Brazil, China, India and the Philippines top performers in technology readiness
Correlation between technology readiness index score and GDP per capita, 2023
UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat , based on data from Scopus.
GDP per capita is in current international dollars, purchasing power parity (logarithm).
The frontier technologies readiness index indicates that countries with higher per capita GDP are generally better prepared for frontier technologies.
Nevertheless, some countries exceed expectations based on their income levels, such as Brazil, China, India and the Philippines. They stand out among developing countries, outperforming their GDP per capita rankings by significant margins: India by 76 places, China and the Philippines by 49 places each, and Brazil by 41 places.