Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Advanced Manufacturing

Production Systems

Production systems covers the factories and assembly plants that produce finished goods across sectors, including automotive, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and food and beverage manufacturing.
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World mean
7.4
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0–19
middle half 3.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.26
round 1 ±0.95 — 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 6
Advanced 14
Established 24
Transitional 27
Foundational 39
Nascent 55
Inception 32

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 ±0.00
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
6 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.43
7 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
18 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.00
22 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
23 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 14 Established ±0.00
24 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
25 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
30 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
32 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.71
33 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
35 🇳🇴Norway Europe 13 Established ±0.50
36 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
37 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.00
38 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
39 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 12 Established ±0.00
40 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
41 🇷🇺Russia Europe 12 Established ±0.71
42 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12 Established ±0.71
43 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.71
44 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 12 Established ±0.83
45 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
48 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
49 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
50 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
54 🇨🇱Chile Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
57 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
61 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
62 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
63 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.71
64 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
65 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 9 Transitional ±2.69
66 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
67 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
73 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
74 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
75 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
76 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
77 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
78 🇲🇹Malta Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
79 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
80 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
81 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
82 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
83 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
87 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
88 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
89 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
99 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇦🇱Albania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇵🇦Panama Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
110 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
111 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
113 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
115 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
116 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
117 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
119 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
120 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
121 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
122 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
123 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
124 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
125 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
126 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
127 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
128 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
129 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
130 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
135 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
136 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
139 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
141 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
142 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
144 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
167 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
168 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
169 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
170 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
171 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
172 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
173 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
174 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
175 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
176 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
177 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
178 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
179 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
180 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
181 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
182 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
183 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
185 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
187 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
189 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
192 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Advanced Manufacturing

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Materials & Inputs7.40–19China
Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry6.90–19Germany, United States
Supply Chain & Ecosystem7.40–19China, United States
Workforce & Innovation6.40–19Germany, Japan, South Korea