Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure

Manufacturing Facilities

Manufacturing facilities covers the industrial sites that produce aerospace and defence systems, including aircraft, satellite and launcher factories, assembly, integration and test cleanrooms, specialised component plants, and weapons and munitions production facilities.
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World mean
4.9
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.43
round 1 ±0.91 — 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 12
Established 15
Transitional 19
Foundational 19
Nascent 24
Inception 104

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 ±0.00
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.83
8 🇷🇺Russia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.50
18 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 14 Established ±0.71
19 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
20 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
21 🇳🇴Norway Europe 13 Established ±1.09
22 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
23 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
24 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
25 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 13 Established ±0.50
26 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 12 Established ±0.50
27 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
28 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 12 Established ±0.50
29 🇫🇮Finland Europe 12 Established ±0.43
30 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.87
31 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 12 Established ±0.43
32 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
33 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
34 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.00
35 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.87
36 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 11 Transitional ±1.23
37 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
38 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
39 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
40 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.83
41 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
42 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
43 🇦🇹Austria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
44 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 9 Transitional ±1.09
45 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
47 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
48 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
49 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
50 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇨🇱Chile Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
52 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.83
53 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
54 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 8 Foundational ±1.09
55 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.87
56 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
57 🇵🇪Peru Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
58 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
59 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
60 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
61 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
62 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
63 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
64 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
65 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
66 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
67 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
68 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
69 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
70 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
71 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
72 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
73 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
74 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
75 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
76 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
77 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
78 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
79 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
80 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 4 Nascent ±1.30
81 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
82 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
83 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
84 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.83
85 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 4 Nascent ±1.30
86 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
87 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
88 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
89 🇲🇹Malta Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
90 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
91 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
92 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.87
93 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
94 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.83
95 🇦🇴Angola Africa 2 Inception ±0.83
96 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±1.09
97 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
98 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 2 Inception ±0.87
99 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
100 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 2 Inception ±0.87
101 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
102 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
103 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
104 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
105 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
106 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 2 Inception ±1.09
107 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
108 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 2 Inception ±0.87
109 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
110 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
111 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.87
112 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
113 🇵🇦Panama Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
114 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
115 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
116 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 2 Inception ±1.48
117 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
118 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
119 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
120 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 2 Inception ±1.12
121 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
122 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
123 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
124 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
125 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
126 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
127 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
128 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
129 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
130 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
131 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
132 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
133 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
134 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
135 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
136 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
137 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
139 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
140 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
141 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
142 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
143 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
144 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
145 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 1 Inception ±0.83
146 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.83
147 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
148 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
149 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
150 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
151 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
152 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
153 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
154 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
155 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
156 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
162 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
169 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
171 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
180 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
R&D & Testing Facilities3.80–20United States
Launch, Maintenance & Support2.30–20United States
Satellites & Orbital Systems4.30–20United States
Ground Segment & Tracking5.00–20United States
Military Bases & Installations7.80–20United States