Critical and Emerging Technologies Index

The ‘Critical and Emerging Technologies Index’ was published by the Harvard Kennedy School – Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs.

• The index assesses how 25 countries perform across five technology sectors: AI, biotechnology, semiconductors, space, and quantum.
• India lags significantly behind the top three — U.S., China, and Europe — across most technology sectors.
• Developed using public and commercial data, the Critical and Emerging Technologies Index allows policymakers to explore each country’s relative strengths and weaknesses across these sectors.
• The index chart shows the overall index scores of all the countries.
• India with a score of 15.2 is below France and above Russia, Canada and Australia.
• The U.S. leads in all five sectors, China is closing the gap. Europe ranks third overall, showing strength in biotech and quantum but falling behind in semiconductors and space.