Data for 2023

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2023

2023, as UNCTAD’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2023 covers 170 countries on 6 measures. United States is highest, at 1.0000; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.4849. Against 2022, 168 values changed (56 up, 112 down), the same countries are covered.

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Frontier Technology Readiness Index · Data for 2023

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
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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1	United StatesUSANorthern America	1.0000	0.9338	0.8003	0.9123	0.7914	0.9776
2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.9726	0.8879	0.9548	0.6696	0.8494	0.9369
3	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.9601	0.8862	0.8607	0.7614	0.8200	0.9330
4	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.9532	0.9385	0.9097	0.6785	0.8231	0.9021
5	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.9423	0.8930	0.9144	0.6300	0.8791	0.9391
6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.9345	0.8664	0.8160	0.6908	0.8820	0.9650
7	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.9260	0.8918	0.7100	0.8284	0.8205	0.9681
8	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.9251	0.8632	0.7994	0.7988	0.8207	0.8984
9	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.9095	0.8631	0.8791	0.5842	1.0000	0.7906
10	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.9028	0.9194	0.7646	0.7300	0.7644	0.9271
11	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.8981	0.8358	0.8886	0.6148	0.8035	0.9072
12	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.8974	0.8945	0.8858	0.6084	0.7822	0.8839
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.8947	0.9256	0.7539	0.7190	0.7088	0.9355
14	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.8901	0.8731	0.7796	0.5670	0.9089	1.0000
15	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.8860	0.8518	0.8006	0.6193	0.8766	0.8819
16	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.8687	0.8160	1.0000	0.6863	0.4870	0.9382
17	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.8686	0.9591	0.8278	0.4726	0.7155	0.9120
18	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.8617	0.9047	0.9042	0.5885	0.5775	0.9375
19	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.8592	0.8228	0.8842	0.6164	0.7145	0.9516
20	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.8436	0.8910	0.5296	0.7519	0.7844	0.9769
21	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.8393	0.6068	0.5235	1.0000	0.8536	0.9774
22	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.8375	0.9272	0.7311	0.6778	0.6566	0.8948
23	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.8187	0.8913	0.9198	0.4955	0.5200	0.9480
24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.8109	0.8097	0.6856	0.7154	0.7212	0.8748
25	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.8058	0.8269	0.7426	0.6068	0.7194	0.8993
26	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.7960	0.9094	0.7333	0.3701	0.8438	0.8811
27	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.7830	0.8630	0.7048	0.6031	0.7081	0.8168
28	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.7786	0.8773	0.8068	0.4267	0.7911	0.8224
29	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.7695	1.0000	0.9153	0.3192	0.4457	0.9060
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.7694	0.8714	0.7459	0.4331	0.7275	0.8656
31	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.7681	0.8754	0.7416	0.5455	0.5952	0.8965
32	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.7649	0.7818	0.7066	0.5433	0.7840	0.8503
33	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.7519	0.8232	0.7326	0.6546	0.4827	0.8583
34	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.7419	0.9091	0.6161	0.4550	0.7245	0.8705
35	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.7400	0.8102	0.7007	0.5581	0.6310	0.8739
36	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.7388	0.6194	0.3712	0.8706	0.8234	0.8510
37	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.7368	0.7862	0.6943	0.4577	0.6856	0.8765
38	BrazilBRASouth America	0.7365	0.8270	0.5463	0.6477	0.5956	0.8842
39	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.7278	0.8315	0.6450	0.4833	0.7839	0.8120
40	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.7251	0.8599	0.7617	0.4179	0.6299	0.8181
41	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.7248	0.7951	0.7934	0.5294	0.5495	0.8511
42	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.7197	0.8394	0.7556	0.3967	0.6791	0.7967
43	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.7188	0.8008	0.4791	0.5623	0.8164	0.9301
44	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.6988	0.7091	0.7112	0.6655	0.4758	0.8512
45	ChileCHLSouth America	0.6951	0.8726	0.6583	0.5047	0.3497	0.9238
46	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.6891	0.8784	0.5184	0.5234	0.6796	0.7784
47	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.6808	0.8251	0.4663	0.5256	0.6662	0.9558
48	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.6710	0.8095	0.5428	0.4229	0.7129	0.8194
49	UruguayURYSouth America	0.6687	0.8919	0.6246	0.2935	0.6056	0.7995
50	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.6669	0.7762	0.6905	0.6396	0.2867	0.8543
51	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.6623	0.7487	0.5476	0.4598	0.6944	0.8421
52	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.6459	0.7191	0.5048	0.5002	0.5685	0.9077
53	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.6307	0.7811	0.6930	0.4326	0.4602	0.7177
54	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.6288	0.7373	0.4720	0.5363	0.6804	0.8129
55	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.6280	0.7373	0.6230	0.5098	0.4270	0.8357
56	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.6268	0.8026	0.5624	0.2640	0.5971	0.9090
57	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.6267	0.7385	0.5663	0.4617	0.5447	0.7796
58	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.6179	0.8319	0.6545	0.2930	0.4590	0.8785
59	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.6156	0.7053	0.6389	0.3878	0.5820	0.8471
60	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.6107	0.7407	0.3837	0.4043	0.8279	0.8475
61	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.6069	0.7606	0.6265	0.2847	0.6043	0.8005
62	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.6054	0.7683	0.5537	0.2132	0.7066	0.8528
63	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.6023	0.8613	0.5175	0.2116	0.6260	0.8611
64	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.5985	0.7046	0.3372	0.4579	0.7684	0.9368
65	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.5984	0.8205	0.5653	0.2541	0.5148	0.8869
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.5813	0.6548	0.6325	0.3761	0.5783	0.7901
67	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.5629	0.6730	0.3735	0.4977	0.5614	0.8985
68	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.5557	0.7563	0.4213	0.4389	0.4754	0.8971
69	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.5534	0.8274	0.4377	0.4287	0.2783	0.9163
70	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.5513	0.7651	0.4149	0.4430	0.4304	0.8656
71	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.5455	0.7943	0.6312	0.1543	0.4547	0.8383
72	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.5442	0.6307	0.4585	0.5346	0.3997	0.8682
73	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.5395	0.7862	0.4673	0.2888	0.4898	0.7892
74	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.5319	0.6985	0.5059	0.2743	0.4547	0.8798
75	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.5309	0.5635	0.4969	0.4078	0.5673	0.8712
76	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.5253	0.5935	0.3748	0.4610	0.5986	0.8201
77	PanamaPANCentral America	0.5203	0.7666	0.4454	0.2437	0.4452	0.9154
78	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.5165	0.5676	0.4448	0.3788	0.5094	0.9213
79	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.5142	0.6639	0.6015	0.2027	0.4296	0.8774
80	PeruPERSouth America	0.5068	0.7326	0.4417	0.4352	0.2311	0.8421
81	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.5058	0.7673	0.4637	0.2299	0.4640	0.8475
82	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.5036	0.7173	0.4603	0.1808	0.5658	0.8602
83	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.4921	0.7725	0.5473	0.2409	0.2751	0.8227
84	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.4876	0.8308	0.5339	0.1505	0.2910	0.8348
85	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.4866	0.5598	0.4305	0.4887	0.4311	0.8007
86	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.4832	0.7850	0.5525	0.1467	0.2802	0.8311
87	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.4820	0.7019	0.3953	0.3538	0.3987	0.8271
88	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.4583	0.5607	0.4571	0.2731	0.4503	0.8450
89	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.4468	0.7034	0.4616	0.1904	0.3814	0.8050
90	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.4459	0.5591	0.5114	0.2164	0.3313	0.7066
91	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.4393	0.6763	0.4244	0.2931	0.2367	0.8605
92	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.4302	0.5356	0.3611	0.1823	0.6039	0.8693
93	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.4277	0.6410	0.4509	0.1784	0.2950	0.9270
94	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.4258	0.7482	0.4509	0.1415	0.2576	0.8554
95	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.4241	0.6557	0.5199	0.1916	0.2063	0.8287
96	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.4235	0.5512	0.3551	0.2387	0.3813	0.9074
97	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.4200	0.7343	0.4117	0.0866	0.3243	0.7657
98	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.4161	0.7814	0.6078	0.0000	0.0963	0.8299
99	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.4134	0.6245	0.5250	0.1025	0.3688	0.8199
100	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.4114	0.6768	0.3956	0.1261	0.4727	0.8049
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.4079	0.6275	0.3234	0.1433	0.4997	0.8702
102	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.4037	0.7750	0.4155	0.1234	0.1791	0.8491
103	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.3978	0.5300	0.5089	0.3108	0.1971	0.7628
104	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.3967	0.6129	0.4282	0.2470	0.2418	0.7789
105	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.3959	0.5787	0.3045	0.2629	0.4045	0.7003
106	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.3932	0.4749	0.4134	0.4446	0.1750	0.7248
107	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.3898	0.5747	0.3747	0.1957	0.3552	0.8033
108	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.3874	0.6202	0.4439	0.1570	0.1937	0.8875
109	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.3866	0.6497	0.3973	0.1642	0.3471	0.7727
110	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.3865	0.5484	0.2377	0.1916	0.4940	0.9667
111	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.3765	0.7387	0.4145	0.0000	0.2799	0.8485
112	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.3728	0.3949	0.2778	0.4297	0.3398	0.8242
113	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.3714	0.4500	0.2994	0.2611	0.4853	0.8086
114	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.3667	0.7120	0.3806	0.0489	0.2345	0.8278
115	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.3653	0.5911	0.2457	0.1415	0.4631	0.8251
116	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.3622	0.5761	0.4017	0.4288	0.0051	0.7283
117	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.3529	0.6872	0.4170	0.1106	0.0000	0.8792
118	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.3528	0.5344	0.4631	0.1872	0.1765	0.8028
119	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.3432	0.4476	0.4842	0.0617	0.3924	0.7717
120	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.3291	0.6285	0.3539	0.0000	0.3125	0.8030
121	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.3282	0.3009	0.1372	0.4894	0.4680	0.7173
122	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.3257	0.3919	0.3721	0.1376	0.3694	0.7962
123	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.3250	0.6066	0.2543	0.0926	0.4548	0.7695
124	SurinameSURSouth America	0.3235	0.5997	0.4157	0.0000	0.2805	0.7399
125	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.3230	0.5760	0.2296	0.1714	0.2463	0.8892
126	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.3193	0.5809	0.3496	0.1557	0.2618	0.7278
127	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.3145	0.4499	0.3212	0.1106	0.5038	0.7687
128	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.3128	0.4313	0.2522	0.1675	0.4940	0.7999
129	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.3111	0.4376	0.3216	0.1106	0.4338	0.7306
130	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.3075	0.5423	0.2370	0.2089	0.3054	0.7772
131	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.3016	0.3103	0.3562	0.2413	0.3575	0.7326
132	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.2960	0.5783	0.3285	0.0489	0.1586	0.8586
133	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.2802	0.5086	0.1404	0.2072	0.2752	0.8065
134	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.2713	0.5067	0.3304	0.0000	0.2004	0.8562
135	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.2620	0.4052	0.2763	0.1664	0.2695	0.6848
136	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.2558	0.4566	0.3516	0.0000	0.3683	0.7237
137	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.2510	0.4672	0.1916	0.1675	0.2200	0.7761
138	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.2474	0.4776	0.2759	0.0926	0.1899	0.7888
139	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.2421	0.2658	0.4491	0.0717	0.2469	0.7740
140	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.2221	0.3971	0.0651	0.1784	0.2722	0.8079
141	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.2217	0.4424	0.2686	0.0000	0.2127	0.8094
=142	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.2188	0.3096	0.2823	0.1543	0.2118	0.7468
=142	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.2188	0.3604	0.2488	0.1910	0.1987	0.6891
=144	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.2113	0.1259	0.1604	0.4353	0.2688	0.7539
=144	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.2113	0.2851	0.2442	0.1355	0.1969	0.7371
146	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.2103	0.4323	0.1503	0.1068	0.2388	0.7772
147	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.2099	0.3418	0.0370	0.1142	0.4451	0.7951
148	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.2055	0.3684	0.1906	0.1776	0.1953	0.7586
149	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.2015	0.3412	0.1264	0.1142	0.3144	0.7498
150	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.1964	0.3114	0.2570	0.1830	0.1578	0.7249
151	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.1921	0.3615	0.1979	0.1234	0.2074	0.6931
152	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.1914	0.4218	0.2424	0.0309	0.2912	0.6391
153	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.1887	0.2051	0.2261	0.1583	0.3339	0.6720
154	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.1848	0.3854	0.0967	0.2305	0.1544	0.7464
155	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.1815	0.1118	0.2236	0.2329	0.3122	0.7363
156	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.1751	0.1437	0.1436	0.1068	0.5157	0.7095
157	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.1692	0.2227	0.3218	0.0617	0.1594	0.7554
158	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.1672	0.2564	0.3109	0.0978	0.1249	0.7208
159	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.1666	0.3979	0.1752	0.0926	0.2243	0.6898
160	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.1629	0.2782	0.1895	0.1529	0.1484	0.7596
161	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.1519	0.2853	0.2017	0.0000	0.1847	0.7366
162	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.1441	0.3938	0.3007	0.0000	0.0157	0.6533
163	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.1144	0.2658	0.1782	0.2059	0.0271	0.6472
164	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.1112	0.0259	0.1451	0.2302	0.2956	0.6472
165	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.1096	0.2387	0.1973	0.1642	0.0264	0.6703
166	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.1083	0.0301	0.2120	0.1768	0.2448	0.5913
167	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.0985	0.0709	0.0776	0.1175	0.3476	0.7170
168	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.0813	0.0000	0.1498	0.0309	0.1868	0.8479
169	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.0191	0.0235	0.0000	0.0000	0.2367	0.6430
170	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0000	0.3124	0.1505	0.0866	0.3553	0.0000

02In 2023

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
2Sweden0.9726
3United Kingdom0.9601
4Netherlands0.9532
5Singapore0.9423

Lowest

170Sierra Leone0.0000
169South Sudan0.0191
168Burundi0.0813
167Chad0.0985
166Afghanistan0.1083

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4849. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

ICT deployment
HighestIceland1.0000
LowestBurundi0.0000
Middle country: 0.6820
Skills
HighestAustralia1.0000
LowestSouth Sudan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4500
Research and development
HighestChina1.0000
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 0.2620
Industry activity
HighestIreland1.0000
LowestBhutan0.0000
Middle country: 0.4455
Access to finance
HighestHong Kong1.0000
LowestSierra Leone0.0000
Middle country: 0.8293

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 170 in both
56 · 112rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Slovakia0.6916 → 0.7419+0.0503
China0.7895 → 0.8393+0.0498
North Macedonia0.5592 → 0.6023+0.0431
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.4669 → 0.5058+0.0389
Timor-Leste0.2039 → 0.2421+0.0382

Fell most

Bhutan0.4310 → 0.3529−0.0781
Malawi0.2580 → 0.1887−0.0693
Maldives0.4706 → 0.4134−0.0572
Vanuatu0.3242 → 0.2713−0.0529
Belize0.4110 → 0.3667−0.0443

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 2023.
168 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 0.2188. 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) (2023). Frontier Technology Readiness Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/frontier-technology-readiness/2023

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