Country capacity to attract talent
scale 1-7, 2013–2017
Country | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 3.59 | 2.94 | 2.47 | 2.40 | 2.29 |
Algeria | 1.96 | 2.26 | 2.42 | 2.24 | 2.05 |
Angola | 3.82 | 3.75 | |||
Argentina | 2.41 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.64 | 2.90 |
Armenia | 2.56 | 2.52 | 2.59 | 2.71 | 2.86 |
Australia | 4.73 | 4.79 | 4.75 | 4.66 | 4.74 |
Austria | 4.25 | 4.12 | 4.00 | 3.98 | 3.91 |
Azerbaijan | 4.10 | 3.99 | 3.99 | 4.26 | 4.69 |
Bahrain | 5.03 | 5.07 | 4.97 | 4.57 | 4.57 |
Bangladesh | 2.43 | 2.40 | 2.49 | 2.76 | 2.67 |
Barbados | 4.67 | 4.47 | 4.37 | 4.27 | |
Belgium | 3.85 | 4.03 | 4.23 | 4.19 | 4.17 |
Benin | 2.57 | 2.79 | 3.01 | 2.94 | 2.58 |
Bhutan | 3.65 | 3.60 | 3.55 | 3.62 | 3.65 |
Bolivia | 3.30 | 3.36 | 3.07 | 2.47 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.92 | 1.86 | 1.80 | 1.73 | 1.59 |
Botswana | 3.34 | 3.72 | 3.85 | 3.92 | 3.94 |
Brazil | 3.73 | 3.58 | 2.98 | 2.74 | 2.78 |
Brunei | 4.37 | 4.22 | 4.06 | 3.91 | 3.90 |
Bulgaria | 1.89 | 1.81 | 2.21 | 2.53 | 2.32 |
Burkina Faso | 2.24 | 2.43 | |||
Burundi | 1.90 | 1.86 | 1.86 | 1.84 | 2.26 |
Cambodia | 3.80 | 3.65 | 3.49 | 3.57 | 3.77 |
Cameroon | 2.77 | 2.90 | 2.78 | 2.60 | 2.54 |
Canada | 5.12 | 5.24 | 5.31 | 5.12 | 5.17 |
Cape Verde | 3.47 | 3.57 | 3.42 | 3.19 | 3.04 |
Chad | 2.68 | 2.93 | 3.02 | 3.03 | 3.01 |
Chile | 4.50 | 4.34 | 4.24 | 4.32 | 4.27 |
China | 4.39 | 4.24 | 4.18 | 4.37 | 4.48 |
Colombia | 3.11 | 3.14 | 3.15 | 3.14 | 3.17 |
Congo (Kinshasa) | 2.95 | 2.79 | |||
Costa Rica | 3.98 | 4.01 | 3.78 | 3.76 | 3.93 |
Croatia | 1.89 | 1.81 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.80 |
Cyprus | 3.39 | 3.52 | 3.17 | 2.98 | 3.27 |
Czechia | 3.20 | 3.07 | 3.16 | 3.32 | 3.25 |
Denmark | 3.77 | 3.76 | 3.91 | 4.06 | 4.05 |
Dominican Republic | 3.29 | 3.35 | 3.43 | 3.45 | 3.21 |
Ecuador | 4.10 | 3.74 | 3.37 | 3.18 | 2.99 |
Egypt | 2.18 | 2.72 | 2.70 | 2.70 | 2.40 |
El Salvador | 3.81 | 3.50 | 2.78 | 2.36 | 2.24 |
Estonia | 3.01 | 3.06 | 3.16 | 3.32 | 3.46 |
Eswatini | 3.06 | 3.19 | 3.13 | 3.21 | 3.29 |
Ethiopia | 2.54 | 2.77 | 3.43 | 3.77 | 3.52 |
Finland | 3.51 | 3.67 | 3.53 | 3.48 | 3.65 |
France | 3.88 | 3.84 | 3.81 | 3.64 | 3.43 |
Gabon | 3.62 | 3.61 | 3.32 | 3.54 | |
Gambia | 3.58 | 3.88 | 4.00 | 3.61 | 4.16 |
Georgia | 2.76 | 2.61 | 2.55 | 2.64 | 2.73 |
Germany | 4.69 | 4.70 | 4.68 | 4.74 | 5.04 |
Ghana | 3.94 | 3.44 | 3.33 | 3.76 | 3.98 |
Greece | 2.26 | 2.35 | 2.21 | 2.08 | 1.90 |
Guatemala | 3.05 | 3.26 | 3.34 | 3.25 | 3.12 |
Guinea | 2.72 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 2.74 | 2.77 |
Guyana | 3.95 | 4.04 | 3.86 | ||
Haiti | 2.67 | 2.71 | 2.74 | 2.39 | 2.04 |
Honduras | 2.68 | 3.13 | 3.52 | 3.27 | 2.93 |
Hong Kong | 5.74 | 5.55 | 5.40 | 5.40 | 5.20 |
Hungary | 2.56 | 2.59 | 2.49 | 2.35 | 2.54 |
Iceland | 3.41 | 3.42 | 3.65 | 4.00 | 4.03 |
India | 3.72 | 3.82 | 3.85 | 4.40 | 4.67 |
Indonesia | 4.31 | 4.31 | 4.15 | 4.22 | 4.45 |
Iran | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.94 | 2.24 | 2.59 |
Ireland | 5.03 | 5.12 | 5.35 | 5.54 | 5.04 |
Israel | 3.52 | 3.27 | 3.57 | 3.86 | 3.97 |
Italy | 2.39 | 2.34 | 2.55 | 2.64 | 2.62 |
Ivory Coast | 3.48 | 3.88 | 3.93 | 3.73 | |
Jamaica | 2.96 | 3.16 | 3.18 | 3.14 | 3.32 |
Japan | 3.32 | 3.31 | 3.26 | 3.20 | 3.26 |
Jordan | 3.66 | 3.99 | 3.73 | 3.52 | 3.17 |
Kazakhstan | 3.94 | 3.92 | 3.80 | 3.64 | 3.48 |
Kenya | 3.81 | 3.65 | 3.72 | 3.93 | 4.00 |
Kuwait | 3.86 | 3.66 | 3.34 | 3.12 | 3.03 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1.91 | 2.06 | 2.27 | 2.40 | 2.31 |
Laos | 3.41 | 3.38 | 3.20 | 3.38 | 3.51 |
Latvia | 2.66 | 2.73 | 2.64 | 2.44 | 2.28 |
Lebanon | 2.42 | 2.16 | 2.43 | 2.57 | 2.62 |
Lesotho | 3.27 | 3.55 | 3.80 | 3.20 | 3.10 |
Liberia | 4.07 | 4.02 | 3.96 | 3.79 | 3.67 |
Libya | 2.23 | 2.27 | |||
Lithuania | 2.14 | 2.31 | 2.55 | 2.52 | 2.38 |
Luxembourg | 5.43 | 5.48 | 5.47 | 5.51 | 5.55 |
Madagascar | 3.02 | 3.01 | 3.19 | 3.31 | 3.14 |
Malawi | 3.63 | 3.54 | 3.19 | 2.95 | 3.11 |
Malaysia | 4.63 | 5.03 | 5.30 | 5.10 | 4.90 |
Mali | 3.40 | 3.33 | 3.26 | 3.27 | 3.10 |
Malta | 4.71 | 4.32 | 4.26 | 4.41 | 4.58 |
Mauritania | 2.10 | 2.46 | 2.58 | 2.14 | 2.05 |
Mauritius | 3.89 | 3.92 | 3.96 | 4.01 | 4.02 |
Mexico | 3.32 | 3.30 | 3.37 | 3.51 | 3.52 |
Moldova | 1.74 | 1.82 | 1.75 | 1.72 | 1.84 |
Mongolia | 2.21 | 2.66 | 2.75 | 2.47 | 2.55 |
Montenegro | 3.10 | 2.95 | 2.78 | 2.51 | 2.59 |
Morocco | 3.88 | 3.90 | 3.55 | 3.37 | 3.30 |
Mozambique | 3.68 | 3.61 | 3.68 | 3.57 | 3.33 |
Myanmar (Burma) | 2.44 | 2.70 | 2.66 | ||
Namibia | 3.46 | 3.41 | 3.64 | 3.84 | 3.67 |
Nepal | 1.99 | 2.28 | 2.50 | 2.49 | 2.44 |
Netherlands | 4.73 | 4.83 | 4.97 | 4.97 | 5.09 |
New Zealand | 4.31 | 4.64 | 4.74 | 4.88 | 5.25 |
Nicaragua | 3.34 | 3.12 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.89 |
Nigeria | 3.82 | 3.80 | 3.70 | 3.69 | 3.57 |
North Macedonia | 2.15 | 2.17 | 2.10 | 2.16 | |
Norway | 5.05 | 4.84 | 4.62 | 4.67 | 4.64 |
Oman | 4.82 | 4.41 | 4.22 | 4.26 | 4.26 |
Pakistan | 2.66 | 2.71 | 2.86 | 3.13 | 3.34 |
Panama | 5.12 | 4.92 | 4.96 | 5.06 | 4.77 |
Paraguay | 2.70 | 2.71 | 2.89 | 3.13 | 3.14 |
Peru | 4.06 | 3.83 | 3.74 | 3.73 | 3.58 |
Philippines | 3.24 | 3.28 | 3.35 | 3.22 | 3.28 |
Poland | 2.44 | 2.45 | 2.43 | 2.47 | 2.52 |
Portugal | 3.19 | 3.41 | 3.30 | 3.16 | 3.39 |
Puerto Rico | 3.25 | 3.29 | |||
Qatar | 5.99 | 5.90 | 5.90 | 5.76 | 5.48 |
Romania | 2.17 | 2.62 | 2.57 | 2.18 | 1.98 |
Russia | 3.00 | 3.10 | 3.10 | 3.15 | 3.18 |
Rwanda | 4.61 | 4.61 | 4.80 | 4.92 | 4.99 |
Saudi Arabia | 4.87 | 4.74 | 4.73 | 4.72 | 4.48 |
Senegal | 3.61 | 3.66 | 3.46 | 3.48 | 3.59 |
Serbia | 1.59 | 1.60 | 1.64 | 1.68 | 1.95 |
Seychelles | 4.73 | 4.03 | 4.03 | 4.17 | 4.32 |
Sierra Leone | 3.31 | 3.25 | 3.27 | 3.11 | 3.12 |
Singapore | 6.01 | 6.01 | 5.97 | 6.01 | 5.92 |
Slovakia | 2.52 | 2.60 | 2.30 | 2.03 | 2.01 |
Slovenia | 2.50 | 2.51 | 2.54 | 2.49 | 2.50 |
South Africa | 3.72 | 3.90 | 3.77 | 3.63 | 3.33 |
South Korea | 4.14 | 4.24 | 3.94 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
Spain | 2.85 | 2.81 | 2.84 | 3.15 | 3.21 |
Sri Lanka | 2.55 | 2.50 | 2.56 | 3.03 | 3.02 |
Suriname | 3.52 | 3.33 | |||
Sweden | 4.41 | 4.29 | 4.22 | 4.09 | 4.33 |
Switzerland | 6.08 | 6.07 | 6.12 | 6.28 | 6.24 |
Taiwan | 3.64 | 3.52 | 3.57 | 3.52 | 3.39 |
Tajikistan | 3.45 | 3.60 | 3.78 | 3.78 | |
Tanzania | 3.14 | 3.27 | 3.54 | 3.57 | 3.42 |
Thailand | 4.11 | 3.95 | 3.85 | 3.74 | 3.81 |
Timor Leste | 2.93 | 3.58 | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | 4.10 | 3.77 | 3.64 | 3.53 | 3.52 |
Tunisia | 2.82 | 2.81 | 2.45 | 2.27 | 2.31 |
Turkey | 3.19 | 2.91 | 2.75 | 2.63 | 2.63 |
Uganda | 2.96 | 3.01 | 3.01 | 3.01 | 3.09 |
Ukraine | 2.13 | 2.28 | 2.85 | 3.01 | 2.62 |
United Arab Emirates | 5.51 | 5.95 | 5.95 | 6.08 | 6.13 |
United Kingdom | 5.83 | 5.87 | 5.94 | 6.03 | 5.96 |
United States | 5.74 | 5.78 | 5.80 | 5.80 | 5.83 |
Uruguay | 2.62 | 2.75 | 2.80 | 2.88 | 2.73 |
Venezuela | 1.48 | 1.41 | 1.36 | 1.30 | 1.21 |
Vietnam | 3.50 | 3.37 | 3.27 | 3.27 | 3.44 |
Yemen | 2.17 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 2.04 | 2.03 |
Zambia | 3.56 | 3.85 | 4.20 | 3.86 | 3.47 |
Zimbabwe | 2.94 | 2.81 | 2.44 | 2.25 | 2.19 |