Hard/Critical Technology/Biotechnology & Health Technologies

Nuclear Medicine & Radioisotope Technologies

The capacity to produce and apply medical radioisotopes and radiation technologies, isotope supply, radiopharmaceuticals, and the therapy and imaging systems that depend on a fragile global chain.
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World mean
4.3
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–7.0
Panel SD
±0.39
round 1 ±0.89 — 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 2
Advanced 15
Established 11
Transitional 12
Foundational 22
Nascent 24
Inception 111

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

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Genomics & Biological Data5.60–20United States
Synthetic Biology & Genetic Engineering4.50–20United States
Biomanufacturing4.60–20United States
Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical Countermeasures4.50–20United States