Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials

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.

research publication share in superconductors and magnets
high-performance magnet production share
superconducting wire production capacity

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 4

Established 3

Transitional 9

Foundational 11

Nascent 25

Inception 141

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.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
5	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
10	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	13	Established	±1.50
11	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
12	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
13	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
14	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.50
15	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±1.50
16	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	10	Transitional	±1.12
17	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	10	Transitional	±2.06
18	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	10	Transitional	±2.05
19	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.23
20	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
21	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.87
22	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.41
23	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.92
24	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.73
25	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±1.92
26	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.87
27	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.71
28	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.80
29	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
30	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.64
31	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	6	Foundational	±1.23
32	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
33	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
34	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.41
35	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.64
36	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.78
37	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.09
38	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.09
39	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
41	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.87
42	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
43	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.09
44	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
45	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	4	Nascent	±1.09
46	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±1.23
47	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
48	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
49	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
50	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.87
51	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.71
52	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.87
53	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
54	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±1.09
55	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.71
56	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.71
57	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	2	Inception	±0.83
58	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	2	Inception	±0.87
59	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
60	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
61	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
62	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
63	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±1.30
64	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.71
65	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.87
66	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
67	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
68	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
69	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
70	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
71	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
72	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
73	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
74	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
75	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
76	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
77	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
78	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
79	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
80	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
81	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
82	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
83	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
84	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
85	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
86	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
87	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
88	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
89	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
90	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
91	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
92	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
93	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
94	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
95	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
96	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
97	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
98	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
99	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.43
100	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
101	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
102	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
103	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
104	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
105	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
106	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
107	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
108	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
109	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
110	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
111	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
112	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
113	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
114	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
115	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
116	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
117	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
118	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
119	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
120	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
121	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
122	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
123	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
124	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
125	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
126	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
127	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
128	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
129	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
130	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
131	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
132	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
133	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
134	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
135	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
136	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
137	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
138	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
139	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
140	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
141	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
142	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
143	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
144	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
145	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
146	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
147	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
148	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
149	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
150	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
151	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
152	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
153	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
154	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
155	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
156	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
157	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
158	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
159	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
160	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
161	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
162	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
163	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
164	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.43
165	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
166	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
167	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
168	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
169	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
170	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
171	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
172	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
175	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
176	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
177	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
186	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
190	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
194	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
195	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
197	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Structural & Composite Materials	3.8	0–20	United States
Functional Materials & Coatings	4.0	0–20	United States
Nanomaterials & Metamaterials	3.9	0–20	United States
Energetic Materials	4.2	0–20	United States
Additive & Precision Manufacturing	4.4	0–20	United States
Advanced Chemical & Process Manufacturing	4.7	0–20	United States