🇪🇪 Estonia's National Capability. GINC's Emerging Assessment.
Estonia sits on the global frontier (T1) for Human Capital, Governance & Integrity and Investment & Trade, positioning 🇪🇪 Estonia in 7th place globally.
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- 🇪🇪 Estonia sits on the global frontier (T1) for Human Capital, Governance & Integrity and Investment & Trade, positioning 🇪🇪 Estonia in 7th place globally.
- 🇪🇪 Estonia ranks 4th in Soft Capability and 7th in Economic Capability. Strong T2 positions in Information & Influence and Production & Innovation support 🇪🇪 Estonia's strong global profile.
- GINC's National Capability Assessments focus on capability quality, not quantity, advantaging smaller, high performing nations such as 🇪🇪 Estonia that have developed distinct frontier advantages over time.
Figure 1. Estonia's National Capability Relative to Global Frontier Nations
| Capability | ABBREV | 🇪🇪 Tier | Frontier Nations – T1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hard Capability | |||
| Critical Technology | CT | 🇪🇪 T7 | 🇺🇸 |
| Strategic Infrastructure | SI | 🇪🇪 T3 | 🇨🇭🇫🇮🇯🇵🇰🇷🇳🇱🇳🇴🇸🇬🇸🇪🇦🇪🇺🇸 |
| National Security | NS | 🇪🇪 T5 | 🇮🇱🇺🇸 |
| Soft Capability | |||
| Human Capital | HC | 🇪🇪 T1 | 🇨🇭🇪🇪🇮🇱🇸🇬🇺🇸 |
| Information Influence | II | 🇪🇪 T2 | 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇯🇵🇰🇷🇳🇱🇳🇴🇸🇬🇸🇪🇨🇭🇦🇪🇺🇸 |
| Governance Integrity | GI | 🇪🇪 T1 | 🇨🇭🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇮🇱🇳🇴🇸🇬🇸🇪 |
| Economic Capability | |||
| Financial Strength | FS | 🇪🇪 T3 | 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇸🇬🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸 |
| Production & Innovation | PI | 🇪🇪 T2 | 🇨🇭🇮🇱🇰🇷🇸🇬🇸🇪🇺🇸 |
| Investment & Trade | IT | 🇪🇪 T1 | 🇨🇭🇪🇪🇮🇱🇰🇷🇸🇬🇺🇸 |
Figure 1. Top 10 Capability Groups for Estonia
| Rank | Capability Domain | Capability Group | Score | PERC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human Capital | 🇪🇪 Digital & AI Literacy | 17.7 | 100.0% |
| 1 | Investment & Trade | 🇪🇪 Digital Trade & Services | 17.3 | 100.0% |
| 1 | Governance & Integrity | 🇪🇪 Public Trust & Legitimacy | 16.7 | 100.0% |
| 2 | Governance & Integrity | 🇪🇪 Government Effectiveness | 17.7 | 99.5% |
| 2 | Governance & Integrity | 🇪🇪 Integrity & Anti-Corruption | 17.0 | 99.5% |
| 2 | Information & Influence | 🇪🇪 National Identity & Social Cohesion | 16.7 | 99.5% |
| 2 | Governance & Integrity | 🇪🇪 Policy & Regulatory Quality | 16.7 | 99.5% |
| 2 | Production & Innovation | 🇪🇪 Technology Adoption & Diffusion | 16.7 | 99.5% |
| 2 | Production & Innovation | 🇪🇪 SMEs & Startups | 15.3 | 99.5% |
| 3 | Governance & Integrity | 🇪🇪 Transparency & Accountability | 16.0 | 99.1% |
Figure 1. Bottom 10 Capability Groups for Estonia
| Rank | Capability Domain | Capability Group | Score | PERC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Critical Technology | 🇪🇪 Space, Robotics & Mobility | 7.0 | 75.7% |
| 62 | Production & Innovation | 🇪🇪 Industrial & Manufacturing Capacity | 10.0 | 71.5% |
| 62 | Critical Technology | 🇪🇪 Advanced Materials | 8.5 | 71.5% |
| 62 | Critical Technology | 🇪🇪 Energy Technology | 7.4 | 71.5% |
| 74 | National Security | 🇪🇪 Space Capability | 7.0 | 65.9% |
| 80 | Strategic Infrastructure | 🇪🇪 Aerospace Infrastructure | 8.3 | 63.1% |
| 88 | Financial Strength | 🇪🇪 Sovereign Wealth & Reserve Capacity | 9.3 | 59.3% |
| 103 | National Security | 🇪🇪 Maritime Power | 4.8 | 52.3% |
| 116 | National Security | 🇪🇪 Nuclear Capability | 1.7 | 46.3% |
| 177 | National Security | 🇪🇪 Air Power | 3.5 | 17.8% |
