Data for 2022

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2022

2022, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2022 covers 170 countries on 6 measures. United States is highest, at 1.0000; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.4798. Against 2021, 167 values changed (117 up, 50 down), 1 left.

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Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2022

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.

170countries
6measures per country
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United StatesUSANorthern America	1.0000	0.9288	0.8009	0.9037	0.7933	0.9689
2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.9689	0.8908	0.9623	0.6620	0.8171	0.9353
3	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.9588	0.8720	0.8693	0.7542	0.8080	0.9334
4	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.9501	0.9246	0.9226	0.6186	0.8612	0.9328
5	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.9419	0.9132	0.9095	0.6664	0.8024	0.9011
6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.9347	0.8618	0.8194	0.6780	0.8800	0.9588
7	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.9244	0.8973	0.7161	0.8221	0.8077	0.9613
8	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.9240	0.8635	0.8064	0.7942	0.8079	0.8919
9	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.9164	0.8702	0.8874	0.5814	1.0000	0.7832
10	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.9101	0.9083	0.7802	0.5611	0.9140	1.0000
11	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.9042	0.8941	0.8976	0.6024	0.7849	0.8800
12	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.9023	0.9102	0.7623	0.7201	0.7196	0.9291
13	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.9015	0.8396	0.8978	0.6132	0.7759	0.9047
14	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.8961	0.8987	0.7721	0.7279	0.7446	0.9259
15	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.8922	0.8260	1.0000	0.6777	0.5316	0.9362
16	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.8759	0.8176	0.8107	0.6176	0.8592	0.8756
17	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.8710	0.9435	0.8310	0.4751	0.7046	0.9102
18	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.8655	0.8995	0.5424	0.7480	0.8128	0.9714
19	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.8639	0.8450	0.8914	0.6116	0.6940	0.9426
20	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.8569	0.9034	0.9171	0.5832	0.5342	0.9184
21	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.8488	0.9016	0.9293	0.4984	0.5592	0.9454
22	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.8459	0.9198	0.7385	0.6676	0.6757	0.8990
=23	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.8132	0.8189	0.7468	0.6030	0.7211	0.8986
=23	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.8132	0.7980	0.6953	0.7133	0.7130	0.8765
25	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.8085	0.9045	0.7462	0.3725	0.8482	0.8769
26	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.7915	1.0000	0.9296	0.3137	0.4701	0.9036
27	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.7895	0.4698	0.5267	1.0000	0.8340	0.9671
28	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.7802	0.8852	0.7663	0.4026	0.7327	0.8573
29	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.7764	0.8222	0.7091	0.5982	0.7094	0.8221
30	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.7754	0.7777	0.7168	0.5461	0.7916	0.8449
31	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.7752	0.8676	0.7396	0.5445	0.5966	0.8990
32	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.7738	0.8152	0.7302	0.6572	0.5458	0.8515
33	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.7576	0.7873	0.8132	0.4246	0.7739	0.8254
34	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.7572	0.7903	0.6974	0.4525	0.7197	0.8826
35	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.7506	0.8394	0.4817	0.5735	0.8399	0.9206
36	BrazilBRASouth America	0.7427	0.7995	0.5598	0.6593	0.5983	0.8762
37	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.7326	0.8456	0.7626	0.3860	0.6884	0.7933
38	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.7317	0.7615	0.7090	0.5350	0.6498	0.8672
39	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.7305	0.8006	0.6507	0.4862	0.7851	0.8132
40	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.7264	0.7741	0.8020	0.5172	0.5541	0.8486
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.7224	0.8687	0.7608	0.3962	0.6137	0.8123
42	ChileCHLSouth America	0.7164	0.8822	0.6635	0.4969	0.3911	0.9197
43	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.7065	0.5933	0.3486	0.8514	0.7799	0.8441
44	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.6995	0.8922	0.5208	0.5181	0.6789	0.7786
45	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.6947	0.8384	0.4695	0.5059	0.6903	0.9507
46	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.6940	0.6796	0.7206	0.6446	0.4796	0.8520
47	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.6916	0.7255	0.6205	0.4608	0.7141	0.8711
48	UruguayURYSouth America	0.6717	0.8367	0.6368	0.3283	0.6015	0.7854
49	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.6696	0.8045	0.5422	0.4114	0.6893	0.8238
50	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.6657	0.7600	0.6809	0.6356	0.2869	0.8475
51	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.6573	0.7128	0.5604	0.4507	0.6849	0.8337
52	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.6544	0.7139	0.4961	0.5018	0.5845	0.9012
53	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.6455	0.7826	0.5732	0.4297	0.5761	0.7724
54	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.6378	0.7030	0.6559	0.4094	0.5883	0.8438
55	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.6370	0.7228	0.4787	0.5346	0.7039	0.8086
56	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.6296	0.7207	0.6191	0.5038	0.4318	0.8318
57	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.6247	0.7192	0.7013	0.4384	0.4750	0.6993
58	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.6213	0.7261	0.3853	0.4069	0.8476	0.8417
59	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.6175	0.7550	0.6394	0.2802	0.6090	0.7934
60	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.6165	0.7226	0.5639	0.2123	0.7654	0.8487
61	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.6144	0.6963	0.3404	0.4753	0.7814	0.9304
62	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.6135	0.7935	0.5680	0.2556	0.4797	0.9024
63	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.6127	0.7597	0.6632	0.2778	0.4953	0.8781
64	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.5879	0.7388	0.5735	0.2497	0.5103	0.8803
65	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.5697	0.6535	0.6341	0.3441	0.5533	0.7790
66	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.5687	0.6762	0.3541	0.4978	0.5637	0.8965
67	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.5655	0.7868	0.6442	0.1600	0.4636	0.8387
68	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.5592	0.7137	0.5078	0.2138	0.6036	0.8531
69	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.5568	0.7716	0.4400	0.4832	0.2358	0.9098
70	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.5545	0.5801	0.4994	0.4175	0.5850	0.8706
71	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.5532	0.6291	0.4593	0.5377	0.3970	0.8614
72	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.5443	0.7227	0.4205	0.4475	0.4075	0.8501
73	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.5428	0.6364	0.5060	0.3079	0.4836	0.8786
74	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.5419	0.7103	0.4232	0.3888	0.4872	0.8930
75	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5418	0.5893	0.3805	0.4612	0.6313	0.8112
76	PanamaPANCentral America	0.5353	0.7154	0.4558	0.2738	0.4843	0.9090
77	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.5257	0.7627	0.4655	0.2665	0.4570	0.7880
78	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.5230	0.6598	0.6000	0.1871	0.4568	0.8656
79	PeruPERSouth America	0.5124	0.7257	0.4394	0.4095	0.2649	0.8352
80	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.5068	0.5679	0.4332	0.4976	0.4586	0.7986
81	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.5013	0.6274	0.3969	0.3791	0.4933	0.8139
82	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.5003	0.7021	0.4619	0.1472	0.5611	0.8485
83	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.4998	0.5477	0.4472	0.2962	0.4980	0.9148
84	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.4867	0.7236	0.5527	0.2348	0.3067	0.8007
85	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.4805	0.5355	0.4592	0.2737	0.5046	0.8381
86	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.4790	0.8213	0.5443	0.0780	0.2661	0.8356
87	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.4739	0.7545	0.5560	0.1600	0.1949	0.8105
88	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.4706	0.6635	0.5270	0.1071	0.5372	0.8111
89	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.4669	0.5943	0.4679	0.2223	0.4834	0.8402
90	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.4621	0.6908	0.5379	0.1738	0.2651	0.8252
91	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.4503	0.6365	0.4536	0.1790	0.3293	0.9246
92	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.4437	0.6419	0.4683	0.1781	0.3907	0.8006
93	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.4420	0.6170	0.4292	0.2832	0.2963	0.8479
94	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.4414	0.5495	0.3627	0.1781	0.5803	0.8626
95	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.4409	0.5762	0.5135	0.1790	0.3172	0.6754
96	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.4317	0.7289	0.6124	0.0000	0.1648	0.8279
97	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.4310	0.6510	0.3935	0.1315	0.2096	0.8725
98	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.4302	0.7058	0.4372	0.1400	0.3053	0.8458
99	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.4221	0.6575	0.3979	0.1209	0.5064	0.7894
100	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.4171	0.5983	0.3064	0.2650	0.4000	0.7197
101	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.4143	0.5187	0.3569	0.2409	0.2953	0.9035
102	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.4110	0.6934	0.3962	0.0491	0.3744	0.8291
103	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.4097	0.6040	0.3586	0.2000	0.3793	0.7956
104	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.4092	0.5839	0.3108	0.1338	0.5370	0.8646
105	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.4089	0.5413	0.5088	0.3094	0.1895	0.7494
106	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.4075	0.6769	0.4142	0.0619	0.3207	0.7589
107	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.4058	0.5694	0.4024	0.4665	0.1900	0.6889
108	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.4056	0.7378	0.4142	0.0869	0.2208	0.8454
109	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.4049	0.6360	0.3983	0.1647	0.4105	0.7617
110	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.3994	0.7199	0.4246	0.0000	0.3278	0.8458
111	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.3891	0.5347	0.2412	0.1624	0.4719	0.9640
112	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.3855	0.4642	0.4160	0.4473	0.1307	0.7173
113	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.3831	0.6045	0.4474	0.1534	0.1125	0.8809
114	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.3813	0.5990	0.4275	0.2125	0.2080	0.7497
115	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.3812	0.4764	0.2998	0.2532	0.4546	0.8007
116	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.3760	0.4625	0.4884	0.0981	0.4254	0.7632
117	SurinameSURSouth America	0.3634	0.6003	0.4174	0.0000	0.3947	0.7593
118	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.3600	0.3540	0.2803	0.4296	0.3044	0.8205
119	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.3596	0.5983	0.3557	0.0719	0.3505	0.7950
120	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.3563	0.5550	0.2343	0.1071	0.4760	0.8153
121	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.3461	0.4696	0.4702	0.1806	0.1804	0.7957
122	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.3372	0.5562	0.2299	0.1756	0.2821	0.8755
123	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.3361	0.5835	0.3300	0.0619	0.2551	0.8553
124	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.3359	0.2908	0.1365	0.4916	0.4682	0.7300
125	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.3351	0.5686	0.2547	0.1209	0.4693	0.7622
126	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.3347	0.5866	0.2325	0.2095	0.3302	0.7705
127	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.3330	0.5416	0.3514	0.1534	0.3431	0.7203
128	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.3246	0.3831	0.3238	0.1400	0.5157	0.7159
129	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.3244	0.3401	0.3740	0.1380	0.3874	0.7900
130	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.3242	0.5409	0.3314	0.0000	0.3326	0.8562
131	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.3163	0.4293	0.2558	0.1575	0.4640	0.7928
132	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.3128	0.3553	0.3590	0.2177	0.3674	0.7252
133	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.3112	0.4144	0.3218	0.0800	0.5400	0.7543
134	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.2897	0.5032	0.1390	0.1968	0.2835	0.8031
135	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.2669	0.4954	0.2769	0.0929	0.2144	0.7683
136	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.2580	0.3400	0.2294	0.1680	0.4261	0.6743
137	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.2571	0.4399	0.1934	0.1624	0.2528	0.7629
138	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.2563	0.4012	0.3540	0.0000	0.3951	0.7162
139	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.2432	0.3858	0.2477	0.2070	0.2228	0.6809
140	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.2405	0.3216	0.2843	0.1680	0.2478	0.7314
141	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.2382	0.4010	0.2786	0.1600	0.1755	0.6694
142	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.2361	0.4105	0.2704	0.0000	0.2389	0.8035
143	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.2353	0.4368	0.2443	0.0719	0.3264	0.6749
144	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.2319	0.2863	0.2446	0.1028	0.3014	0.7297
145	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.2226	0.3211	0.0381	0.1400	0.4429	0.7951
146	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.2202	0.3684	0.2572	0.1836	0.1481	0.7174
147	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.2193	0.3541	0.1283	0.1238	0.3077	0.7515
148	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.2170	0.3078	0.0929	0.1669	0.3093	0.8000
149	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.2156	0.0806	0.1625	0.4743	0.2730	0.7466
150	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.2039	0.2024	0.4373	0.0000	0.2780	0.7157
151	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.1993	0.2838	0.1926	0.1747	0.2593	0.7433
152	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.1965	0.2571	0.3259	0.0000	0.2762	0.7416
153	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.1930	0.3979	0.0983	0.2127	0.1563	0.7320
154	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.1926	0.1167	0.2269	0.2138	0.3401	0.7316
155	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.1909	0.2535	0.3124	0.1028	0.2308	0.6968
156	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.1875	0.1478	0.1423	0.1179	0.5068	0.7139
157	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.1769	0.2732	0.1920	0.1504	0.1555	0.7637
158	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.1741	0.3763	0.1505	0.0800	0.1090	0.7700
159	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.1702	0.3024	0.2000	0.0491	0.2383	0.6854
160	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.1521	0.3620	0.3026	0.0000	0.0000	0.6744
161	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.1520	0.3865	0.1759	0.0619	0.1342	0.6901
162	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.1317	0.1439	0.2038	0.0000	0.2382	0.7359
163	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.1304	0.2781	0.1971	0.1548	0.0363	0.6625
164	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.1275	0.0000	0.1462	0.2339	0.3918	0.6393
165	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.1178	0.0107	0.2150	0.1821	0.2907	0.5831
166	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.1137	0.2226	0.1788	0.2187	0.0325	0.6393
167	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.1136	0.0230	0.1515	0.0800	0.1963	0.8281
168	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.0609	0.0437	0.0793	0.0869	0.1860	0.7095
169	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.0195	0.0498	0.0000	0.0000	0.2345	0.5849
170	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0000	0.2775	0.1517	0.1209	0.3821	0.0000

02In 2022

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
2Sweden0.9689
3United Kingdom0.9588
4Singapore0.9501
5Netherlands0.9419

Lowest

170Sierra Leone0.0000
169South Sudan0.0195
168Chad0.0609
167Burundi0.1136
166Sudan0.1137

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4798. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

ICT deployment
HighestIceland1.0000
LowestYemen0.0000
Middle country: 0.6555
Skills
HighestAustralia1.0000
LowestSouth Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4505
Research and development
HighestChina1.0000
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 0.2603
Industry activity
HighestIreland1.0000
LowestEquatorial Guinea0.0000
Middle country: 0.4661
Access to finance
HighestHong Kong1.0000
LowestSierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8267

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
167values changed, of 170 in both
117 · 50rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Maldives0.3745 → 0.4706+0.0961
Rwanda0.2625 → 0.3347+0.0722
Chile0.6562 → 0.7164+0.0602
Uruguay0.6143 → 0.6717+0.0574
Peru0.4567 → 0.5124+0.0557

Fell most

Bosnia and Herzegovina0.5210 → 0.4669−0.0541
Trinidad and Tobago0.5180 → 0.4739−0.0441
Slovakia0.7260 → 0.6916−0.0344
Vietnam0.6476 → 0.6144−0.0332
Croatia0.6709 → 0.6378−0.0331

− Samoa

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 2022.
169 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 0.8132. 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 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2022). Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/frontier-technology-readiness/2022

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