Hard/Critical Technology/Semiconductors & Advanced Computing

Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication

The capacity to fabricate semiconductors at or near the leading edge: the process technology, yield mastery and production know-how of advanced nodes.
pending/cap/advanced-semiconductor-fabrication
World mean
1.8
of 20 · median 0.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–1.0
Panel SD
±0.36
round 1 ±0.70 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
Taiwan

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 3
Advanced 2
Established 5
Transitional 5
Foundational 6
Nascent 20
Inception 156

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 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.83
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.71
5 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.87
6 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 14 Established ±1.73
7 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±1.09
8 🇩🇪Germany Europe 13 Established ±1.80
9 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 13 Established ±0.50
10 🇫🇷France Europe 12 Established ±1.41
11 🇮🇹Italy Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
12 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 10 Transitional ±2.06
13 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 9 Transitional ±3.83
14 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
15 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 9 Transitional ±1.09
16 🇦🇹Austria Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
17 🇷🇺Russia Europe 8 Foundational ±1.50
18 🇨🇦Canada Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
19 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
20 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±2.55
21 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
22 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 5 Nascent ±1.73
23 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 5 Nascent ±1.30
24 🇵🇱Poland Europe 5 Nascent ±1.23
25 🇪🇸Spain Europe 5 Nascent ±1.09
26 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 5 Nascent ±1.58
27 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.83
28 🇫🇮Finland Europe 4 Nascent ±1.50
29 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 4 Nascent ±2.60
30 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.50
31 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 4 Nascent ±1.50
32 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.30
33 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
34 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
35 🇬🇷Greece Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
36 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
37 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 3 Nascent ±1.66
38 🇳🇴Norway Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
39 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
40 🇷🇴Romania Europe 3 Nascent ±1.50
41 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
42 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 2 Inception ±1.30
43 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.30
44 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.23
45 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
46 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 2 Inception ±1.23
47 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
48 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.30
49 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
50 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
51 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
52 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
53 🇨🇱Chile Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
54 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
55 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
56 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
57 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
58 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
59 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
60 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
61 🇲🇹Malta Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
62 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
63 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
64 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
65 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
66 🇵🇪Peru Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
67 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
68 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
69 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
70 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
71 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
72 🇦🇱Albania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
73 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
74 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
75 🇦🇴Angola Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
76 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
77 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
78 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
79 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
80 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
81 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
82 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
83 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
84 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
85 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
86 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
87 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
88 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
89 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
90 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
91 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
92 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
93 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
94 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
95 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
96 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
97 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
98 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
99 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
100 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
101 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
102 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
103 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
104 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
105 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
106 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
107 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
108 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
109 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
110 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
111 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
112 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
113 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
114 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
115 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
116 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
117 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
118 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
119 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
120 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
121 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
122 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
123 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
124 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
125 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
126 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
127 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
128 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
129 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
130 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
131 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
132 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
133 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
134 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
135 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇱🇾Libya Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
139 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
145 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
146 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
158 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
159 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
160 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇵🇦Panama Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
166 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
167 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇹🇬Togo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Semiconductors & Advanced Computing

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Semiconductor Design & EDA3.00–20United States
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials1.90–20Japan, Netherlands, United States
Advanced Packaging & Heterogeneous Integration2.10–20Taiwan
Compound & Power Semiconductors2.40–20United States
High-Performance & AI Computing3.50–20United States