Nanomaterials & Metamaterials — 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 nanomaterials
patent families in nanotechnology
nanomaterials production output

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 11

Established 10

Transitional 10

Foundational 19

Nascent 29

Inception 115

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	±0.43
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14	Established	±0.87
16	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.71
17	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
18	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	13	Established	±0.83
19	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
20	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
21	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	12	Established	±0.83
22	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	12	Established	±1.12
23	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.83
24	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
25	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
26	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
27	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
28	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.09
29	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
30	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
31	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.87
32	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.83
33	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
34	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
35	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
36	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
37	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
38	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.71
39	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
41	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.50
42	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
43	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.83
44	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.83
45	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
46	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
47	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
48	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	6	Foundational	±1.12
49	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
50	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
51	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
52	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
53	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
54	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
55	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
56	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
57	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
58	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
59	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
60	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
61	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
62	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	4	Nascent	±1.09
63	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.87
64	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
65	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
66	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
67	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
68	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
69	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
70	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
71	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
72	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
73	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
74	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.87
75	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
76	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.83
77	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
78	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
79	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.87
80	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
81	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.87
82	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
83	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
84	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
85	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
86	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
87	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
88	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
89	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
91	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
92	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
93	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
94	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
95	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
96	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
97	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
98	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
99	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
100	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
101	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
102	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
103	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
104	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
105	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
106	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
107	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
108	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
109	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
110	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
111	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
112	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
113	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
114	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
115	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
116	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
117	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
118	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
119	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
120	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
121	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
122	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
123	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
124	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
125	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
126	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
127	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
128	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
129	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
130	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
131	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
132	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
133	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
134	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
135	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
136	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
137	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
138	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
139	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
140	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
141	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
142	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
143	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
144	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
145	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
146	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
147	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
148	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
149	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
150	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
151	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
152	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
153	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
154	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
155	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
156	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
157	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
158	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
159	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
160	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
161	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
162	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
163	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
164	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
165	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
166	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
167	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
168	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
169	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
170	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
171	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
172	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
175	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
176	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
177	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
194	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	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
Functional Materials & Coatings	4.0	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