CognitiveCoefficient
Overview / Rankings

Comparative standing across 48 economies on both lenses. Sort any column; click a country for its full profile.

Two lenses, two answers. CC (Cognitive Coefficient) is per-capita intensity — like GDP-per-capita or the HDI, it rewards how deep infrastructure runs per person, so small advanced economies and the US top it. CPI (Cognitive Power) is absolute national capacity — total compute, investment, talent and research output. A populous nation can sit mid-table on CC yet dominate on CPI: e.g. China is #2 on CPI (a clear #2 power) but #7 on CC, because its 1.4 billion people dilute per-capita metrics even as it leads the world in total researchers, publications and patents. Sort by either column to switch lens.
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#EconomyRegion CC per-cap CPI power CDIAIRCMTrajectory
1United StatesNorth America87.296.80.85595.580.4Frontier
2SingaporeAsia-Pacific71.435.70.70166.367.6Advancing
3South KoreaAsia-Pacific71.157.20.73167.765.5Advancing
4United KingdomEurope68.659.00.71167.659.5Maintaining
5GermanyEurope68.462.40.68974.957.4Maintaining
6SwitzerlandEurope67.137.40.66557.952.4Maintaining
7ChinaAsia-Pacific66.690.30.62772.765.7Advancing
8NetherlandsEurope66.339.10.65168.950.1Maintaining
9SwedenEurope65.634.00.66159.255.7Maintaining
10DenmarkEurope64.628.50.65555.951.3Maintaining
11FinlandEurope64.327.30.65957.153.3Maintaining
12IsraelMiddle East & N. Africa64.036.30.63854.471.8Accelerating
13FranceEurope63.655.30.63767.151.8Maintaining
14CanadaNorth America63.650.40.63659.854.8Maintaining
15TaiwanAsia-Pacific63.141.80.62956.556.5Maintaining
16JapanAsia-Pacific61.761.40.67666.946.6Maintaining
17NorwayEurope60.825.80.60151.843.2Falling behind
18IrelandEurope60.526.40.57256.251.0Maintaining
19AustraliaAsia-Pacific60.140.80.59951.649.7Maintaining
20BelgiumEurope59.030.70.60058.146.3Maintaining
21AustriaEurope57.628.80.59453.147.8Maintaining
22United Arab EmiratesMiddle East & N. Africa54.530.90.54143.145.6Maintaining
23EstoniaEurope54.25.20.56738.943.6Maintaining
24New ZealandAsia-Pacific54.121.80.53639.441.7Maintaining
25SpainEurope52.939.20.53652.240.9Maintaining
26ItalyEurope50.343.70.52054.536.0Falling behind
27CzechiaEurope49.724.80.51341.637.3Falling behind
28PortugalEurope48.923.10.49441.537.9Falling behind
29PolandEurope47.133.90.48844.435.0Falling behind
30Saudi ArabiaMiddle East & N. Africa43.832.40.43635.032.2Falling behind
31MalaysiaAsia-Pacific42.129.40.39132.636.3Maintaining
32RussiaEurope41.847.80.42431.730.9Falling behind
33TurkeyEurope38.635.90.41529.331.1Falling behind
34IndiaAsia-Pacific38.353.70.28035.344.7Maintaining
35BrazilLatin America37.639.60.36133.630.7Falling behind
36ChileLatin America37.617.10.37325.128.7Falling behind
37ArgentinaLatin America34.321.50.31521.327.1Falling behind
38ThailandAsia-Pacific33.126.20.32022.328.7Falling behind
39UkraineEurope31.919.20.32116.826.7Falling behind
40VietnamAsia-Pacific30.826.60.31220.723.5Falling behind
41MexicoLatin America30.428.60.26425.623.9Falling behind
42South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa27.124.10.25218.724.1Falling behind
43ColombiaLatin America26.715.40.25320.221.0Falling behind
44IndonesiaAsia-Pacific23.829.60.23220.020.9Falling behind
45EgyptMiddle East & N. Africa22.023.20.22911.319.0Falling behind
46PhilippinesAsia-Pacific21.217.50.18816.916.3Falling behind
47KenyaSub-Saharan Africa10.28.10.0975.712.4Falling behind
48NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa7.112.80.0656.29.2Falling behind

CC = per-capita Cognitive Coefficient · CPI = absolute Cognitive Power · CDI Development · AIR AI-Readiness · CM Momentum · Trajectory = Cognitive Escape Velocity. Sorted by Cognitive Coefficient (per-capita). Curated, source-tagged data.

These are model outputs and scenarios, not forecasts of actual outcomes. This platform measures access to, utilization of, and leverage from cognitive infrastructure — not intelligence. No causality or certainty is claimed.