Hard/Critical Technology/Energy Technologies

Batteries & Energy Storage

The capacity to develop and produce electrochemical and electrical energy storage, cell chemistries, capacitive storage and the manufacturing technology behind them, at the frontier of density, safety and cost.
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World mean
3.9
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–6.0
Panel SD
±0.47
round 1 ±1.09 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
China

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 2
Established 8
Transitional 15
Foundational 22
Nascent 35
Inception 111

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 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇫🇷France Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 14 Established ±0.43
8 🇨🇦Canada Americas 13 Established ±0.43
9 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.71
10 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 12 Established ±0.43
11 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.50
12 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
13 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
14 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 12 Established ±0.43
15 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.30
16 🇫🇮Finland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
17 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
18 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
19 🇳🇴Norway Europe 11 Transitional ±0.87
20 🇪🇸Spain Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
21 🇮🇹Italy Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
22 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
23 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
24 🇦🇹Austria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
25 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
26 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
27 🇷🇺Russia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.87
28 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
29 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
30 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
31 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
32 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
33 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.87
34 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
35 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
36 🇨🇱Chile Americas 7 Foundational ±1.64
37 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
38 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 7 Foundational ±1.09
39 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
40 🇬🇷Greece Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
41 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 7 Foundational ±1.23
42 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
43 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
44 🇷🇴Romania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
45 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
46 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
47 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.87
48 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 6 Foundational ±1.30
49 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
50 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.87
51 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.87
52 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
53 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
54 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
55 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 5 Nascent ±0.71
56 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
57 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
58 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
59 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
60 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.71
61 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
62 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
63 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 4 Nascent ±1.09
64 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
65 🇵🇪Peru Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
66 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
67 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
68 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
69 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
70 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
71 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
72 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.87
73 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
74 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
75 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
76 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
77 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.83
78 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
79 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
80 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
81 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
82 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
83 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
84 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
85 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
86 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
87 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
88 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.83
89 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
90 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
91 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
92 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
93 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
94 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
95 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
96 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
97 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
98 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.83
99 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
100 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
101 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
102 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
103 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
104 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 2 Inception ±0.87
105 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
106 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
107 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.09
108 🇲🇹Malta Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
109 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
110 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
111 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
112 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
113 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
114 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
115 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
116 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
117 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 2 Inception ±0.83
118 🇵🇦Panama Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
119 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
120 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 2 Inception ±0.87
121 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
122 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
123 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
124 🇦🇱Albania Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
125 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
126 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
127 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 1 Inception ±0.71
128 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
129 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
130 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
131 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
132 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
133 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
134 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
135 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
136 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
137 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
139 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
140 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
141 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
142 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
143 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
144 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
145 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
146 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
147 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
148 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
149 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
150 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
151 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
152 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
153 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
154 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
155 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
156 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
157 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
158 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
159 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
160 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
161 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
162 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
163 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
164 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
165 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
166 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
167 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
168 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
169 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
170 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
171 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
173 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
174 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
175 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
176 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
177 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
178 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
179 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
180 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
181 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
182 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
184 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
185 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
186 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
187 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00

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