Hard/Critical Technology/Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Advanced Chemical & Process Manufacturing

The capacity to design and run advanced chemical and process manufacturing, continuous-flow synthesis, process intensification and the scale-up technology that turns laboratory chemistry into industrial supply.
factbase.org/cap/X1ETSGZE1C
World mean
4.7
of 20 · median 3.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–7.0
Panel SD
±0.33
round 1 ±1.03 — 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 6
Advanced 9
Established 13
Transitional 11
Foundational 21
Nascent 40
Inception 97

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 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
5 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
6 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
7 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 15 Advanced ±1.41
13 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±0.43
17 🇨🇦Canada Americas 14 Established ±0.43
18 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
19 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
20 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.50
21 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
22 🇳🇴Norway Europe 13 Established ±0.00
23 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
24 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
25 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.00
26 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
27 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
28 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.83
29 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
30 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
31 🇵🇱Poland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
32 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
33 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
34 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
35 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
36 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
37 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
38 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
39 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.83
40 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
41 🇬🇷Greece Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
42 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.71
43 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
44 🇷🇴Romania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
45 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.71
46 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
47 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
48 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
49 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
50 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
51 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
52 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
53 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
54 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
55 🇨🇱Chile Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
56 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
57 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 6 Foundational ±0.71
58 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 6 Foundational ±1.41
59 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
60 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
61 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
62 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 5 Nascent ±0.87
63 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
64 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
65 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
66 🇲🇹Malta Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
67 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
68 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.83
69 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
70 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 5 Nascent ±1.12
71 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
72 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
73 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
74 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
75 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
76 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
77 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 4 Nascent ±1.48
78 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
79 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 4 Nascent ±1.00
80 🇵🇪Peru Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
81 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
82 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
83 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±1.23
84 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
85 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
86 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
87 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
88 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
89 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
90 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
91 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
92 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
93 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
94 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
95 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
96 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
97 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
98 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
99 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
100 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
101 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
102 🇦🇴Angola Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
103 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
104 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
105 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
106 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
107 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
108 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
109 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
110 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
111 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
112 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
113 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
114 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
115 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
116 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
117 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
118 🇵🇦Panama Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
119 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
120 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
121 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
122 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
123 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
124 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
125 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
126 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
127 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
128 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
129 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
130 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
131 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
132 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
133 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
134 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
135 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
136 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
137 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
138 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
139 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
140 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
141 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
142 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
143 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
144 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
145 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
146 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
147 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
148 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
149 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
150 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
151 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
152 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
153 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
154 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
155 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
156 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
157 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
158 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
172 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
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 ±0.00
184 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
188 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
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
Additive & Precision Manufacturing4.40–20United States