Hard/Critical Technology/Semiconductors & Advanced Computing

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

The capacity to build the machines and supply the materials that make chipmaking possible: lithography, deposition, etch and metrology equipment, photoresists, wafers and speciality chemicals and gases.
pending/cap/semiconductor-equipment-materials
World mean
1.9
of 20 · median 0.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–1.0
Panel SD
±0.37
round 1 ±0.62 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
Japan, Netherlands, 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 4
Advanced 5
Established 4
Transitional 5
Foundational 4
Nascent 12
Inception 163

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 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 20 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 20 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 19 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.71
6 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
11 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 14 Established ±0.50
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 14 Established ±0.71
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 13 Established ±1.58
14 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 11 Transitional ±1.92
15 🇫🇮Finland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
16 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 10 Transitional ±1.30
17 🇮🇹Italy Europe 9 Transitional ±1.30
18 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
19 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 7 Foundational ±1.87
20 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
21 🇷🇺Russia Europe 7 Foundational ±1.64
22 🇨🇦Canada Americas 6 Foundational ±3.20
23 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±2.17
24 🇳🇴Norway Europe 5 Nascent ±2.69
25 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 4 Nascent ±2.35
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 4 Nascent ±2.49
27 🇪🇸Spain Europe 4 Nascent ±2.35
28 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.92
29 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 3 Nascent ±2.17
30 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 3 Nascent ±1.87
31 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 3 Nascent ±1.64
32 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.73
33 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.73
34 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 3 Nascent ±2.05
35 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 2 Inception ±0.87
36 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 2 Inception ±1.30
37 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 2 Inception ±0.87
38 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.30
39 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 2 Inception ±1.48
40 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.09
41 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.30
42 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 2 Inception ±1.23
43 🇷🇴Romania Europe 2 Inception ±1.23
44 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 2 Inception ±1.30
45 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.30
46 🇨🇱Chile Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
47 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
48 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
49 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
50 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
51 🇬🇷Greece Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
52 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
53 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
54 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.87
55 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
56 🇲🇹Malta Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
57 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
58 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
59 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
60 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.83
61 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
62 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
63 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
64 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
65 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
66 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 1 Inception ±0.83
67 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
68 🇦🇱Albania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
69 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
70 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
71 🇦🇴Angola Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
72 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
73 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
74 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
75 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
76 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
77 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
78 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
79 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
80 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
81 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
82 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
83 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
84 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
85 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
86 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
87 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
88 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
89 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
90 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
91 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
92 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
93 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
94 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
95 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
96 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
97 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
98 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
99 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
100 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
101 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
102 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
103 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
104 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
105 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
106 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
107 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
108 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
109 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
110 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
111 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
112 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
113 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
114 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
115 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
116 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
117 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
118 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
119 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
120 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
121 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
122 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
123 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
124 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
125 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
126 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
127 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
128 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
129 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
130 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
131 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
132 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
133 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
134 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
135 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇱🇾Libya Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
139 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
145 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇵🇦Panama Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇵🇪Peru Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇹🇬Togo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Semiconductors & Advanced Computing

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Semiconductor Design & EDA3.00–20United States
Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication1.80–20Taiwan
Advanced Packaging & Heterogeneous Integration2.10–20Taiwan
Compound & Power Semiconductors2.40–20United States
High-Performance & AI Computing3.50–20United States