Three economies.
Five perspectives.
A first look at their capacity to supply their own needs, using the strongest available evidence for each.
Different measures, one view. EU scores match the main dashboard. US and Chinese scores use alternative proxies where equivalent data is missing. Open each pillar to see the differences. China’s overall averages four pillars; Information is excluded. Its total has different coverage from the EU and US.
Compare the five pillars
Open a pillar to see the figures, calculations and limits. A score of 100 means the benchmark is met on the selected measures. Each pillar has a different benchmark.
How to read this comparison
EU scores match the main dashboard. US and China use the same broad pillars, with alternative measures where data is missing. Defense, Technology and Economy have substantial method differences. Energy uses different years and definitions. Information gives Europe and the US four media categories with equal weights.
EU and US totals give each of five pillars 20%. China’s total gives each of its four available pillars 25%; Information is excluded, not scored as zero. The totals therefore have different coverage. Small score gaps should be read alongside the underlying methods.