Hard/Critical Technology/Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Additive & Precision Manufacturing

The capacity to make parts that could not be made before and to finish them to tolerances that decide performance: additive manufacturing and high-precision production technology.
factbase.org/cap/EMBM2M9E1B
World mean
4.4
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–7.0
Panel SD
±0.44
round 1 ±0.85 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4
Advanced 11
Established 12
Transitional 13
Foundational 19
Nascent 32
Inception 106

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇩🇪Germany Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.83
5 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
7 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
12 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.71
17 🇨🇦Canada Americas 14 Established ±0.43
18 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
19 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
20 🇳🇴Norway Europe 13 Established ±0.43
21 🇪🇸Spain Europe 13 Established ±0.43
22 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
23 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 12 Established ±0.83
24 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
25 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.43
26 🇷🇺Russia Europe 12 Established ±1.23
27 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
28 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 11 Transitional ±1.09
29 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
30 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
31 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
32 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 10 Transitional ±1.92
33 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±1.09
34 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
35 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
36 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
37 🇷🇴Romania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.87
38 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 9 Transitional ±1.09
39 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 9 Transitional ±0.87
40 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.87
41 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
42 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.83
43 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.87
44 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±0.87
45 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 7 Foundational ±0.87
46 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
47 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.87
48 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
49 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.87
50 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 7 Foundational ±1.30
51 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.87
52 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.83
53 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
54 🇬🇷Greece Europe 6 Foundational ±1.09
55 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.87
56 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 6 Foundational ±0.83
57 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.87
58 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
59 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.23
60 🇨🇱Chile Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
61 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
62 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
63 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
64 🇲🇹Malta Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
65 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
66 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
67 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 4 Nascent ±0.87
68 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
69 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
70 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
71 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
72 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
73 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
74 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
75 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
76 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
77 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
78 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
79 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
80 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
81 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
82 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 3 Nascent ±0.87
83 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
84 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
85 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.23
86 🇵🇪Peru Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
87 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.83
88 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
89 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
90 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
91 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.87
92 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
93 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
94 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
95 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
96 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
97 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
98 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
99 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
100 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
101 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
102 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 2 Inception ±0.71
103 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
104 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
105 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 2 Inception ±1.23
106 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
107 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
108 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
109 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
110 🇵🇦Panama Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
111 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
112 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
113 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
114 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
115 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
116 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
117 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
118 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
119 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
120 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
121 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
122 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
123 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
124 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
125 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
126 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
127 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
128 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
129 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
130 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
131 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
132 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
133 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
134 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
135 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
136 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
137 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
139 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
140 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
141 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
142 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
143 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
144 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
145 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
146 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
147 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
148 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
149 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
150 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.71
151 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
152 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
153 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
154 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
155 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
165 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
166 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
169 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
171 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
179 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
184 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
185 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
186 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
193 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Structural & Composite Materials3.80–20United States
Functional Materials & Coatings4.00–20United States
Nanomaterials & Metamaterials3.90–20United States
Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials2.50–19China, Japan, United States
Energetic Materials4.20–20United States
Advanced Chemical & Process Manufacturing4.70–20United States