Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry — National Capability Index

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.

major hazard establishment count
chemical production capacity by product class
domestic supply share of critical chemical inputs

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 18

Established 25

Transitional 24

Foundational 20

Nascent 54

Inception 51

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	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
6	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.87
20	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	15	Advanced	±1.23
21	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
22	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
23	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
25	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
26	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
27	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
28	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
29	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
30	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	14	Established	±1.30
31	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
32	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	14	Established	±0.43
33	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	14	Established	±0.71
34	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
35	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
36	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
37	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
38	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
39	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
41	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
42	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
43	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
44	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
45	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12	Established	±1.09
46	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
47	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
48	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
49	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.71
50	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
51	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
52	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
53	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
54	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
56	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
58	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
63	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
64	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
65	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
66	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
67	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
68	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
69	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
70	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
71	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
72	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
73	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
74	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
75	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
76	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
77	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
78	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
80	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
81	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
82	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
83	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
84	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
85	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
86	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
87	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
88	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
89	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
90	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
92	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
93	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
94	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
95	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
96	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
98	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
100	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
101	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
102	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
103	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
104	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
105	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
106	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
107	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
108	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
109	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
111	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
112	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
113	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
114	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
115	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
116	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
117	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
118	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
119	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
120	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
121	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
122	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.00
123	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
124	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
125	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
126	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
127	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
128	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
130	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
132	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
133	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
135	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
136	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
137	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
138	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
139	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
140	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
142	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
143	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
147	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
148	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
149	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
150	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	2	Inception	±0.83
151	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
152	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
153	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
154	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
155	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
156	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
157	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
158	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
159	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
160	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
161	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
162	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
163	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.83
164	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
165	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
166	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.71
167	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
169	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
170	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
171	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
172	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
173	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
174	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
175	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
176	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
177	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
178	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
179	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
180	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.83
181	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
182	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
183	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
184	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
185	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
186	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
187	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
188	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
189	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
190	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
191	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
192	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
193	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
196	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Advanced Manufacturing

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Materials & Inputs	7.4	0–19	China
Production Systems	7.4	0–19	China, Germany, Japan
Supply Chain & Ecosystem	7.4	0–19	China, United States
Workforce & Innovation	6.4	0–19	Germany, Japan, South Korea