Genomics & Biological Data — 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 genomics
national sequencing capacity
population genomic datasets held

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 12

Established 11

Transitional 21

Foundational 33

Nascent 46

Inception 70

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	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
18	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
19	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
20	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
21	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
22	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
23	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
24	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
25	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
26	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	12	Established	±2.28
27	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±1.41
28	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
29	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
30	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
31	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
32	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.83
33	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
34	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.71
36	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
37	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.83
38	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
40	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
42	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
43	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.87
44	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
45	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
46	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
47	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
48	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
49	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
50	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
51	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
52	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
53	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
54	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
55	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
56	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
57	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
59	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
60	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
61	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
62	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
63	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
64	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
65	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
66	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
68	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
69	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
70	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
71	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
72	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
73	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
74	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
75	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
76	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
77	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
78	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
80	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
81	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.71
82	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
83	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
84	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
85	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
86	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
87	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
88	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
89	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
90	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
91	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
92	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	5	Nascent	±1.12
93	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
94	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
95	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
96	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
97	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.83
98	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
99	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
100	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
102	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
103	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
104	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
105	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
106	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
107	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
108	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
111	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
112	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
113	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
114	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.87
117	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
118	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
120	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
121	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
122	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
123	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
124	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
126	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
127	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
128	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
129	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
130	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
131	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
132	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
133	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
134	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
135	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
136	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
137	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
138	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
139	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
140	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
141	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
142	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
143	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
144	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
145	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
146	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
147	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
148	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
149	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
150	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
151	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
152	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
153	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
154	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
155	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
156	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
157	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
158	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
159	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
160	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
161	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
162	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
163	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
164	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
165	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
166	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
167	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
168	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
169	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
170	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
171	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
172	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
173	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
174	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
175	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
176	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
177	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
178	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
179	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
180	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
181	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
182	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
183	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
185	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
186	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
194	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
196	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43

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Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Synthetic Biology & Genetic Engineering	4.5	0–20	United States
Biomanufacturing	4.6	0–20	United States
Nuclear Medicine & Radioisotope Technologies	4.3	0–20	United States
Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical Countermeasures	4.5	0–20	United States