Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Advanced Manufacturing

Workforce & Innovation

Workforce and innovation in advanced manufacturing highlights the importance of skilled labour and a culture of innovation for maintaining competitiveness in the manufacturing sector.
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World mean
6.4
of 20 · median 5.0
Range
0–19
middle half 2.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.24
round 1 ±0.84 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Germany, Japan, South Korea

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 7
Advanced 11
Established 21
Transitional 23
Foundational 29
Nascent 50
Inception 56

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

Others in Advanced Manufacturing

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Materials & Inputs7.40–19China
Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry6.90–19Germany, United States
Production Systems7.40–19China, Germany, Japan
Supply Chain & Ecosystem7.40–19China, United States