Hard/Critical Technology/Energy Technologies

Next-Generation Solar & Renewables

The capacity to advance next-generation solar and renewable generation technology, new cell architectures, conversion frontiers and the manufacturing processes that set cost and efficiency.
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World mean
4.5
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
1–20
middle half 1.0–6.0
Panel SD
±0.53
round 1 ±1.02 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
China

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 2
Advanced 10
Established 11
Transitional 12
Foundational 22
Nascent 40
Inception 100

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 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±1.12
8 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.87
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇫🇷France Europe 14 Established ±0.00
14 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
15 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 14 Established ±0.50
16 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 13 Established ±0.00
17 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
18 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.43
19 🇳🇴Norway Europe 13 Established ±0.00
20 🇨🇦Canada Americas 12 Established ±0.43
21 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
22 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
23 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
24 🇦🇹Austria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
25 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
26 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
27 🇫🇮Finland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
28 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±2.77
29 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.87
30 🇵🇱Poland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
31 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 10 Transitional ±0.87
32 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 10 Transitional ±1.64
33 🇷🇺Russia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.87
34 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 9 Transitional ±1.23
35 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
36 🇨🇱Chile Americas 8 Foundational ±1.73
37 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
38 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 8 Foundational ±0.87
39 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
40 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 8 Foundational ±1.23
41 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
42 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±1.09
43 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.09
44 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
45 🇬🇷Greece Europe 7 Foundational ±1.23
46 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
47 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
48 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
49 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
50 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
51 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 6 Foundational ±0.83
52 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
53 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
54 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±1.09
55 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
56 🇷🇴Romania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
57 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 6 Foundational ±1.92
58 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.71
59 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 5 Nascent ±1.23
60 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
61 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.71
62 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 5 Nascent ±0.87
63 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
64 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
65 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.87
66 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.83
67 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
68 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.87
69 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
70 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.87
71 🇲🇹Malta Europe 4 Nascent ±0.87
72 🇵🇪Peru Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
73 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 4 Nascent ±1.41
74 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 4 Nascent ±0.87
75 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
76 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
77 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
78 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
79 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
80 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
81 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
82 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 3 Nascent ±0.87
83 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.83
84 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
85 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
86 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
87 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
88 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
89 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
90 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
91 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 3 Nascent ±0.87
92 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.87
93 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
94 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
95 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
96 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
97 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
98 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
99 🇦🇴Angola Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
100 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.71
101 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
102 🇧🇯Benin Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
103 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
104 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
105 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
106 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 2 Inception ±0.87
107 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
108 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
109 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
110 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
111 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
112 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
113 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
114 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
115 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
116 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
117 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.83
118 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
119 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
120 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
121 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
122 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
123 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
124 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.83
125 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
126 🇵🇦Panama Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
127 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
128 🇹🇬Togo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
129 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
130 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
131 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
132 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
133 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
134 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
135 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
136 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
137 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
139 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
140 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
141 🇹🇩Chad Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
142 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
143 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
144 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
145 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 1 Inception ±0.71
146 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
147 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
148 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
149 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
150 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
151 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
152 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
153 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
154 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
155 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
156 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
157 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
158 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
159 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
160 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
161 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
162 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
163 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
164 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
165 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
166 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
167 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
168 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
169 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
170 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
171 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
172 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
173 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
174 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
175 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
176 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
177 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
178 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
179 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
180 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
181 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
182 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
183 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
184 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
185 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
186 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
187 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
188 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
189 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
191 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
193 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
196 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43

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