Industrial Technology Diffusion — 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.

robot density per 10,000 manufacturing workers
advanced technology adoption among small firms
extension service reach

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 15

Established 16

Transitional 24

Foundational 36

Nascent 65

Inception 37

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	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
13	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.83
17	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
19	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
21	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
22	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
24	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
25	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
26	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±0.87
27	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
28	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
29	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
30	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
31	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
32	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
33	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
34	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
35	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
36	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
37	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.87
38	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
40	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.87
41	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
42	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
43	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
44	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
45	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
46	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
47	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
48	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
49	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
50	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
51	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
53	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
54	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
55	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
56	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
57	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
58	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
61	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
62	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
63	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
64	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
65	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.71
66	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
67	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.71
68	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
69	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
70	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
71	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
72	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
73	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.71
74	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
75	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
76	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	7	Foundational	±1.09
78	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
80	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
81	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
82	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
83	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
85	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
86	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
87	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
88	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
89	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
90	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
92	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
94	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
96	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
98	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
99	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
100	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
102	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
103	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
104	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
105	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
106	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	5	Nascent	±2.35
107	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
108	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
111	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
112	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
113	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.87
114	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
115	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
116	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
117	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
118	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
120	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
121	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
122	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
123	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.83
124	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
125	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
126	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
127	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
128	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
130	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.23
131	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
132	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
133	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
135	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.83
136	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
137	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
138	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
142	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
143	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
145	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
148	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
152	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
153	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
155	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
157	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.71
158	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
159	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
160	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.83
161	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
162	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
163	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
164	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
165	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
166	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
167	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
168	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
169	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
170	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
171	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
172	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
173	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
174	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
175	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
176	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
177	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
178	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
179	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
180	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
181	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
182	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
183	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
184	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
185	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
186	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
187	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
188	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
189	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
190	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
191	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
192	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Technology Adoption & Diffusion

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Digital Economy Adoption	8.7	1–19	Singapore, United States