| # | Flag | Country | Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier)Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 86.55 | 2017 | |
| 2 | Singapore | 84.57 | 2017 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 84.06 | 2017 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 83.92 | 2017 | |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 83.44 | 2017 | |
| 6 | United States | 82.54 | 2017 | |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 82.22 | 2017 | |
| 8 | Norway | 82.16 | 2017 | |
| 9 | Georgia | 82.04 | 2017 | |
| 10 | Sweden | 81.27 | 2017 | |
| 11 | Republic of Macedonia | 81.18 | 2017 | |
| 12 | Estonia | 80.80 | 2017 | |
| 13 | Finland | 80.37 | 2017 | |
| 14 | Australia | 80.14 | 2017 | |
| 15 | Lithuania | 79.87 | 2017 | |
| 16 | Republic of Ireland | 79.51 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Canada | 79.29 | 2017 | |
| 18 | Latvia | 79.26 | 2017 | |
| 19 | Germany | 79.00 | 2017 | |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 78.73 | 2017 | |
| 21 | Austria | 78.54 | 2017 | |
| 22 | Iceland | 78.50 | 2017 | |
| 23 | Malaysia | 78.43 | 2017 | |
| 24 | Mauritius | 77.54 | 2017 | |
| 25 | Thailand | 77.44 | 2017 | |
| 26 | Poland | 77.30 | 2017 | |
| 27 | Spain | 77.02 | 2017 | |
| 28 | Portugal | 76.84 | 2017 | |
| 29 | Czech Republic | 76.27 | 2017 | |
| 30 | France | 76.13 | 2017 | |
| 31 | Netherlands | 76.03 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Switzerland | 75.92 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Japan | 75.68 | 2017 | |
| 34 | Russia | 75.50 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 75.44 | 2017 | |
| 36 | Slovenia | 75.42 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Belarus | 75.06 | 2017 | |
| 38 | Slovakia | 74.90 | 2017 | |
| 39 | Kosovo | 73.49 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Rwanda | 73.40 | 2017 | |
| 41 | Montenegro | 73.18 | 2017 | |
| 42 | Serbia | 73.13 | 2017 | |
| 43 | Moldova | 73.00 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Romania | 72.87 | 2017 | |
| 45 | Italy | 72.70 | 2017 | |
| 46 | Armenia | 72.51 | 2017 | |
| 47 | Hungary | 72.39 | 2017 | |
| 48 | Mexico | 72.27 | 2017 | |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 71.91 | 2017 | |
| 50 | Croatia | 71.70 | 2017 | |
| 51 | Belgium | 71.69 | 2017 | |
| 52 | Cyprus | 71.63 | 2017 | |
| 53 | Israel | 71.42 | 2017 | |
| 54 | Chile | 71.22 | 2017 | |
| 55 | Brunei | 70.60 | 2017 | |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 70.19 | 2017 | |
| 57 | Peru | 69.45 | 2017 | |
| 58 | Colombia | 69.41 | 2017 | |
| 59 | Turkey | 69.14 | 2017 | |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 69.13 | 2017 | |
| 61 | Mongolia | 69.03 | 2017 | |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 69.01 | 2017 | |
| 63 | Puerto Rico | 68.85 | 2017 | |
| 64 | Albania | 68.70 | 2017 | |
| 65 | Bahrain | 68.13 | 2017 | |
| 66 | Greece | 68.02 | 2017 | |
| 67 | Vietnam | 67.93 | 2017 | |
| 68 | Morocco | 67.91 | 2017 | |
| 69 | Jamaica | 67.27 | 2017 | |
| 70 | Oman | 67.20 | 2017 | |
| 71 | Indonesia | 66.47 | 2017 | |
| 72 | El Salvador | 66.42 | 2017 | |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 66.33 | 2017 | |
| 74 | Bhutan | 66.27 | 2017 | |
| 75 | Ukraine | 65.75 | 2017 | |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.70 | 2017 | |
| 77 | China | 65.29 | 2017 | |
| 78 | Panama | 65.27 | 2017 | |
| 79 | Kenya | 65.15 | 2017 | |
| 80 | Botswana | 64.94 | 2017 | |
| 81 | South Africa | 64.89 | 2017 | |
| 82 | Qatar | 64.86 | 2017 | |
| 83 | Malta | 64.72 | 2017 | |
| 84 | Zambia | 64.50 | 2017 | |
| 85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 64.20 | 2017 | |
| 86 | Samoa | 63.89 | 2017 | |
| 87 | Tunisia | 63.58 | 2017 | |
| 88 | Tonga | 63.43 | 2017 | |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 63.08 | 2017 | |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 62.88 | 2017 | |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 62.50 | 2017 | |
| 92 | San Marino | 62.47 | 2017 | |
| 93 | Uruguay | 61.99 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Seychelles | 61.41 | 2017 | |
| 95 | Kuwait | 61.23 | 2017 | |
| 96 | Guatemala | 61.18 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Dominica | 60.96 | 2017 | |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 60.93 | 2017 | |
| 99 | India | 60.76 | 2017 | |
| 100 | Fiji | 60.74 | 2017 | |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.68 | 2017 | |
| 102 | Jordan | 60.58 | 2017 | |
| 103 | Lesotho | 60.42 | 2017 | |
| 104 | Nepal | 59.95 | 2017 | |
| 105 | Namibia | 59.94 | 2017 | |
| 106 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59.63 | 2017 | |
| 107 | Paraguay | 59.18 | 2017 | |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 59.04 | 2017 | |
| 109 | Malawi | 58.94 | 2017 | |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 58.86 | 2017 | |
| 111 | Swaziland | 58.82 | 2017 | |
| 112 | Philippines | 58.74 | 2017 | |
| 113 | Honduras | 58.46 | 2017 | |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | 58.13 | 2017 | |
| 115 | Argentina | 58.11 | 2017 | |
| 116 | Ecuador | 57.83 | 2017 | |
| 117 | The Bahamas | 57.47 | 2017 | |
| 118 | Ghana | 57.24 | 2017 | |
| 119 | Belize | 57.11 | 2017 | |
| 120 | Uganda | 56.94 | 2017 | |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 56.86 | 2017 | |
| 122 | Iran | 56.48 | 2017 | |
| 123 | Brazil | 56.45 | 2017 | |
| 124 | Guyana | 56.28 | 2017 | |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 56.24 | 2017 | |
| 126 | Egypt | 56.22 | 2017 | |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.72 | 2017 | |
| 128 | Palau | 55.58 | 2017 | |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 55.39 | 2017 | |
| 130 | Barbados | 55.20 | 2017 | |
| 131 | Lebanon | 54.67 | 2017 | |
| 132 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 54.52 | 2017 | |
| 133 | Cambodia | 54.47 | 2017 | |
| 134 | Maldives | 54.42 | 2017 | |
| 135 | Tanzania | 54.04 | 2017 | |
| 136 | Mozambique | 54.00 | 2017 | |
| 137 | Ivory Coast | 53.71 | 2017 | |
| 138 | Senegal | 53.06 | 2017 | |
| 139 | Laos | 53.01 | 2017 | |
| 140 | Grenada | 52.94 | 2017 | |
| 141 | Mali | 52.92 | 2017 | |
| 142 | Niger | 52.34 | 2017 | |
| 143 | Nigeria | 52.03 | 2017 | |
| 144 | Gambia | 51.92 | 2017 | |
| 145 | Pakistan | 51.65 | 2017 | |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | 51.54 | 2017 | |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 51.45 | 2017 | |
| 148 | Mauritania | 50.88 | 2017 | |
| 149 | Benin | 50.47 | 2017 | |
| 150 | Bolivia | 50.18 | 2017 | |
| 151 | Guinea | 49.80 | 2017 | |
| 152 | Djibouti | 49.58 | 2017 | |
| 153 | Federated States of Micronesia | 48.99 | 2017 | |
| 154 | Togo | 48.88 | 2017 | |
| 155 | Kiribati | 48.74 | 2017 | |
| 156 | Comoros | 48.52 | 2017 | |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 48.47 | 2017 | |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 48.18 | 2017 | |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 47.77 | 2017 | |
| 160 | Madagascar | 47.67 | 2017 | |
| 161 | Cameroon | 47.23 | 2017 | |
| 162 | Burundi | 46.92 | 2017 | |
| 163 | Suriname | 46.87 | 2017 | |
| 164 | Algeria | 46.71 | 2017 | |
| 165 | Gabon | 46.19 | 2017 | |
| 166 | Iraq | 44.87 | 2017 | |
| 167 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 44.84 | 2017 | |
| 168 | Sudan | 44.46 | 2017 | |
| 169 | Myanmar | 44.21 | 2017 | |
| 170 | Liberia | 43.55 | 2017 | |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.66 | 2017 | |
| 172 | Syria | 41.55 | 2017 | |
| 173 | Angola | 41.49 | 2017 | |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.45 | 2017 | |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 40.99 | 2017 | |
| 176 | East Timor | 40.62 | 2017 | |
| 177 | Republic of the Congo | 39.57 | 2017 | |
| 178 | Chad | 38.30 | 2017 | |
| 179 | Haiti | 38.24 | 2017 | |
| 180 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 37.65 | 2017 | |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 36.19 | 2017 | |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 34.86 | 2017 | |
| 183 | Libya | 33.21 | 2017 | |
| 184 | Yemen | 33.00 | 2017 | |
| 185 | South Sudan | 32.86 | 2017 | |
| 186 | Venezuela | 30.87 | 2017 | |
| 187 | Eritrea | 22.87 | 2017 | |
| 188 | Somalia | 19.98 | 2017 |