Economic/Production & Innovation/Industrial & Sectoral Base

Manufacturing & Advanced Industry

The capacity to manufacture at scale and at the frontier: the industrial base, its automation and process sophistication, and the capability to make the products the era contests.
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World mean
7.1
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–19
middle half 3.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.28
round 1 ±0.78 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
China, Germany, Japan

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 7
Advanced 11
Established 25
Transitional 22
Foundational 38
Nascent 53
Inception 41

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 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇩🇪Germany Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
7 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
8 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
12 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
18 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇨🇦Canada Americas 14 Established ±0.00
20 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
23 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.50
25 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
26 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
27 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
29 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
30 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
33 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
36 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
37 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
38 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
39 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
40 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.50
41 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.00
42 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
43 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 11 Transitional ±1.09
45 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
47 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
48 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
49 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
50 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
52 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
53 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 10 Transitional ±0.87
56 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
57 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
58 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
59 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
60 🇨🇱Chile Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
61 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
64 🇲🇹Malta Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
67 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
68 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
69 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
70 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
71 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
72 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
73 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
74 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
75 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
76 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
77 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
78 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
79 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
80 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
82 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
86 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
88 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
89 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
91 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇵🇦Panama Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.87
104 🇦🇱Albania Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
105 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
106 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
107 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
108 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
110 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
111 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
113 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
115 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
116 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
117 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
118 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
119 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
120 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
121 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
122 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
123 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
124 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
125 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
126 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
127 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
128 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
129 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
130 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
133 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
135 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 4 Nascent ±1.09
136 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
138 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
142 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
144 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
147 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
152 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
156 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
158 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
159 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
160 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
161 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
162 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
163 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
164 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
165 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
166 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
167 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
168 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
169 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
170 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
171 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
172 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
173 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 2 Inception ±1.87
174 🇳🇪Niger Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
175 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
176 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
177 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
178 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
179 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
180 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
181 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
182 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
183 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
184 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
185 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
186 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
187 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
189 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
191 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
192 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
193 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Industrial & Sectoral Base

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Foundational & Process Industries7.10–20China
Agrifood & Primary Production8.50–19Netherlands, United States
Services Economy8.91–20United States