Hard/Critical Technology/Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Structural & Composite Materials

The capacity to design, produce and qualify structural materials, advanced composites, alloys and protective armour systems, that carry load, save weight and withstand extremes across aerospace, defence and industry.
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World mean
3.8
of 20 · median 1.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–6.0
Panel SD
±0.35
round 1 ±0.89 — 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 4
Advanced 11
Established 12
Transitional 8
Foundational 19
Nascent 15
Inception 128

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

Others in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Functional Materials & Coatings4.00–20United States
Nanomaterials & Metamaterials3.90–20United States
Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials2.50–19China, Japan, United States
Energetic Materials4.20–20United States
Additive & Precision Manufacturing4.40–20United States
Advanced Chemical & Process Manufacturing4.70–20United States