Hard/Critical Technology/Quantum Technologies

Quantum Sensing & Metrology

The capacity to measure the world at quantum precision, sensing, timing and metrology beyond classical limits, for navigation, detection and science.
factbase.org/cap/VMXVW59Y0T
World mean
2.6
of 20 · median 0.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–3.0
Panel SD
±0.29
round 1 ±0.74 — 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 7
Established 11
Transitional 4
Foundational 9
Nascent 21
Inception 143

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

Others in Quantum Technologies

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Quantum Computing2.50–20United States
Quantum Communication2.40–20China
Post-Quantum Cryptography3.20–20United States