Machine Economy Index
Composite health score for the machine economy. Updated daily from normalized rail metrics and the Legal Rail Readiness Score.
Machine Economy Index
32.6[29, 37]
Robustness band (§6.7 sensitivity over weights and goalposts). Methodology
Geometric 32.6 · Arithmetic 37.0 · Gap 4.5The record starts here.
Daily scores accumulate from July 15, 2026.
7-day change
7-day change appears once a full week of daily scores has accumulated. Legal links to the LRRS breakdown below.
How the index is built
Four components, weighted equally
Each rail scores on a 1–100 scale. The index is their geometric mean.
Payment
Physical
Legal
Macro
4 metrics
6 metrics
LRRS
4 metrics
32.6
Geometric (MEI)
37.0
Simple average
4.5
Balance gap
The geometric mean sits at or below a simple average — the gap grows as the four components spread apart.
Legal readiness
Legal Rail Readiness Score (LRRS)
How far the world's legal frameworks have caught up with the machine economy, weighted by each jurisdiction's share of world GDP.
Bars show the share of in-scope world GDP with a framework in force; the dashed line marks 89.1% — the combined GDP of all jurisdictions in scope (the practical ceiling).
Coverage is currently concentrated in stablecoin frameworks — led by MiCA across EU member states.
No jurisdiction in scope yet has an operational machine-readable legal-identity framework.
No jurisdiction in scope yet has an operational framework for free zones or multilateral instruments.
MEI Score History
Daily composite score — updated daily
Methodology summary
The MEI is an equal-weighted geometric mean across four components (three rails plus realized demand). Each component is normalized from its constituent metrics on a 1–100 scale. See the Methodology for the full derivation.
On being opinionated
The MEI is transparently opinionated — like every major reference index, its metric selection, normalization bounds, and aggregation rules are deliberate editorial choices, published in full and versioned when changed. Credibility comes from consistency and transparency, not from pretending to be above judgment.
Read the full case for equal weights and geometric aggregation →
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