🧠 GTIAS Risk Leaderboard

Structural Knowledge Asymmetry

Industries ranked by how difficult their value proposition is to replicate.

25 Industries Ranked

422 Total Industries Scored

ER07 GTIAS Attribute

What this tells you

High-scoring industries hold strong knowledge or talent moats — but that same asymmetry can create dependency on scarce expertise and risk of innovation stagnation.

Top 25 — Structural Knowledge Asymmetry

Top 25 of 422 profiled industries, ranked highest to lowest. Score out of 5.0 — higher means greater structural risk exposure.

#	ISIC	Industry	Risk Score
1	2100	Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products	5/5
2	2610	Manufacture of electronic components and boards	5/5
3	0111	Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds	4/5
4	0122	Growing of tropical and subtropical fruits	4/5
5	0127	Growing of beverage crops	4/5
6	0142	Raising of horses and other equines	4/5
7	0145	Raising of swine/pigs	4/5
8	0146	Raising of poultry	4/5
9	0161	Support activities for crop production	4/5
10	0210	Silviculture and other forestry activities	4/5
11	0240	Support services to forestry	4/5
12	0312	Freshwater fishing	4/5
13	0322	Freshwater aquaculture	4/5
14	0510	Mining of hard coal	4/5
15	0610	Extraction of crude petroleum	4/5
16	0620	Extraction of natural gas	4/5
17	0710	Mining of iron ores	4/5
18	0721	Mining of uranium and thorium ores	4/5
19	0729	Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores	4/5
20	0910	Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction	4/5
21	1010	Processing and preserving of meat	4/5
22	1050	Manufacture of dairy products	4/5
23	1102	Manufacture of wines	4/5
24	1511	Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur	4/5
25	1811	Printing	4/5

Methodology

Rankings reflect the ER07 — Structural Knowledge Asymmetry score directly for each of 422 profiled industries that have an assessed score for this attribute — not a pillar average. Scores range from 0–5 — higher indicates greater structural risk exposure. No editorial weighting is applied. Learn more about the GTIAS methodology.