Country capacity to retain talent
scale 1-7, 2013–2017
Country | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Albania | 3.54 | 3.08 | 2.81 | 2.66 | 2.60 |
Algeria | 2.08 | 2.26 | 2.46 | 2.67 | 2.46 |
Angola | 3.47 | 3.68 | |||
Argentina | 3.22 | 3.32 | 3.49 | 3.67 | 3.74 |
Armenia | 2.62 | 2.57 | 2.63 | 2.79 | 3.04 |
Australia | 4.11 | 4.24 | 4.48 | 4.51 | 4.62 |
Austria | 4.54 | 4.36 | 4.38 | 4.57 | 4.32 |
Azerbaijan | 3.50 | 3.52 | 3.52 | 4.12 | 4.53 |
Bahrain | 4.59 | 4.68 | 4.77 | 4.43 | 4.43 |
Bangladesh | 2.56 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 3.01 | 3.21 |
Barbados | 4.30 | 4.24 | 4.20 | 4.16 | |
Belgium | 4.38 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.61 | 4.33 |
Benin | 2.51 | 2.71 | 2.91 | 2.78 | 2.23 |
Bhutan | 4.16 | 4.05 | 4.01 | 3.96 | 4.08 |
Bolivia | 3.93 | 3.77 | 3.28 | 2.71 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.94 | 1.80 |
Botswana | 3.60 | 3.54 | 3.50 | 3.65 | 3.66 |
Brazil | 4.11 | 3.87 | 3.66 | 3.81 | 3.78 |
Brunei | 4.74 | 4.41 | 4.08 | 3.74 | 3.67 |
Bulgaria | 1.93 | 1.81 | 2.08 | 2.55 | 2.52 |
Burkina Faso | 2.63 | 3.01 | |||
Burundi | 1.94 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.19 | 2.50 |
Cambodia | 3.94 | 3.72 | 3.50 | 3.68 | 3.69 |
Cameroon | 2.88 | 2.98 | 2.77 | 2.63 | 2.61 |
Canada | 4.64 | 4.80 | 4.91 | 4.85 | 5.00 |
Cape Verde | 3.56 | 3.67 | 3.57 | 3.44 | 3.34 |
Chad | 2.24 | 2.43 | 2.60 | 2.75 | 2.69 |
Chile | 5.04 | 4.80 | 4.78 | 4.91 | 5.02 |
China | 4.28 | 4.17 | 4.17 | 4.21 | 4.33 |
Colombia | 3.50 | 3.39 | 3.28 | 3.47 | 3.47 |
Congo (Kinshasa) | 2.62 | 2.78 | |||
Costa Rica | 4.82 | 4.75 | 4.42 | 4.48 | 4.55 |
Croatia | 2.27 | 2.11 | 2.06 | 2.15 | 2.08 |
Cyprus | 4.19 | 4.05 | 3.70 | 3.45 | 3.66 |
Czechia | 2.83 | 3.31 | 3.62 | 3.65 | 3.69 |
Denmark | 3.95 | 3.95 | 4.33 | 4.69 | 4.67 |
Dominican Republic | 3.42 | 3.29 | 3.39 | 3.40 | 3.04 |
Ecuador | 4.04 | 3.75 | 3.45 | 3.18 | 3.07 |
Egypt | 2.30 | 2.87 | 2.94 | 2.94 | 2.95 |
El Salvador | 3.47 | 3.47 | 3.01 | 2.62 | 2.54 |
Estonia | 3.00 | 3.02 | 3.15 | 3.29 | 3.42 |
Eswatini | 2.56 | 2.77 | 3.20 | 3.19 | 3.18 |
Ethiopia | 2.76 | 3.14 | 3.55 | 3.56 | 3.37 |
Finland | 5.83 | 5.58 | 5.33 | 5.17 | 5.10 |
France | 3.57 | 3.61 | 3.53 | 3.26 | 3.27 |
Gabon | 3.08 | 3.44 | 3.42 | 3.18 | |
Gambia | 3.23 | 3.42 | 3.61 | 3.54 | 3.97 |
Georgia | 3.08 | 2.99 | 2.92 | 2.98 | 3.02 |
Germany | 5.09 | 5.06 | 4.94 | 4.84 | 5.07 |
Ghana | 3.68 | 3.58 | 3.63 | 3.80 | 3.91 |
Greece | 3.15 | 3.03 | 2.77 | 2.59 | 2.48 |
Guatemala | 3.92 | 4.06 | 4.04 | 3.99 | 3.90 |
Guinea | 2.81 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.57 | 2.63 |
Guyana | 4.16 | 3.99 | 3.64 | ||
Haiti | 2.33 | 2.18 | 2.10 | 1.94 | 1.78 |
Honduras | 2.58 | 3.36 | 3.70 | 3.49 | 3.36 |
Hong Kong | 5.39 | 5.25 | 5.19 | 5.19 | 5.15 |
Hungary | 2.55 | 2.58 | 2.51 | 2.39 | 2.43 |
Iceland | 4.44 | 4.35 | 4.56 | 4.92 | 4.98 |
India | 3.78 | 3.93 | 3.89 | 4.32 | 4.59 |
Indonesia | 4.07 | 4.15 | 4.10 | 4.17 | 4.34 |
Iran | 2.34 | 2.51 | 2.59 | 2.62 | 2.93 |
Ireland | 4.05 | 4.21 | 4.60 | 4.74 | 4.66 |
Israel | 3.83 | 3.63 | 4.01 | 4.52 | 4.76 |
Italy | 2.66 | 2.60 | 2.72 | 2.85 | 2.87 |
Ivory Coast | 3.14 | 3.75 | 3.87 | 3.59 | |
Jamaica | 2.97 | 2.92 | 2.88 | 2.99 | 3.14 |
Japan | 4.31 | 4.41 | 4.25 | 4.07 | 3.91 |
Jordan | 3.66 | 3.92 | 3.77 | 3.69 | 3.42 |
Kazakhstan | 3.27 | 3.41 | 3.62 | 3.57 | 3.24 |
Kenya | 3.92 | 3.77 | 3.50 | 3.74 | 3.98 |
Kuwait | 3.47 | 3.43 | 3.39 | 3.30 | 3.20 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1.91 | 2.15 | 2.46 | 2.53 | 2.48 |
Laos | 4.18 | 4.11 | 3.83 | 3.89 | 3.92 |
Latvia | 3.00 | 3.07 | 2.90 | 2.63 | 2.54 |
Lebanon | 2.68 | 2.26 | 2.56 | 2.82 | 2.89 |
Lesotho | 3.08 | 3.43 | 3.62 | 3.21 | 3.27 |
Liberia | 3.14 | 3.44 | 3.74 | 3.81 | 3.42 |
Libya | 3.14 | 2.67 | |||
Lithuania | 2.53 | 2.66 | 2.82 | 2.89 | 2.73 |
Luxembourg | 5.06 | 4.99 | 5.04 | 5.08 | 5.19 |
Madagascar | 3.01 | 2.94 | 3.01 | 2.93 | 2.83 |
Malawi | 3.31 | 3.33 | 3.25 | 3.23 | 3.23 |
Malaysia | 4.63 | 5.07 | 5.31 | 5.27 | 5.09 |
Mali | 3.54 | 3.44 | 3.37 | 3.46 | 3.11 |
Malta | 4.20 | 4.05 | 4.12 | 4.37 | 4.46 |
Mauritania | 2.13 | 2.33 | 2.32 | 2.94 | 2.64 |
Mauritius | 3.08 | 3.18 | 3.44 | 3.80 | 3.72 |
Mexico | 3.58 | 3.49 | 3.49 | 3.54 | 3.50 |
Moldova | 1.88 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.88 | 1.91 |
Mongolia | 2.66 | 2.84 | 2.75 | 2.51 | 2.42 |
Montenegro | 3.49 | 3.31 | 3.15 | 2.96 | 2.99 |
Morocco | 3.62 | 3.78 | 3.42 | 3.20 | 3.15 |
Mozambique | 3.23 | 3.40 | 3.48 | 3.42 | 3.13 |
Myanmar (Burma) | 1.69 | 1.75 | 1.86 | ||
Namibia | 3.46 | 3.40 | 3.67 | 3.77 | 3.68 |
Nepal | 2.48 | 2.70 | 2.88 | 2.72 | 2.67 |
Netherlands | 4.84 | 4.85 | 5.06 | 5.25 | 5.25 |
New Zealand | 3.27 | 3.69 | 4.12 | 4.36 | 4.63 |
Nicaragua | 3.26 | 3.14 | 2.94 | 2.94 | 3.05 |
Nigeria | 2.94 | 3.11 | 3.17 | 3.32 | 3.39 |
North Macedonia | 2.56 | 2.48 | 2.38 | 2.68 | |
Norway | 5.62 | 5.58 | 5.54 | 5.55 | 5.46 |
Oman | 4.82 | 4.48 | 3.99 | 4.17 | 4.17 |
Pakistan | 2.90 | 3.18 | 3.48 | 3.41 | 3.56 |
Panama | 4.61 | 4.58 | 4.66 | 4.70 | 4.51 |
Paraguay | 3.13 | 2.99 | 3.22 | 3.55 | 3.44 |
Peru | 3.98 | 3.93 | 3.84 | 3.81 | 3.68 |
Philippines | 3.43 | 3.52 | 3.76 | 3.73 | 3.60 |
Poland | 2.65 | 2.70 | 2.69 | 2.98 | 3.17 |
Portugal | 2.81 | 3.12 | 3.39 | 3.54 | 3.50 |
Puerto Rico | 2.92 | 2.92 | |||
Qatar | 5.97 | 5.78 | 5.69 | 5.54 | 5.17 |
Romania | 2.08 | 2.47 | 2.29 | 2.07 | 2.01 |
Russia | 2.79 | 2.95 | 2.95 | 3.32 | 3.53 |
Rwanda | 4.32 | 4.32 | 4.52 | 4.72 | 4.90 |
Saudi Arabia | 4.64 | 4.45 | 4.59 | 4.73 | 4.53 |
Senegal | 3.47 | 3.35 | 3.24 | 3.26 | 3.18 |
Serbia | 1.84 | 1.82 | 1.67 | 1.68 | 1.84 |
Seychelles | 3.20 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.18 | 3.23 |
Sierra Leone | 2.72 | 2.53 | 2.69 | 3.04 | 2.97 |
Singapore | 5.14 | 5.22 | 5.38 | 5.48 | 5.46 |
Slovakia | 2.39 | 2.40 | 2.45 | 2.61 | 2.45 |
Slovenia | 2.87 | 2.88 | 2.98 | 3.13 | 3.12 |
South Africa | 3.77 | 3.72 | 3.56 | 3.53 | 3.25 |
South Korea | 4.42 | 4.44 | 4.46 | 4.42 | 4.46 |
Spain | 2.86 | 2.90 | 3.13 | 3.30 | 3.27 |
Sri Lanka | 2.93 | 2.89 | 3.42 | 3.77 | 3.43 |
Suriname | 2.95 | 2.84 | |||
Sweden | 5.09 | 4.75 | 4.87 | 5.00 | 4.94 |
Switzerland | 5.82 | 5.78 | 5.85 | 6.07 | 5.96 |
Tajikistan | 3.49 | 3.70 | 3.88 | 3.88 | |
Tanzania | 3.29 | 3.02 | 3.16 | 3.47 | 3.27 |
Thailand | 4.33 | 4.15 | 4.04 | 3.91 | 3.97 |
Timor Leste | 3.56 | 3.57 | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | 3.40 | 3.36 | 3.62 | 3.62 | 3.49 |
Tunisia | 3.38 | 3.03 | 2.66 | 2.79 | 2.68 |
Turkey | 3.27 | 3.18 | 3.26 | 3.23 | 3.23 |
Uganda | 2.67 | 2.82 | 2.88 | 3.12 | 2.98 |
Ukraine | 2.01 | 2.29 | 2.71 | 2.52 | 2.19 |
United Arab Emirates | 5.51 | 5.47 | 5.47 | 5.60 | 5.85 |
United Kingdom | 5.01 | 5.03 | 5.25 | 5.41 | 5.34 |
United States | 5.68 | 5.73 | 5.72 | 5.64 | 5.74 |
Uruguay | 3.29 | 3.27 | 3.39 | 3.49 | 3.22 |
Venezuela | 1.81 | 1.81 | 1.69 | 1.68 | 1.63 |
Vietnam | 3.03 | 3.18 | 3.23 | 3.24 | 3.51 |
Yemen | 2.08 | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.92 | 2.12 |
Zambia | 3.53 | 3.44 | 3.67 | 3.55 | 3.25 |
Zimbabwe | 2.99 | 2.65 | 2.38 | 2.43 | 2.45 |