Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical Countermeasures

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.

novel therapeutics approved
vaccine candidates advanced to late-stage trials
time from pathogen identification to authorised countermeasure

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 12

Established 10

Transitional 14

Foundational 22

Nascent 28

Inception 107

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.

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

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