Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Social Infrastructure

Research & Scientific Facilities

Research and scientific facilities covers major civil research infrastructure operated for science rather than for industry or defence, including synchrotrons and light sources, particle and heavy-ion accelerators, fusion devices, research reactors, national supercomputing centres, astronomical observatories and polar and oceanographic research stations.
pending/cap/research-scientific-facilities
World mean
5.6
of 20 · median 3.0
Range
0–20
middle half 2.0–8.0
Panel SD
±0.30
round 1 ±0.94 — 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 7
Advanced 9
Established 14
Transitional 18
Foundational 23
Nascent 55
Inception 71

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 ±0.00
2 🇫🇷France Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
7 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
8 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇷🇺Russia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.87
16 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.43
18 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.43
19 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.87
20 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
23 🇦🇹Austria Europe 13 Established ±0.87
24 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
25 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 13 Established ±0.71
26 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
27 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
28 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
29 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
30 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
31 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
32 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.83
33 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
34 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
35 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
36 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
37 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
38 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
39 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
40 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
41 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
42 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
43 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
44 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
45 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
46 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
48 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
50 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
51 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
52 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
53 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
54 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
55 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
56 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
57 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
58 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
59 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
60 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.83
61 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
62 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
63 🇵🇪Peru Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
64 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
65 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
66 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
67 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
68 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
69 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
70 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
71 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
72 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
73 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
74 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
75 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
76 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
77 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
78 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
79 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
80 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
81 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
82 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
83 🇲🇹Malta Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
84 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
85 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
86 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
87 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
88 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
89 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
90 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
91 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
92 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.73
93 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
94 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
95 🇵🇦Panama Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
96 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
97 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
98 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
99 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
100 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
101 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
102 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
103 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
104 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
105 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
106 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
107 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
108 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
109 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 3 Nascent ±1.09
110 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
111 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
115 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
116 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 3 Nascent ±0.87
117 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
119 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
120 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
121 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
122 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
123 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
124 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
125 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
126 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
127 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
128 🇦🇴Angola Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
129 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
130 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
131 🇧🇯Benin Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
132 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
133 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
134 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
135 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
136 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
137 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
138 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
139 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
140 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
141 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
142 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
143 🇲🇱Mali Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
144 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
145 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
146 🇳🇪Niger Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
147 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
148 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
149 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
150 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
151 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
152 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
153 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
154 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
155 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.83
156 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
157 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
158 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
159 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
160 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
161 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
162 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
163 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
164 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
165 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
166 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
167 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
168 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
169 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
170 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
171 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
172 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
173 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
174 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
175 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
176 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
177 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
178 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
179 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
180 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
181 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
182 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
183 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
184 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
185 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
186 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
187 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
188 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
189 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
190 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
193 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Social Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Health Infrastructure9.72–18France, Germany, Japan
Public Health & Laboratories9.11–19United States
Medical Supply & Stockpiles8.71–18United States
Education & Skills Infrastructure9.93–18Finland, Germany, Japan
Housing, Community & Social Services8.41–19Singapore
Government & Public Administration10.43–19Singapore
Cultural, Community & Recreational Infrastructure9.12–18France, Germany, United Kingdom
Justice & Corrections9.12–17Australia, Canada, Denmark
Emergency Services & Civil Protection9.12–18France, Japan, Singapore
Hydrometeorology & Early Warning9.20–20Japan, United States