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Technology

The technological and scientific sophistication of countries

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for technology. Embed

Technology

The technological and scientific sophistication of countries

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 20%
  • 1 100.0 — United States
  • 2 77.1 China
  • 3 54.9 Japan
  • 4 42.2 South Korea
  • 5 +1 37.3 Singapore
  • 6 +1 36.6 — Australia
  • 7 −2 35.5 Taiwan
  • 8 27.6 — New Zealand
  • 9 24.2 Russia
  • 10 22.1 Malaysia
  • 11 19.1 India
  • 12 +1 16.7 Thailand
  • 13 +1 16.5 Philippines
  • 14 −2 15.9 Brunei
  • 15 +1 14.6 Vietnam
  • 16 −1 13.3 North Korea
  • 17 10.9 — Bangladesh
  • 18 +1 9.3 Indonesia
  • 19 −1 8.7 — Mongolia
  • 20 7.0 — Sri Lanka
  • 21 6.3 — Pakistan
  • 22 5.9 — Nepal
  • 23 3.8 — Laos
  • 24 3.7 — Myanmar
  • 25 1.6 — Papua New Guinea
  • 26 0.0 — Cambodia
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