Robotics & Autonomous Systems — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 9

Established 9

Transitional 8

Foundational 20

Nascent 20

Inception 130

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Robotics & Autonomous Systems. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Advanced Robotics	Autonomous Systems & Trusted Autonomy	Uncrewed & Collaborative Systems	Human-Machine Interfaces
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19.8Frontier	20	20	19	20
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17.8Advanced	18	17	19	17
3	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17.5Advanced	20	17	16	17
4	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17.3Advanced	19	17	16	17
5	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16.5Advanced	18	16	16	16
6	🇫🇷France	Europe	16.3Advanced	16	17	16	16
7	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16.0Advanced	15	17	17	15
8	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16.0Advanced	15	17	16	16
9	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	15.3Advanced	16	16	13	16
10	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15.0Advanced	15	16	14	15
11	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14.3Established	15	15	13	14
12	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14.3Established	13	15	14	15
13	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	13.8Established	13	15	13	14
14	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13.8Established	15	13	13	14
15	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	13.5Established	15	13	13	13
16	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	13.0Established	10	14	14	14
17	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12.8Established	12	14	11	14
18	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	12.5Established	13	14	13	10
19	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	12.0Established	12	12	12	12
20	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	11.5Transitional	12	12	9	13
21	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	11.5Transitional	10	12	14	10
22	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	11.3Transitional	14	12	8	11
23	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11.3Transitional	12	11	12	10
24	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	11.0Transitional	11	12	8	13
25	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11.0Transitional	9	12	15	8
26	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	9.8Transitional	9	10	11	9
27	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9.0Transitional	6	10	14	6
28	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	8.3Foundational	8	8	9	8
29	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	8.3Foundational	9	9	8	7
30	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	8.3Foundational	8	9	10	6
31	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8.3Foundational	8	8	11	6
32	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	8.3Foundational	8	9	8	8
33	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	8.0Foundational	8	8	8	8
34	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	7.8Foundational	8	8	8	7
35	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	7.5Foundational	8	9	6	7
36	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	7.5Foundational	7	9	5	9
37	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	7.5Foundational	6	9	9	6
38	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	7.3Foundational	7	7	9	6
39	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	7.0Foundational	8	7	7	6
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	8	7	7	6
41	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	6.8Foundational	8	7	6	6
42	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	6.3Foundational	6	7	6	6
43	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	6.3Foundational	5	7	7	6
44	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	6.0Foundational	6	6	6	6
45	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	6	6	7	5
46	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	6.0Foundational	6	6	7	5
47	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	6	7	7	4
48	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	5.5Nascent	5	6	6	5
49	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	5.5Nascent	5	5	7	5
50	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	5.5Nascent	5	6	6	5
51	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	5.5Nascent	7	6	4	5
52	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	5.3Nascent	4	5	8	4
53	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	5.0Nascent	5	5	5	5
54	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	5.0Nascent	4	5	6	5
55	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	4.8Nascent	5	5	4	5
56	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	4.3Nascent	4	5	5	3
57	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	4.3Nascent	4	4	5	4
58	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	4.0Nascent	4	5	3	4
59	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	4.0Nascent	4	4	4	4
60	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	4.0Nascent	5	3	3	5
61	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	4.0Nascent	4	5	3	4
62	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	3.8Nascent	3	5	3	4
63	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	3.8Nascent	3	3	7	2
64	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	3.8Nascent	4	4	3	4
65	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	3.5Nascent	3	4	4	3
66	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	3	3	4	3
67	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	3.3Nascent	3	4	3	3
68	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	2.8Inception	3	2	2	4
69	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	2.8Inception	2	3	3	3
70	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	2.8Inception	3	3	3	2
71	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	2.5Inception	2	3	3	2
72	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	2.5Inception	2	2	4	2
73	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	2.5Inception	2	3	2	3
74	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	2.5Inception	3	3	2	2
75	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	2.5Inception	2	3	3	2
76	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	2.5Inception	2	3	2	3
77	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	2.5Inception	2	4	2	2
78	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	2	3	2	2
79	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	2.3Inception	3	3	1	2
80	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	2.3Inception	2	3	2	2
81	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	2.3Inception	2	2	3	2
82	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	2	3	2	2
83	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	2.3Inception	2	2	3	2
84	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	2.0Inception	2	2	3	1
85	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	2.0Inception	2	2	2	2
86	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	2.0Inception	2	3	1	2
87	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2.0Inception	2	2	1	3
88	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	2.0Inception	3	2	1	2
89	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	2.0Inception	2	3	1	2
90	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	1.8Inception	2	2	1	2
91	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	1.8Inception	2	2	1	2
92	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	1.8Inception	2	2	1	2
93	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	1.8Inception	1	2	2	2
94	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	1.5Inception	1	2	1	2
95	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	1.5Inception	2	2	1	1
96	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	1.5Inception	2	2	1	1
97	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	1.5Inception	1	2	1	2
98	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	1.5Inception	1	2	2	1
99	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	1.5Inception	1	2	1	2
100	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	1.5Inception	2	2	1	1
101	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	1.3Inception	1	2	1	1
102	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	1.3Inception	1	2	1	1
103	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	1.3Inception	2	1	1	1
104	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	1	1	2	1
105	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	1	2	1	1
106	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	1.3Inception	1	2	1	1
107	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	1.3Inception	1	2	1	1
108	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	1.3Inception	1	2	1	1
109	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	1.3Inception	1	2	1	1
110	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
111	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
112	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
113	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
114	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
115	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
116	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
117	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
118	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
119	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
120	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
121	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
122	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
123	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
124	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	0.8Inception	1	1	1	0
125	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	0.8Inception	1	1	1	0
126	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	0.8Inception	1	1	1	0
127	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	0.8Inception	1	1	1	0
128	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	0.8Inception	1	1	1	0
129	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0.8Inception	1	1	0	1
130	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	0.8Inception	1	1	1	0
131	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	0.8Inception	1	1	1	0
132	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	0.5Inception	0	1	0	1
133	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	0.5Inception	0	1	1	0
134	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	0.5Inception	0	1	1	0
135	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	0.5Inception	1	1	0	0
136	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
137	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
138	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0
139	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
140	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
141	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0.3Inception	0	0	0	1
142	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	0	1	0
143	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	0.3Inception	0	0	1	0
144	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
145	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
146	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
147	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
148	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
149	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
150	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
151	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
152	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
153	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
154	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
155	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
156	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
157	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
158	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
159	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
160	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
161	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
162	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
163	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
164	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
165	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
166	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
167	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
168	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
169	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
170	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
171	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
172	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
173	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
174	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
175	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
176	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
177	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
178	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
179	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
180	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
181	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
182	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
183	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
184	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
185	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
186	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
187	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
188	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
189	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
190	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
191	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
192	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
193	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
194	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
195	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
197	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0