Soft/Human Capital/Research Talent & Knowledge Creation

Research Workforce

The capacity to build and hold a research workforce across fields, from new doctorates to established investigators.
factbase.org/cap/90Z0B77F15
World mean
7.2
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
1–20
middle half 3.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.26
round 1 ±0.85 — 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 5
Advanced 17
Established 19
Transitional 25
Foundational 38
Nascent 60
Inception 33

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

Others in Research Talent & Knowledge Creation

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Talent Attraction & Retention6.41–19United States
Knowledge Production6.90–20United States