Hard/Critical Technology/Biotechnology & Health Technologies

Biomanufacturing

The capacity to make with biology: fermentation, cell and gene production platforms, vaccine and biologics manufacture, and the bioprocess technology that turns biological designs into supply.
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World mean
4.6
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–7.0
Panel SD
±0.39
round 1 ±0.94 — 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 12
Established 8
Transitional 17
Foundational 17
Nascent 34
Inception 103

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 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 19 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 18 Frontier ±1.09
6 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
7 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.83
12 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.71
14 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±1.12
15 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
16 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
18 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.00
20 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.00
22 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 13 Established ±1.30
23 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.83
24 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
25 🇫🇮Finland Europe 12 Established ±0.43
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.83
27 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±0.83
28 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 11 Transitional ±1.92
29 🇳🇴Norway Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
30 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
31 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.87
32 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
33 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
34 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±1.23
35 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 10 Transitional ±1.12
36 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 10 Transitional ±0.83
37 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
38 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
39 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±1.09
40 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 9 Transitional ±1.12
41 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 9 Transitional ±1.23
42 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
43 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
44 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 8 Foundational ±0.83
45 🇷🇴Romania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
46 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
47 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
48 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
49 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
50 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.71
51 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.09
52 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
53 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
54 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
55 🇬🇷Greece Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
56 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
57 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
58 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
59 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
60 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
61 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
62 🇨🇱Chile Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
63 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
64 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
65 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.83
66 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
67 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 5 Nascent ±1.48
68 🇲🇹Malta Europe 5 Nascent ±0.87
69 🇵🇪Peru Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
70 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
71 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
72 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
73 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 4 Nascent ±1.23
74 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
75 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
76 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
77 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
78 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
79 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
80 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
81 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
82 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
83 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
84 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
85 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
86 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
87 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
88 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
89 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.87
90 🇵🇦Panama Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
91 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
92 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
93 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
94 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
95 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
96 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
97 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
98 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
99 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
100 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
101 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
102 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
103 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
104 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
105 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
106 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
107 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
108 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 2 Inception ±1.09
109 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
110 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
111 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
112 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
113 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.87
114 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
115 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
116 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
117 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
118 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 2 Inception ±1.09
119 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
120 🇦🇱Albania Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
121 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
122 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
123 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
124 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
125 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
126 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
127 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
128 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
129 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
130 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
131 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
132 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
133 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
134 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
135 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
136 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
137 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
139 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
140 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
141 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
142 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
143 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
144 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
145 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
146 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
147 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
148 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
149 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
150 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
151 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
152 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
153 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
154 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
155 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
156 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
157 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
158 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
159 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
160 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
161 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
166 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
169 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
181 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
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

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