Semiconductors & Advanced Computing — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 3

Established 5

Transitional 8

Foundational 8

Nascent 21

Inception 149

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Semiconductors & Advanced Computing. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Semiconductors & Advanced Computing	Semiconductor Design & EDA	Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	Advanced Packaging & Heterogeneous Integration	Compound & Power Semiconductors	High-Performance & AI Computing
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19.7Frontier	20	19	20	19	20	20
2	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	18.3Frontier	18	20	16	20	18	18
3	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18.2Frontier	17	17	20	18	19	18
4	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17.5Advanced	17	19	17	18	16	18
5	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	16.2Advanced	16	14	15	16	17	19
6	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16.2Advanced	17	13	19	14	18	16
7	🇫🇷France	Europe	14.8Established	16	12	16	13	16	16
8	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14.2Established	14	15	14	16	13	13
9	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14.0Established	15	10	20	12	14	13
10	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	14.0Established	18	9	14	10	16	17
11	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13.7Established	17	13	15	9	12	16
12	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	11.3Transitional	12	9	11	14	11	11
13	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	11.3Transitional	13	10	9	9	15	12
14	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	11.2Transitional	11	8	13	12	14	9
15	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	11.2Transitional	13	6	14	9	11	14
16	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	10.2Transitional	14	7	6	11	10	13
17	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	9.8Transitional	8	9	9	13	12	8
18	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	9.8Transitional	11	5	10	7	13	13
19	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	14	6	5	7	9	13
20	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	8.5Foundational	11	4	11	5	8	12
21	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	8.2Foundational	9	8	7	4	9	12
22	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	8.0Foundational	11	14	3	6	6	8
23	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	7.5Foundational	9	5	4	6	9	12
24	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	6.8Foundational	8	7	7	3	8	8
25	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	6.2Foundational	10	4	3	3	6	11
26	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	6.2Foundational	8	5	4	3	7	10
27	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	6.0Foundational	8	4	3	5	8	8
28	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	5.8Nascent	10	3	5	2	5	10
29	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	5.3Nascent	8	5	2	4	4	9
30	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	5.2Nascent	8	3	4	2	5	9
31	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	5.0Nascent	7	4	3	6	4	6
32	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	5	4	3	7	5	6
33	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	4.8Nascent	6	2	7	3	4	7
34	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	4.8Nascent	7	3	2	6	3	8
35	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	4.8Nascent	7	2	2	8	4	6
36	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	4.3Nascent	6	4	2	2	5	7
37	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	4.2Nascent	6	2	2	8	3	4
38	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	4.0Nascent	5	3	2	2	5	7
39	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	3.8Nascent	7	3	2	2	3	6
40	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	3.7Nascent	7	3	1	2	3	6
41	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	3.5Nascent	5	5	3	1	3	4
42	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	3.5Nascent	5	3	3	2	3	5
43	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	3.5Nascent	4	2	1	2	3	9
44	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	4	2	1	4	3	6
45	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	3.3Nascent	4	3	2	1	5	5
46	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	3.3Nascent	4	2	1	2	3	8
47	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	3.2Nascent	4	1	1	3	4	6
48	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	3.0Nascent	4	2	1	2	4	5
49	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	2.8Inception	5	1	2	1	3	5
50	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	2.8Inception	5	1	1	2	3	5
51	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	2.7Inception	4	1	1	1	2	7
52	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	2.7Inception	3	4	2	2	2	3
53	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	2.5Inception	3	1	2	2	2	5
54	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	2.5Inception	5	1	1	2	2	4
55	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	2.5Inception	4	1	1	1	2	6
56	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	2.5Inception	3	1	1	4	2	4
57	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	2.3Inception	3	1	1	5	1	3
58	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	2.2Inception	3	1	1	1	2	5
59	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	2.2Inception	3	1	1	1	2	5
60	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	2.2Inception	2	1	1	5	1	3
61	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	2.2Inception	3	1	1	2	2	4
62	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	2.2Inception	4	1	1	2	2	3
63	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	1.8Inception	6	1	0	0	1	3
64	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	1.8Inception	1	1	1	1	2	5
65	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	1.8Inception	2	1	1	1	1	5
66	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	1.3Inception	2	0	0	1	1	4
67	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	1.3Inception	2	0	0	1	1	4
68	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	2	0	1	2	1	2
69	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	1.2Inception	3	1	0	0	1	2
70	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	1.2Inception	2	0	0	1	1	3
71	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	1.2Inception	1	1	0	1	1	3
72	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	1.2Inception	1	0	0	1	1	4
73	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	1.0Inception	1	0	0	0	1	4
74	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	1.0Inception	1	1	0	1	1	2
75	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	1	0	0	0	1	4
76	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	1.0Inception	1	0	0	1	1	3
77	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	1.0Inception	1	1	0	1	1	2
78	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	0.8Inception	1	0	0	1	1	2
79	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	0.8Inception	1	0	0	1	1	2
80	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	0.8Inception	1	0	0	1	1	2
81	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	0.8Inception	1	0	0	1	1	2
82	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	0.8Inception	1	1	0	1	0	2
83	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	0.7Inception	1	0	0	0	1	2
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	0.7Inception	1	0	0	1	0	2
85	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	0.7Inception	1	0	0	0	0	3
86	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	0.7Inception	1	0	0	0	1	2
87	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	0.7Inception	1	0	0	1	0	2
88	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	0.7Inception	1	0	0	0	0	3
89	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	0.7Inception	1	0	0	0	1	2
90	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	0.7Inception	1	0	0	0	1	2
91	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	0.7Inception	1	0	0	0	1	2
92	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	0	2
93	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	0	2
94	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	0	2
95	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	0.5Inception	1	0	0	1	0	1
96	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	0	2
97	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	0	2
98	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	0	2
99	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	0	2
100	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	0	2
101	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	1	1
102	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	1	1
103	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	1	1
104	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	0.5Inception	1	0	0	0	1	1
105	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
106	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
107	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
108	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
109	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
110	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
111	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
112	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0.3Inception	1	0	1	0	0	1
113	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
114	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	0.3Inception	1	0	0	0	0	1
115	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
116	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
117	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
118	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
119	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
120	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
121	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
122	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
123	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
124	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
125	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
126	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
127	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
128	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
129	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
130	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
131	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
132	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
133	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
134	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
135	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
136	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
137	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
138	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
139	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
140	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
141	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
142	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
143	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
144	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
145	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
146	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
147	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
148	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
149	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
151	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
152	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
153	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
154	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
155	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
156	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
157	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
158	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
159	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
160	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
161	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
162	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
163	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
164	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
165	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
166	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
167	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
168	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
169	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
170	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
171	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
172	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
173	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
174	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
175	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
176	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
177	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
178	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
179	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
180	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
181	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
182	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
183	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
184	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
185	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
186	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
187	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
188	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
189	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
190	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
191	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
192	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
193	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
194	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
196	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0