Data for 2017

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2017

2017, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2017 covers 171 countries on 6 measures. United States is highest, at 1.0000; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.4367. Against 2016, 169 values changed (16 up, 153 down), the same countries are covered.

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Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2017

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
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United StatesUSANorthern America	1.0000	0.8952	0.7642	0.9497	0.7953	0.9868
2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.9830	0.9817	0.8775	0.6740	0.8152	0.9502
3	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.9749	0.9624	0.8311	0.7010	0.8559	0.9346
4	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.9696	0.8803	0.8078	0.7696	0.8641	0.9516
5	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.9618	1.0000	0.8490	0.5753	0.8810	0.9426
6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.9581	0.9321	0.7549	0.6794	0.9069	0.9746
7	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.9472	0.8829	0.7558	0.8299	0.8375	0.9010
8	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.9358	0.9243	0.6891	0.8280	0.8109	0.9539
9	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.9272	0.9004	0.8647	0.6285	0.7911	0.9183
10	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.9232	0.9693	0.8633	0.6297	0.6993	0.9698
11	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.9210	0.9301	0.8758	0.6193	0.7639	0.8845
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.9141	0.8497	0.8225	0.5659	1.0000	0.8479
13	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.8978	0.8385	0.7155	0.7777	0.7923	0.9260
14	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.8911	0.8961	0.7214	0.7178	0.7222	0.9450
15	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.8826	0.7901	1.0000	0.6912	0.5090	0.9566
16	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.8808	0.9527	0.8626	0.5579	0.6041	0.9597
17	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.8795	0.9326	0.6970	0.5560	0.8432	1.0000
18	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.8742	0.8859	0.7734	0.4768	0.8268	0.9252
19	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.8675	0.7729	0.7404	0.6131	0.9181	0.8839
20	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.8652	0.9255	0.4976	0.7877	0.7995	0.9731
21	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.8336	0.8879	0.6824	0.6973	0.6375	0.9301
22	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.8223	0.8671	0.6851	0.6091	0.7194	0.9087
23	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.8111	0.7731	0.6499	0.7211	0.7076	0.9048
24	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.8086	0.8774	0.8179	0.5314	0.5115	0.9647
25	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.8017	0.8623	0.6969	0.5479	0.7512	0.8615
26	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.7961	0.5379	0.4604	1.0000	0.8266	0.9657
27	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.7944	0.8400	0.6731	0.6205	0.6886	0.8647
28	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.7804	0.8128	0.6825	0.6813	0.5641	0.8636
29	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.7743	0.8691	0.7661	0.4224	0.7036	0.8501
30	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.7639	0.8762	0.6639	0.5411	0.5798	0.9272
31	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.7626	0.8897	0.6035	0.5004	0.7748	0.8193
32	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.7603	0.8093	0.6763	0.3142	0.8600	0.8971
33	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.7481	0.9263	0.7065	0.3603	0.6690	0.8438
34	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.7422	0.9171	0.7176	0.2917	0.6906	0.8831
35	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.7354	0.7858	0.6068	0.4037	0.7167	0.9857
36	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.7298	0.8776	0.5616	0.4353	0.7398	0.8770
37	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.7252	0.9004	0.7294	0.3754	0.5802	0.8412
38	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.7121	0.7619	0.4786	0.5441	0.7683	0.9396
39	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.7115	0.8455	0.8898	0.2598	0.4293	0.9115
40	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.6969	0.7524	0.7027	0.4674	0.5227	0.9256
41	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.6926	0.8276	0.5767	0.4378	0.6345	0.8595
42	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.6925	0.8498	0.4787	0.5483	0.6661	0.8010
43	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.6873	0.7930	0.4846	0.4787	0.6783	0.9593
44	BrazilBRASouth America	0.6724	0.5699	0.5225	0.6666	0.6545	0.8761
45	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.6572	0.8059	0.5319	0.3719	0.6662	0.8396
46	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.6561	0.7067	0.4637	0.5631	0.7074	0.8247
47	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.6503	0.6691	0.6135	0.5624	0.4791	0.8920
48	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.6495	0.7386	0.4877	0.4057	0.6924	0.9006
49	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.6444	0.8008	0.6231	0.2872	0.6064	0.8702
50	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.6363	0.7323	0.5685	0.4420	0.5401	0.8349
51	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.6287	0.6560	0.4810	0.5043	0.5500	0.9471
52	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.6134	0.5877	0.4294	0.4173	0.8460	0.8512
53	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.6133	0.3862	0.3350	0.7684	0.7508	0.8575
54	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.6108	0.7494	0.6506	0.2826	0.5366	0.7994
55	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.6061	0.7038	0.6031	0.5358	0.3075	0.8635
56	ChileCHLSouth America	0.5964	0.6155	0.5846	0.4814	0.3775	0.9367
57	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.5962	0.5948	0.6297	0.4671	0.4338	0.8595
58	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.5852	0.5578	0.6343	0.4312	0.5700	0.7515
59	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.5821	0.7436	0.6138	0.2029	0.4782	0.9061
60	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.5806	0.6301	0.4704	0.4191	0.6040	0.8840
61	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.5565	0.6981	0.5601	0.3248	0.4787	0.8094
62	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.5510	0.6862	0.3188	0.3485	0.6902	0.9284
63	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.5413	0.7599	0.4787	0.1955	0.5193	0.8596
64	PanamaPANCentral America	0.5395	0.5974	0.4463	0.2898	0.6244	0.9120
65	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.5394	0.6751	0.4945	0.2016	0.4889	0.9235
66	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.5373	0.7093	0.5270	0.1583	0.4880	0.8962
67	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.5325	0.7344	0.4109	0.3423	0.5030	0.7877
68	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.5321	0.5585	0.4487	0.3277	0.5379	0.9307
69	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.5298	0.5827	0.4736	0.2035	0.6731	0.8764
70	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5287	0.7295	0.6314	0.1976	0.3495	0.8377
71	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.5264	0.7278	0.6198	0.1408	0.3801	0.8578
72	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.5200	0.6724	0.2905	0.4236	0.5215	0.9041
73	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.5185	0.6377	0.4109	0.3251	0.5302	0.8972
74	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.5153	0.6984	0.5564	0.1671	0.4424	0.8689
75	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5098	0.5827	0.3484	0.4034	0.5812	0.8359
76	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.5019	0.7316	0.4541	0.1983	0.4370	0.8730
77	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.4996	0.5399	0.5097	0.2066	0.4978	0.9238
78	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.4956	0.5662	0.4483	0.4790	0.3003	0.8774
79	UruguayURYSouth America	0.4791	0.5628	0.5345	0.2730	0.4355	0.7908
80	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.4773	0.4803	0.4695	0.4206	0.4376	0.8024
81	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.4767	0.6597	0.4488	0.2192	0.4104	0.8858
82	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.4713	0.7355	0.3611	0.3192	0.2638	0.9039
83	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.4552	0.6633	0.5057	0.1598	0.3322	0.8320
84	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.4414	0.6811	0.4772	0.1127	0.3586	0.8200
85	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.4382	0.7255	0.4321	0.0326	0.4876	0.8030
86	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.4367	0.8072	0.5037	0.0326	0.1721	0.8632
87	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.4347	0.6491	0.3863	0.1745	0.3840	0.8627
88	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.4267	0.4431	0.4145	0.0756	0.7172	0.7782
89	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.4245	0.5074	0.4059	0.2319	0.4260	0.8476
90	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.4177	0.6978	0.4065	0.1303	0.2920	0.8407
91	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.4095	0.5981	0.4653	0.0326	0.4049	0.8751
92	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.4094	0.5217	0.4283	0.2671	0.3381	0.8243
93	PeruPERSouth America	0.4073	0.5153	0.4246	0.2670	0.2886	0.8444
94	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.4070	0.5457	0.4136	0.1549	0.3602	0.9108
95	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.3859	0.5410	0.2528	0.2230	0.4480	0.8213
96	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.3852	0.4900	0.3382	0.1384	0.4698	0.8845
97	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.3849	0.6444	0.3717	0.0756	0.3222	0.8486
98	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.3756	0.5728	0.5081	0.0915	0.1994	0.8157
99	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.3750	0.5922	0.5505	0.0326	0.1312	0.8535
100	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.3726	0.4726	0.4783	0.1990	0.2537	0.8117
=101	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.3724	0.6597	0.4344	0.1453	0.1495	0.7834
=101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.3724	0.5036	0.2806	0.0977	0.5343	0.8705
103	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.3682	0.5207	0.2594	0.2023	0.4266	0.7537
104	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.3625	0.4638	0.3923	0.0598	0.5193	0.7509
105	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.3605	0.5603	0.2321	0.0977	0.4935	0.8269
106	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.3597	0.4799	0.4670	0.2853	0.1020	0.7824
107	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.3541	0.4524	0.3422	0.1778	0.3725	0.8236
108	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.3539	0.4030	0.4992	0.1358	0.2118	0.8650
109	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.3538	0.5742	0.3483	0.0326	0.3471	0.8695
110	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.3470	0.3673	0.2160	0.3717	0.3587	0.8400
111	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.3384	0.4786	0.4026	0.1358	0.2651	0.8416
=112	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.3350	0.4442	0.4221	0.1033	0.2488	0.8747
=112	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.3350	0.4769	0.3656	0.0977	0.3866	0.7804
114	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.3349	0.5296	0.2183	0.1127	0.3890	0.9113
115	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.3342	0.6530	0.2578	0.0516	0.3620	0.7740
116	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.3299	0.4422	0.3748	0.1082	0.4184	0.7519
117	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.3296	0.4913	0.3509	0.2727	0.1686	0.7326
118	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.3221	0.2909	0.5060	0.1168	0.2668	0.7458
119	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.3211	0.5358	0.2258	0.0977	0.3194	0.8734
120	SurinameSURSouth America	0.3209	0.4972	0.4061	0.0000	0.2968	0.8065
121	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.3199	0.3526	0.3210	0.1908	0.2712	0.8902
122	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.3184	0.5254	0.3724	0.3031	0.0557	0.7048
123	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.3181	0.6566	0.3457	0.0516	0.0749	0.8566
124	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.3176	0.4361	0.2641	0.0915	0.5290	0.7782
125	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.3125	0.4374	0.3644	0.0516	0.3294	0.8239
126	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.3042	0.5187	0.2685	0.0000	0.4376	0.7794
127	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.2984	0.4825	0.2724	0.0516	0.2990	0.8837
128	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.2934	0.4314	0.2000	0.1494	0.4138	0.7930
129	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.2894	0.3449	0.2920	0.1789	0.3685	0.7410
130	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.2761	0.4062	0.1313	0.1778	0.3893	0.8109
131	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.2742	0.4558	0.2072	0.1697	0.3062	0.7581
132	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.2729	0.4076	0.3062	0.0756	0.2360	0.8451
133	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.2697	0.2664	0.3164	0.0842	0.3777	0.8109
134	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.2617	0.4583	0.2628	0.0000	0.2810	0.8216
135	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.2597	0.2509	0.0872	0.3641	0.4169	0.7490
136	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.2524	0.4761	0.1624	0.0915	0.3221	0.7704
137	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.2506	0.4181	0.3286	0.0000	0.2393	0.8102
138	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.2503	0.3806	0.3262	0.1033	0.2787	0.7118
139	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.2441	0.2815	0.3114	0.0326	0.3697	0.7558
140	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.2415	0.1909	0.0946	0.0756	0.7510	0.7215
141	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.2346	0.3383	0.2344	0.1431	0.2636	0.7465
142	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.2329	0.3794	0.2024	0.1332	0.2630	0.7768
143	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.2319	0.3188	0.3013	0.0756	0.3120	0.7338
144	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.2250	0.2950	0.0341	0.0915	0.5517	0.7984
145	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.2212	0.2012	0.2110	0.1829	0.3826	0.7371
146	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.2178	0.3725	0.2779	0.0915	0.1757	0.7543
147	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.2163	0.2780	0.2516	0.1168	0.3009	0.7565
148	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.2150	0.4795	0.2236	0.0326	0.2078	0.7075
149	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.2095	0.3137	0.1188	0.2238	0.2763	0.7626
150	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.2051	0.1184	0.2720	0.1273	0.3846	0.7519
151	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.1986	0.3709	0.2215	0.0000	0.2410	0.7574
152	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.1966	0.4022	0.1466	0.0326	0.2240	0.7789
153	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.1960	0.2456	0.2122	0.1240	0.2457	0.7709
154	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.1898	0.1390	0.1984	0.1303	0.3872	0.6819
155	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.1794	0.2690	0.1534	0.1168	0.2703	0.7315
156	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.1766	0.3251	0.1737	0.0000	0.2584	0.7239
157	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.1750	0.2837	0.1906	0.0915	0.2868	0.6195
158	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.1693	0.3295	0.0547	0.1829	0.2354	0.7342
159	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.1638	0.2064	0.1638	0.1240	0.2183	0.7929
160	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.1624	0.2777	0.3027	0.0000	0.1374	0.7545
161	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.1607	0.2932	0.1537	0.0000	0.2955	0.7004
162	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.1599	0.3836	0.1374	0.0000	0.3114	0.6627
163	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.1469	0.2545	0.1396	0.1240	0.2505	0.6554
164	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.1423	0.2952	0.2390	0.0000	0.1019	0.7414
165	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.1334	0.3216	0.1538	0.1734	0.0000	0.6927
166	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.1293	0.0883	0.0650	0.1614	0.2684	0.8036
167	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.1000	0.2213	0.0465	0.0000	0.2838	0.7274
168	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.0952	0.1471	0.1711	0.0977	0.1528	0.6526
169	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.0797	0.0888	0.1818	0.0000	0.1316	0.7499
170	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.0067	0.0000	0.0000	0.0516	0.3165	0.5435
171	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0000	0.3060	0.1213	0.0000	0.4282	0.0000

02In 2017

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
2Sweden0.9830
3Netherlands0.9749
4United Kingdom0.9696
5Singapore0.9618

Lowest

171Sierra Leone0.0000
170South Sudan0.0067
169Burundi0.0797
168DR Congo0.0952
167Chad0.1000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4367. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

ICT deployment
HighestSingapore1.0000
LowestSouth Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.5742
Skills
HighestAustralia1.0000
LowestSouth Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4321
Research and development
HighestChina1.0000
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 0.2023
Industry activity
HighestIreland1.0000
LowestSudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4293
Access to finance
HighestHong Kong1.0000
LowestSierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8444

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
169values changed, of 171 in both
16 · 153rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Switzerland0.9193 → 0.9581+0.0388
Samoa0.3387 → 0.3625+0.0238
Eswatini0.4041 → 0.4267+0.0226
Denmark0.9012 → 0.9232+0.0220
Netherlands0.9535 → 0.9749+0.0214

Fell most

Timor-Leste0.3401 → 0.1624−0.1777
South Sudan0.1670 → 0.0067−0.1603
Gabon0.4094 → 0.2503−0.1591
Cabo Verde0.5040 → 0.3538−0.1502
Papua New Guinea0.3433 → 0.1960−0.1473

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 2017.
169 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 0.3724. 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) (2017). Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/frontier-technology-readiness/2017

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