Countries

The Index · October 2026 editionEconomies, ranked on the total cognitive capacity they command and on that capacity per person.

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Cognitive Coefficient Institute (2026). The Cognitive Coefficient Index, October 2026 edition: Countries. https://alpha.cognitivecoefficient.com/index/editions/2026-10/countries. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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#	Name	Region	CPI · Cognitive Power	CC · Cognitive Coefficient
01	United States	North America	93.6	86.7
02	China	Asia-Pacific	91.9	69.9
03	Japan	Asia-Pacific	65.4	64.4
04	Germany	Europe	63.8	70.0
05	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	62.5	74.3
06	United Kingdom	Europe	57.8	70.1
07	France	Europe	55.7	65.1
08	India	Asia-Pacific	55.2	41.0
09	Taiwan	Asia-Pacific	50.3	65.6
10	Canada	North America	49.7	65.3

Cognitive Power: components and weights in this edition

AI capital17%
Agentic deployment (scale)13%
Compute capacity10%
Frontier models10%
Robotics & automation10%
Supercomputing7%
Semiconductor capability7%
Researchers (total)7%
Research output (total)7%
Patents (total)7%
Economic mass4%

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