Resources statistical capacity by country
Countries reporting
146
Highest
35.93 million
Mozambique
Lowest
5,451
Wallis and Futuna
Median
1.58 million
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
1,935
What the numbers show
Resources statistical capacity is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 35.93 million in Mozambique; the lowest is 5,451 in Wallis and Futuna.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.58 million, and the mean is 4.69 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,592.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 38,724.1%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 99.2%).
Resources statistical capacity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 35.93 million | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 2 | Tanzania | 34.23 million | 2023 | up 185.7% | rising |
| 3 | Ghana | 25.45 million | 2023 | up 318.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 23.47 million | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Kenya | 21.80 million | 2023 | up 122.4% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 20.23 million | 2023 | up 4,157.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 18.96 million | 2023 | up 281.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Vietnam | 18.28 million | 2023 | up 754.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Cote d'Ivoire | 17.50 million | 2023 | up 801.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 17.07 million | 2023 | up 289.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 16.13 million | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 12 | India | 16.08 million | 2023 | up 246.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Bolivia | 15.94 million | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Cameroon | 15.85 million | 2023 | up 576.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Nepal | 13.96 million | 2023 | up 648.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Colombia | 13.54 million | 2023 | up 1,650.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Laos | 13.24 million | 2023 | up 2,870.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Malawi | 13.06 million | 2023 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Somalia | 11.53 million | 2023 | up 958.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Mali | 11.49 million | 2023 | up 252.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Liberia | 10.15 million | 2023 | up 484.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Senegal | 10.13 million | 2023 | up 631.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 9.90 million | 2023 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Gabon | 9.60 million | 2023 | up 389.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Argentina | 9.45 million | 2023 | up 532.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Tajikistan | 9.38 million | 2023 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Mauritania | 9.24 million | 2023 | up 554.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Serbia | 8.80 million | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Congo | 8.77 million | 2023 | up 3,298.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Benin | 8.36 million | 2023 | up 216.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Angola | 8.09 million | 2023 | up 747.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Niger | 7.97 million | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 7.81 million | 2023 | up 146.2% | falling |
| 34 | South Sudan | 7.77 million | 2023 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.36 million | 2023 | up 114.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Moldova | 7.30 million | 2023 | up 560.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Togo | 7.21 million | 2023 | up 973.6% | volatile |
| 38 | El Salvador | 7.04 million | 2023 | up 1,645.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Zambia | 6.73 million | 2023 | up 159.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Indonesia | 6.41 million | 2023 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 41 | Haiti | 6.39 million | 2023 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.12 million | 2023 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 43 | Uganda | 6.07 million | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 44 | Pakistan | 5.96 million | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 45 | South Africa | 5.76 million | 2023 | up 2,647.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Jamaica | 5.54 million | 2023 | up 338.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 5.04 million | 2023 | up 859.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Jordan | 4.69 million | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 4.25 million | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Paraguay | 4.04 million | 2023 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 4.01 million | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Guinea | 3.95 million | 2023 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Gambia | 3.71 million | 2023 | up 350.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Brazil | 3.49 million | 2023 | up 264.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Central African Republic | 3.37 million | 2023 | up 534.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Turkey | 3.07 million | 2023 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Montenegro | 2.89 million | 2023 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Botswana | 2.78 million | 2023 | up 5,011.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Djibouti | 2.64 million | 2023 | up 1,505.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Madagascar | 2.63 million | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Namibia | 2.49 million | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Albania | 2.49 million | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Egypt | 2.43 million | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 2.38 million | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 2.20 million | 2023 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 2.18 million | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Burundi | 2.11 million | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 68 | Mongolia | 1.94 million | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.91 million | 2023 | up 38,724.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Georgia | 1.80 million | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 71 | Myanmar | 1.79 million | 2023 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Libya | 1.60 million | 2023 | up 889.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Palestine | 1.58 million | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Ukraine | 1.58 million | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Tunisia | 1.47 million | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Fiji | 1.38 million | 2023 | up 270.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 1.29 million | 2023 | up 248.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.22 million | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 79 | China | 1.13 million | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Iraq | 1.12 million | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 1.01 million | 2023 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Cambodia | 1.01 million | 2023 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Chad | 987,816 | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Kiribati | 944,807 | 2023 | up 309.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Yemen | 936,012 | 2023 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 917,142 | 2023 | up 724.0% | rising |
| 87 | Suriname | 915,429 | 2023 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Rwanda | 905,288 | 2023 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Lesotho | 836,682 | 2023 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Comoros | 751,278 | 2023 | up 335.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Eritrea | 726,281 | 2023 | up 365.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Grenada | 703,014 | 2023 | up 5,725.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Thailand | 646,810 | 2023 | up 993.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 591,290 | 2023 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Morocco | 577,888 | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 472,540 | 2023 | up 156.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Guatemala | 449,055 | 2023 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Marshall Islands | 430,945 | 2023 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Lebanon | 414,421 | 2023 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 100 | East Timor | 396,366 | 2023 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Honduras | 390,334 | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Mexico | 385,888 | 2023 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 372,284 | 2023 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 343,415 | 2023 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Cuba | 314,242 | 2023 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 284,250 | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Tonga | 269,247 | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 108 | North Korea | 252,980 | 2023 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Venezuela | 245,545 | 2023 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 242,834 | 2020 | up 398.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Mauritius | 233,694 | 2023 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 229,690 | 2023 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Uruguay | 213,137 | 2017 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Malaysia | 212,176 | 2023 | up 462.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Equatorial Guinea | 198,583 | 2023 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Chile | 179,887 | 2017 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 117 | Iran | 175,261 | 2023 | up 463.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Guyana | 164,649 | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Panama | 163,437 | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Cook Islands | 132,799 | 2019 | up 902.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Belize | 128,885 | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 114,193 | 2023 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Samoa | 95,745 | 2023 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Kuwait | 87,143 | 2020 | up 3,615.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Montserrat | 86,149 | 2023 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Seychelles | 83,786 | 2020 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83,622 | 2020 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 128 | Maldives | 66,000 | 2023 | up 615.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Sudan | 55,779 | 2023 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Niue | 55,537 | 2021 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Dominica | 53,182 | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 47,031 | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 43,707 | 2023 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Algeria | 38,542 | 2023 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Tuvalu | 38,447 | 2023 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Eswatini | 33,456 | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Kazakhstan | 31,554 | 2023 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Belarus | 18,073 | 2023 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Palau | 15,758 | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Syria | 13,770 | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Armenia | 13,000 | 2023 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Micronesia (country) | 12,299 | 2023 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Nauru | 10,815 | 2020 | up 899.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,419 | 2020 | — | falling |
| 145 | Afghanistan | 7,080 | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Wallis and Futuna | 5,451 | 2023 | down 93.1% | volatile |