Hard/Critical Technology/Semiconductors & Advanced Computing

Compound & Power Semiconductors

The capacity to develop and produce compound, wide-bandgap and power semiconductors, the device families that carry power electronics, radio frequency and extreme environments.
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World mean
2.4
of 20 · median 0.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–3.0
Panel SD
±0.30
round 1 ±0.70 — 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 4
Advanced 5
Established 6
Transitional 6
Foundational 6
Nascent 23
Inception 147

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 ±0.43
2 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
6 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
10 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±1.12
11 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 14 Established ±0.83
12 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 13 Established ±1.00
13 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 13 Established ±0.43
14 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 12 Established ±0.83
15 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
16 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
17 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 11 Transitional ±1.30
18 🇨🇦Canada Americas 10 Transitional ±1.12
19 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
20 🇷🇺Russia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
21 🇪🇸Spain Europe 9 Transitional ±1.41
22 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
23 🇫🇮Finland Europe 8 Foundational ±0.71
24 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
25 🇵🇱Poland Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
26 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.09
27 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
28 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
29 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
30 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
31 🇳🇴Norway Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
32 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 5 Nascent ±1.30
33 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±1.23
34 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
35 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 4 Nascent ±0.83
36 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 4 Nascent ±1.09
37 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
38 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
39 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.83
40 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
41 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
42 🇬🇷Greece Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
43 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.83
44 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.09
45 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
46 🇷🇴Romania Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
47 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
48 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
49 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
50 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
51 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
52 🇨🇱Chile Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
53 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
54 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
55 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
56 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
57 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
58 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
59 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.87
60 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
61 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
62 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
63 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
64 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
65 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
66 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
67 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
68 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
69 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
70 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
71 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
72 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
73 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
74 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
75 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
76 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
77 🇲🇹Malta Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
78 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
79 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
80 🇵🇪Peru Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
81 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
82 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
83 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
84 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
85 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
86 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
87 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
88 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
89 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
90 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
91 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
92 🇦🇱Albania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
93 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
94 🇦🇴Angola Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
95 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
96 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
97 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
98 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
99 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
100 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
101 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
102 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
103 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
104 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
105 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
106 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
107 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
108 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
109 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
110 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
111 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
112 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
113 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
114 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
115 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
116 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
117 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
118 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
119 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
120 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
121 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
122 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
123 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
124 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
125 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
126 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
127 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
128 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
129 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
130 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
131 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
132 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
133 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
134 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
135 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
136 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
137 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
139 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
142 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
145 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇱🇾Libya Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
157 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
162 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
165 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
168 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
169 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
171 🇵🇦Panama Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
175 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
187 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
189 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇹🇬Togo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Semiconductors & Advanced Computing

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Semiconductor Design & EDA3.00–20United States
Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication1.80–20Taiwan
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials1.90–20Japan, Netherlands, United States
Advanced Packaging & Heterogeneous Integration2.10–20Taiwan
High-Performance & AI Computing3.50–20United States