Hard/Critical Technology/Space Technologies

Space Launch & Reusable Systems

The capacity to build launch systems and make them reusable, vehicles, engines and the launch-cost frontier that reusability moved.
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World mean
1.7
of 20 · median 0.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–1.0
Panel SD
±0.44
round 1 ±0.64 — 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 1
Advanced 5
Established 4
Transitional 4
Foundational 6
Nascent 13
Inception 164

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 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
3 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.83
4 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇷🇺Russia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇩🇪Germany Europe 13 Established ±2.12
8 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.83
9 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 13 Established ±1.87
10 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 12 Established ±1.87
11 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
12 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±2.86
13 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±1.23
14 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 9 Transitional ±3.54
15 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 7 Foundational ±1.92
16 🇪🇸Spain Europe 7 Foundational ±1.92
17 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 7 Foundational ±1.92
18 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.64
19 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
20 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 6 Foundational ±2.74
21 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 5 Nascent ±1.12
22 🇨🇦Canada Americas 5 Nascent ±1.78
23 🇳🇴Norway Europe 5 Nascent ±1.50
24 🇵🇱Poland Europe 5 Nascent ±1.12
25 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 5 Nascent ±1.50
26 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
27 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 4 Nascent ±2.06
28 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.58
29 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 4 Nascent ±2.59
30 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.58
31 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.50
32 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
33 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.00
34 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 2 Inception ±1.41
35 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
36 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
37 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 2 Inception ±1.00
38 🇫🇮Finland Europe 2 Inception ±1.09
39 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.23
40 🇵🇪Peru Americas 2 Inception ±0.87
41 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 2 Inception ±1.23
42 🇷🇴Romania Europe 2 Inception ±0.83
43 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 2 Inception ±1.30
44 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 2 Inception ±1.30
45 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
46 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 2 Inception ±1.30
47 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±1.09
48 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
49 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 1 Inception ±0.83
50 🇦🇹Austria Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
51 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
52 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
53 🇨🇱Chile Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
54 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
55 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
56 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 1 Inception ±1.00
57 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
58 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
59 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
60 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
61 🇬🇷Greece Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
62 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
63 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
64 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
65 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
66 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
67 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
68 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 1 Inception ±0.83
69 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
70 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
71 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
72 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
73 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
74 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
75 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
76 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
77 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
78 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
79 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
80 🇦🇱Albania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
81 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
82 🇦🇴Angola Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
83 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
84 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
85 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
86 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
87 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
88 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
89 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
90 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
91 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
92 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
93 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
94 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
95 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
96 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
97 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
98 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
99 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
100 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
101 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
102 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
103 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
104 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
105 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
106 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
107 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
108 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
109 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
110 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
111 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
112 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
113 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
114 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
115 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
116 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
117 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
118 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
119 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
120 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
121 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
122 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
123 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
124 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
125 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
126 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
127 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
128 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
129 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
130 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
131 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
132 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
133 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
134 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
135 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
139 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇱🇾Libya Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
141 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇱🇺Luxembourg 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 🇲🇹Malta Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
159 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇵🇦Panama Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe 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 ±0.43
183 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
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 ±0.00
189 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 0 Inception ±0.43

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