Capability agenda
Generated 2026-08-28
The frame includes 52 countries. Each dimension runs from 0 to 100, with no overall ranking. Confidence sits beside each score. Read the known limits of the data before quoting one.
Open the profile: indicators, values, years and sources
| Dimension | Score | Confidence | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anticipation | 61.3 | 0.64 | +6.3 over 10 years using 5 indicators |
| Agency | 74.8 | 0.61 | +7.7 over 10 years using 4 indicators |
| Coordination | 95.9 | 0.17 | no trend |
| Trust | not scored | 0.07 | no trend |
| Learning | 60.9 | 0.54 | no trend |
| Experimentation | 55.0 | 0.18 | +1.6 over 10 years using 2 indicators |
| Adaptability | 76.1 | 0.47 | +9 over 10 years using 4 indicators |
| Building | 53.1 | 0.54 | -5 over 10 years using 4 indicators |
| Shared Purpose | 80.7 | 0.26 | -0.6 over 10 years using 2 indicators |
The evidence is too thin to manage these dimensions confidently.
How much cooperation is possible beyond immediate personal networks?
Uses one observed indicator.
Missing indicators: Generalised interpersonal trust, Trust in public institutions, Cooperation beyond the in-group, Court case clearance rate.
Rejected datasets: Rule of law, Control of corruption, Intentional homicide rate.
How effectively can independent actors organize around shared objectives?
Uses 2 observed indicators.
Missing indicators: University-industry collaboration, Civil society strength, Public-private collaboration.
Rejected datasets: Government effectiveness, Regulatory quality, Logistics performance.
How easily can new approaches be attempted, tested, abandoned, and improved?
Uses 2 observed indicators.
Missing indicators: Venture capital investment, Regulatory sandbox activity, University spinouts, Business share of R&D.
To what extent can people imagine themselves as participants in a common project?
Uses 2 observed indicators.
Missing indicators: Sense of national belonging, Volunteering, Political polarisation, Civic participation.
Rejected datasets: Voice and accountability.
These scores are at least 50 with usable evidence. They still need watching.
27 requested indicators have no comparable dataset. Each lowers confidence. A gap can become an indicator when a comparable series covers at least two countries.
| Dimension | Missing indicator | What it asks |
|---|---|---|
| Anticipation | Government foresight capacity | Existence, mandate and continuity of a national strategic foresight function. |
| Anticipation | Long-horizon research share | Share of gross R&D expenditure classified as basic research. |
| Agency | Adult digital skills | Share of adults who can perform standard digital tasks. |
| Agency | Perceived control over life | Self-reported freedom of choice and control over the course of one’s life. |
| Coordination | University-industry collaboration | Intensity of research collaboration between universities and firms. |
| Coordination | Civil society strength | Autonomy, density and participatory reach of civil society organisations. |
| Coordination | Public-private collaboration | Frequency and scale of joint public-private delivery of national objectives. |
| Trust | Generalised interpersonal trust | Share agreeing that most people can be trusted. |
| Trust | Trust in public institutions | Confidence in national government, courts and civil service. |
| Trust | Cooperation beyond the in-group | Reported trust in people met for the first time and in people of another nationality. |
| Trust | Court case clearance rate | Civil and commercial cases resolved in a year as a share of cases filed in the same year. |
| Learning | Adult learning participation | Share of adults in formal or non-formal education and training in the last 12 months. |
| Learning | Research citation impact | Field-normalised citation impact of national research output. |
| Experimentation | Venture capital investment | Venture capital deployed as a share of GDP. |
| Experimentation | Regulatory sandbox activity | Number and breadth of live regulatory sandboxes and controlled trial regimes. |
| Experimentation | University spinouts | Companies formed to commercialise university research, per million people. |
| Experimentation | Business share of R&D | Share of gross R&D expenditure performed by business enterprises. |
| Adaptability | Long-term unemployment share | Unemployed for 12 months or more, as a share of total unemployment. |
| Adaptability | Export diversification | Inverse concentration of the export basket by product. |
| Adaptability | Disaster preparedness and recovery | Demonstrated capacity to prepare for and recover from major shocks. |
| Adaptability | Institutional responsiveness | Speed at which rules and public programmes are changed in response to new conditions. |
| Building | Large project delivery | Cost and schedule performance of major public infrastructure projects. |
| Building | Firm scale-up rate | Share of young firms reaching significant employment or turnover thresholds. |
| Shared Purpose | Sense of national belonging | Reported pride in and identification with the national community. |
| Shared Purpose | Volunteering | Share of adults who volunteered time to an organisation in the last month. |
| Shared Purpose | Political polarisation | Degree to which political differences run along a single hostile divide. |
| Shared Purpose | Civic participation | Active membership in associations, unions, parties and community organisations. |
Fill a gap, file evidence or challenge an indicator at github.com/envisioning/national-capability-benchmark. The docs explain the method and decisions.