Goal 9 of 17

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

64.5 world score, 2022

48.2 median country score, 2023

51.6 average across the countries assessed

166 countries assessed on this goal

World score since 2000

The world aggregate for this goal only.

Regional averages

Unweighted mean across the countries of each region assessed on this goal, 2023.

How the 166 scores are spread

7 0
13 10
19 20
23 30
25 40
19 50
11 60
14 70
17 80
18 90

Biggest gains on this goal

Change in goal score, 2015–2022.

1 Iran, Islamic Rep. 30.4 → 67.2 +36.8
2 Sri Lanka 26.6 → 53.9 +27.3
3 Ukraine 23.0 → 49.9 +26.9
4 Lebanon 48.0 → 73.3 +25.3
5 United Arab Emirates 63.0 → 88.3 +25.3

Largest falls on this goal

Where the score is lower than it was in 2015.

1 Central African Republic 9.2 → 7.1 -2.1
2 Burundi 13.9 → 12.1 -1.8
3 Mozambique 15.6 → 14.1 -1.5
4 Sierra Leone 15.6 → 14.2 -1.4
5 Venezuela, RB 36.1 → 34.8 -1.3

Every country on Goal 9

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

Rank	Country	Region	Score
1	Korea, Rep.	OECD	99.1
2	United States	OECD	97.8
3	Sweden	OECD	97.6
4	Switzerland	OECD	97.2
5	Belgium	OECD	97.1
6	Denmark	OECD	97.0
7	Austria	OECD	97.0
8	Finland	OECD	96.0
9	Germany	OECD	95.8
10	Israel	OECD	94.7
11	Japan	OECD	94.4
12	Netherlands	OECD	93.4
13	France	OECD	92.8
14	Norway	OECD	92.4
15	Australia	OECD	92.2
16	United Kingdom	OECD	91.8
17	Singapore	East & South Asia	91.4
18	Spain	OECD	90.2
19	New Zealand	OECD	89.9
20	Luxembourg	OECD	88.6
21	United Arab Emirates	Middle East & North Africa	88.3
22	Italy	OECD	87.5
23	Iceland	OECD	87.4
24	Canada	OECD	87.3
25	Ireland	OECD	86.5
26	Qatar	Middle East & North Africa	84.1
27	Czechia	OECD	83.8
28	Estonia	OECD	83.3
29	Portugal	OECD	82.2
30	Greece	OECD	81.6
31	Malaysia	East & South Asia	81.0
32	Slovenia	OECD	80.8
33	Hungary	OECD	80.3
34	China	East & South Asia	80.3
35	Poland	OECD	80.3
36	Latvia	OECD	77.0
37	Brunei Darussalam	East & South Asia	76.4
38	Russian Federation	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	75.9
39	Cyprus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	75.8
40	Lithuania	OECD	75.5
41	Chile	OECD	75.3
42	Saudi Arabia	Middle East & North Africa	74.7
43	Croatia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	74.7
44	Slovak Republic	OECD	73.6
45	Lebanon	Middle East & North Africa	73.3
46	Türkiye	OECD	71.9
47	Serbia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	71.9
48	Malta	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	71.7
49	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	70.8
50	Romania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	69.4
51	Brazil	Latin America & the Caribbean	69.0
52	Thailand	East & South Asia	67.4
53	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	67.2
54	Oman	Middle East & North Africa	67.2
55	Bulgaria	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	66.2
56	Kuwait	Middle East & North Africa	64.2
57	Bahrain	Middle East & North Africa	63.7
58	Montenegro	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	61.6
59	Jordan	Middle East & North Africa	61.0
60	Fiji	Oceania	60.4
61	Barbados	Latin America & the Caribbean	60.0
62	Uruguay	Latin America & the Caribbean	59.9
63	Costa Rica	OECD	59.6
64	Vietnam	East & South Asia	58.1
65	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	57.9
66	Mexico	OECD	57.9
67	Bahamas, The	Latin America & the Caribbean	57.0
68	Tunisia	Middle East & North Africa	55.9
69	Belarus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	55.5
70	Morocco	Middle East & North Africa	55.1
71	Argentina	Latin America & the Caribbean	54.6
72	Algeria	Middle East & North Africa	53.9
73	Sri Lanka	East & South Asia	53.9
74	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.5
75	Georgia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	53.1
76	Jamaica	Latin America & the Caribbean	52.7
77	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	51.8
78	India	East & South Asia	51.0
79	Indonesia	East & South Asia	50.7
80	Ukraine	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	49.9
81	Colombia	OECD	49.0
82	Ecuador	Latin America & the Caribbean	48.9
83	Kazakhstan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	48.5
84	Maldives	East & South Asia	47.8
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	47.3
86	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	46.8
87	Dominican Republic	Latin America & the Caribbean	46.8
88	North Macedonia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	46.7
89	Armenia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	46.7
90	Panama	Latin America & the Caribbean	46.6
91	Peru	Latin America & the Caribbean	44.8
92	Philippines	East & South Asia	44.4
93	Albania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	43.6
94	Bhutan	East & South Asia	42.5
95	Suriname	Latin America & the Caribbean	42.1
96	Azerbaijan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	41.2
97	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	41.0
98	Bangladesh	East & South Asia	41.0
99	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	40.9
100	Uzbekistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	40.8
101	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	40.6
102	Cuba	Latin America & the Caribbean	40.4
103	Moldova	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	40.2
104	Paraguay	Latin America & the Caribbean	40.2
105	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & the Caribbean	39.9
106	Mongolia	East & South Asia	39.8
107	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	39.2
108	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	38.4
109	Belize	Latin America & the Caribbean	38.4
110	Nepal	East & South Asia	37.9
111	El Salvador	Latin America & the Caribbean	37.6
112	Kyrgyz Republic	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	37.5
113	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	36.9
114	Djibouti	Sub-Saharan Africa	36.5
115	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	36.2
116	Guyana	Latin America & the Caribbean	35.7
117	Cambodia	East & South Asia	34.8
118	Venezuela, RB	Latin America & the Caribbean	34.8
119	Iraq	Middle East & North Africa	34.7
120	Bolivia	Latin America & the Caribbean	33.7
121	Pakistan	East & South Asia	33.5
122	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	33.2
123	Lao PDR	East & South Asia	30.9
124	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	30.3
125	Myanmar	East & South Asia	30.2
126	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	30.2
127	Nicaragua	Latin America & the Caribbean	30.0
128	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	29.9
129	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	29.4
130	Honduras	Latin America & the Caribbean	28.4
131	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	27.2
132	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	27.0
133	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	26.4
134	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	26.3
135	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	25.9
136	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	25.6
137	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	24.6
138	Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East & North Africa	23.9
139	Haiti	Latin America & the Caribbean	23.5
140	Guatemala	Latin America & the Caribbean	23.1
141	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	23.1
142	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	21.9
143	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	21.7
144	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	21.2
145	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	20.3
146	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	20.2
147	Tajikistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	16.3
148	Turkmenistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	16.1
149	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	15.4
150	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	14.4
151	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	14.2
152	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	14.2
153	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	14.1
154	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	13.7
155	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	13.3
156	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	12.1
157	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	11.6
158	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	11.3
159	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	10.3
160	Afghanistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	9.7
161	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	9.7
162	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.6
163	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	8.1
164	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	7.1
165	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.6
166	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.7