Functional Materials & Coatings — 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.

research publication share in functional materials
patent families in smart materials and coatings

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 10

Established 10

Transitional 13

Foundational 17

Nascent 26

Inception 118

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	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
15	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
16	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
17	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
18	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
19	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
20	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
21	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	12	Established	±0.71
22	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
23	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
24	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±1.48
25	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
26	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
27	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
28	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
29	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
30	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
31	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.87
32	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
33	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
34	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
36	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
37	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
38	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
39	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
40	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
41	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
42	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
43	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±1.12
44	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	7	Foundational	±4.21
45	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.71
46	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.71
47	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
48	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
49	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
50	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.71
52	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
53	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
54	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
55	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
56	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
57	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
58	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
59	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
60	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.30
61	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.71
62	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.71
63	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
64	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
65	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
66	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±1.00
67	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.87
68	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.83
69	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
70	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.87
71	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
72	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.87
73	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
74	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
75	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
76	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
77	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
78	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	3	Nascent	±1.09
79	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.71
80	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
81	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.71
82	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.87
83	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.71
84	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
85	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.71
86	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
87	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
88	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
89	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
91	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
92	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
93	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.83
94	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.83
95	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
96	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
97	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
98	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
99	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
100	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
101	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
102	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
103	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
104	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
105	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
106	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
107	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
108	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
109	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
110	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
111	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
112	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
113	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
114	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
115	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
116	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
117	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
118	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
119	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
120	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
121	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
122	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
123	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
124	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
125	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
126	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
127	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
128	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
129	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
130	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
131	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.71
132	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
133	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
134	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
135	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
136	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
137	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
138	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
139	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
140	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
141	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
142	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
143	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
144	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
145	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
146	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
147	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
148	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
149	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
150	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
151	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
152	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
153	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
154	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
155	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
156	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
157	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
158	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
159	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
160	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
161	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
162	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
163	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
164	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
165	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
166	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
167	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
168	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
169	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
170	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
171	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
172	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
175	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
176	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
177	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
178	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
187	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
188	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
193	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
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	±0.00

Others in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Structural & Composite Materials	3.8	0–20	United States
Nanomaterials & Metamaterials	3.9	0–20	United States
Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials	2.5	0–19	China, Japan, United States
Energetic Materials	4.2	0–20	United States
Additive & Precision Manufacturing	4.4	0–20	United States
Advanced Chemical & Process Manufacturing	4.7	0–20	United States