	0.9372
45	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.7106	0.7635	0.5777	0.4062	0.6244	0.8652
46	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.6944	0.7146	0.4394	0.5619	0.6855	0.8220
47	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.6884	0.6501	0.5701	0.4962	0.5213	0.8562
48	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.6819	0.4234	0.3088	0.7674	0.7807	0.8598
49	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.6770	0.5408	0.4781	0.4994	0.5381	0.9477
50	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.6759	0.6787	0.6153	0.3202	0.5818	0.8770
51	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.6749	0.5516	0.5804	0.5216	0.4480	0.8925
52	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.6722	0.6630	0.6168	0.4598	0.4079	0.8557
53	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.6709	0.6080	0.4267	0.4205	0.8589	0.8469
54	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.6687	0.7312	0.5287	0.3245	0.6457	0.8425
55	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.6642	0.6346	0.5856	0.5452	0.2740	0.8727
56	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.6582	0.5193	0.4766	0.4149	0.6150	0.9073
57	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.6541	0.6554	0.6117	0.4399	0.5247	0.7357
58	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.6437	0.7697	0.6135	0.1832	0.4571	0.9082
59	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.6367	0.8993	0.4066	0.4131	0.4526	0.7991
60	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.6362	0.7004	0.5181	0.1470	0.6037	0.8982
61	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.6319	0.6369	0.4453	0.2967	0.5317	0.9308
62	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.6304	0.6253	0.4529	0.3735	0.5912	0.8822
63	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.6270	0.6556	0.6445	0.2658	0.4935	0.7986
64	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.6108	0.6237	0.3085	0.3651	0.6727	0.9260
65	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.6005	0.5859	0.5534	0.3048	0.4960	0.8223
66	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.6000	0.5685	0.4706	0.1914	0.6598	0.8766
67	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.5978	0.5569	0.5031	0.2040	0.4223	0.9318
68	PanamaPANCentral America	0.5959	0.6372	0.4272	0.2228	0.5904	0.9138
69	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.5885	0.6478	0.2710	0.4214	0.4888	0.9062
70	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5873	0.6121	0.6285	0.1879	0.3848	0.8500
71	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.5861	0.4878	0.5002	0.2299	0.5167	0.9207
72	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.5811	0.5387	0.4512	0.4732	0.2526	0.8792
73	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.5808	0.6427	0.4029	0.2680	0.5269	0.8946
74	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.5715	0.6777	0.4567	0.1717	0.4889	0.8595
75	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.5711	0.7120	0.5411	0.1424	0.3919	0.8688
76	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.5689	0.5031	0.4678	0.4208	0.4004	0.8254
77	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5655	0.5958	0.3429	0.3625	0.5689	0.8390
78	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.5555	0.5768	0.6296	0.1095	0.3389	0.8601
79	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.5528	0.6865	0.4455	0.2314	0.2623	0.8887
80	UruguayURYSouth America	0.5459	0.5023	0.5147	0.2650	0.4311	0.7985
81	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.5411	0.6043	0.4525	0.1905	0.3905	0.8742
82	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.5307	0.6886	0.4075	0.1584	0.3223	0.9110
83	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.5240	0.6374	0.4237	0.2484	0.3310	0.8178
84	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.5161	0.6028	0.4841	0.1424	0.3482	0.8269
85	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.5138	0.6199	0.3414	0.2507	0.2042	0.9057
86	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.5136	0.6617	0.3698	0.1898	0.3231	0.8593
87	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.5085	0.6490	0.4825	0.1347	0.2594	0.8317
88	PeruPERSouth America	0.5045	0.5167	0.4055	0.3038	0.2304	0.8468
89	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.5040	0.7038	0.3579	0.0522	0.4590	0.8707
90	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.4921	0.6076	0.4392	0.0330	0.3636	0.8849
91	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.4914	0.5130	0.4008	0.2252	0.3668	0.8461
92	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.4793	0.5957	0.4959	0.0551	0.1749	0.8712
93	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.4774	0.5555	0.4669	0.2020	0.1523	0.8128
94	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.4748	0.6124	0.4200	0.0659	0.3968	0.8027
95	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.4671	0.6156	0.4035	0.1219	0.2224	0.8435
96	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.4648	0.4170	0.4898	0.1318	0.2624	0.8738
97	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.4640	0.5824	0.5325	0.0852	0.0301	0.8577
98	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.4597	0.6507	0.5012	0.0522	0.1273	0.8143
99	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.4568	0.4152	0.3220	0.1447	0.4376	0.8914
100	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.4561	0.5644	0.2392	0.2217	0.4419	0.8293
101	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.4541	0.5088	0.4565	0.2864	0.0190	0.7760
102	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.4540	0.5925	0.4255	0.1255	0.1224	0.8218
103	SurinameSURSouth America	0.4532	0.5648	0.3970	0.0000	0.3605	0.8313
104	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.4500	0.5021	0.2920	0.0765	0.4975	0.8706
105	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.4490	0.5455	0.2543	0.1939	0.4408	0.7618
106	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.4427	0.4730	0.3938	0.1318	0.1868	0.8746
107	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.4394	0.5264	0.2277	0.1287	0.4713	0.8296
108	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.4306	0.6365	0.3344	0.2629	0.1307	0.7451
109	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.4291	0.5658	0.2116	0.0925	0.3551	0.9079
110	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.4268	0.5110	0.3499	0.0659	0.3243	0.8276
111	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.4264	0.3586	0.3016	0.1922	0.2532	0.8931
112	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.4231	0.5133	0.4045	0.0522	0.2439	0.8193
113	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.4227	0.4524	0.3523	0.0925	0.4186	0.7777
114	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.4213	0.3372	0.5010	0.0522	0.3329	0.7694
=115	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.4210	0.2916	0.1967	0.3808	0.3183	0.8350
=115	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.4210	0.4484	0.3354	0.1318	0.2836	0.8213
117	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.4115	0.4243	0.3646	0.1045	0.4452	0.7245
118	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.4094	0.4762	0.3172	0.1095	0.3664	0.7399
119	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.4041	0.3554	0.3953	0.0522	0.4204	0.7797
120	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.3979	0.4544	0.2884	0.1777	0.3377	0.7435
121	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.3962	0.4175	0.3555	0.0330	0.2315	0.8509
122	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.3888	0.5681	0.3358	0.0659	0.0093	0.8511
123	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.3880	0.4145	0.2525	0.1045	0.4920	0.7791
124	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.3832	0.5388	0.2575	0.0000	0.4496	0.7769
125	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.3748	0.6625	0.2465	0.0000	0.2887	0.7660
126	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.3652	0.3886	0.1304	0.1601	0.3710	0.8060
127	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.3640	0.3351	0.0753	0.3571	0.4028	0.7456
128	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.3628	0.4564	0.2076	0.0330	0.2378	0.8753
129	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.3604	0.4490	0.3218	0.0000	0.2280	0.8178
130	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.3575	0.3826	0.2913	0.0659	0.1837	0.8370
131	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.3550	0.3793	0.2538	0.0000	0.2555	0.8921
132	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.3517	0.2742	0.2948	0.0659	0.3663	0.8145
133	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.3445	0.4223	0.1989	0.1530	0.2361	0.7600
134	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.3433	0.5206	0.1942	0.0989	0.2637	0.7843
135	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.3409	0.3575	0.2264	0.1181	0.3986	0.7503
136	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.3401	0.4584	0.3031	0.0522	0.2457	0.7310
137	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.3387	0.3060	0.3866	0.0625	0.3827	0.7480
138	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.3344	0.3226	0.1859	0.1095	0.3792	0.7839
139	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.3334	0.3571	0.2970	0.0522	0.2556	0.7704
140	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.3332	0.3049	0.3640	0.2332	0.0060	0.7100
141	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.3316	0.5182	0.1716	0.1045	0.2150	0.7770
142	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.3301	0.4008	0.1891	0.1095	0.4501	0.6882
143	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.3231	0.3089	0.2519	0.1491	0.2023	0.7621
144	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.3194	0.4548	0.1377	0.0852	0.2244	0.7631
145	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.3066	0.3263	0.2556	0.0765	0.1401	0.7748
146	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.3007	0.1833	0.2017	0.1601	0.4105	0.7386
147	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.2997	0.3170	0.1070	0.2101	0.2225	0.7633
148	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.2920	0.1797	0.2576	0.1287	0.2420	0.7645
149	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.2903	0.2247	0.3066	0.0000	0.2934	0.7545
150	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.2899	0.4164	0.2100	0.0000	0.2188	0.7342
151	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.2897	0.3799	0.1614	0.0522	0.1645	0.7762
152	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.2887	0.0916	0.0803	0.0989	0.7664	0.7223
153	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.2862	0.2558	0.0308	0.1140	0.3503	0.8012
154	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.2845	0.2554	0.1582	0.1400	0.1702	0.8169
155	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.2756	0.3472	0.0615	0.1905	0.2067	0.7388
156	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.2707	0.4203	0.2125	0.0000	0.1403	0.7135
157	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.2672	0.2221	0.2592	0.0000	0.0990	0.8256
158	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.2588	0.3448	0.1551	0.1219	0.1684	0.7256
159	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.2550	0.3344	0.1410	0.0925	0.2010	0.6550
160	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.2492	0.3049	0.1269	0.0522	0.2719	0.6975
=161	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.2454	0.3298	0.2212	0.0000	0.0000	0.7473
=161	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.2454	0.2465	0.1411	0.0522	0.1872	0.7163
163	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.2436	0.1617	0.0528	0.1491	0.2034	0.7989
164	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.2324	0.2538	0.1643	0.0000	0.2461	0.6756
165	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.2275	0.3050	0.1453	0.1447	0.0016	0.6907
166	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.2268	0.2598	0.1647	0.0659	0.1834	0.6807
167	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.2184	0.2221	0.1852	0.0765	0.1831	0.6199
168	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.1885	0.1327	0.0384	0.0522	0.2427	0.7302
169	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.1690	0.0000	0.1788	0.0000	0.1816	0.7604
170	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.1670	0.2705	0.0000	0.0000	0.2839	0.6321
171	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0000	0.3280	0.1109	0.0330	0.2801	0.0000

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1United States1.0000
2Sweden0.9749
3United Kingdom0.9716
4Singapore0.9627
5Netherlands0.9535

Lowest

171Sierra Leone0.0000
170South Sudan0.1670
169Burundi0.1690
168Chad0.1885
167Afghanistan0.2184

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.5136. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

ICT deployment
HighestSingapore1.0000
LowestBurundi0.0000
Middle country: 0.5824
Skills
HighestAustralia1.0000
LowestSouth Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4255
Research and development
HighestChina1.0000
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 0.1939
Industry activity
HighestIreland1.0000
LowestEquatorial Guinea0.0000
Middle country: 0.4079
Access to finance
HighestCyprus1.0000
LowestSierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8469

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
170values changed, of 171 in both
160 · 10rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti0.2032 → 0.3832+0.1800
Liberia0.1135 → 0.2899+0.1764
DR Congo0.0618 → 0.2268+0.1650
South Sudan0.0041 → 0.1670+0.1629
Togo0.1967 → 0.3517+0.1550

Fell most

Sweden1.0000 → 0.9749−0.0251
Ireland0.9505 → 0.9258−0.0247
Singapore0.9786 → 0.9627−0.0159
Germany0.9649 → 0.9493−0.0156
Netherlands0.9679 → 0.9535−0.0144

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 2016.
168 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 0.7546. 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) (2016). Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/frontier-technology-readiness/2016

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