Advanced Wireless Communication — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

standard-essential patent share in mobile standards
network equipment vendor market share
next-generation trial deployments

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 4

Established 4

Transitional 12

Foundational 15

Nascent 22

Inception 134

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	20	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
6	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
7	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	14	Established	±0.83
12	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
13	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
14	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.87
15	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
16	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
17	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
18	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
19	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.00
20	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
21	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.23
22	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.66
23	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.83
24	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
25	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.87
26	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
27	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
28	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
29	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
30	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
31	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
32	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
33	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
34	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.83
35	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
36	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
37	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
38	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
39	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.71
40	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
41	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	6	Foundational	±1.12
42	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
43	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.12
44	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
45	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
46	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.66
47	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.83
48	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
49	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
50	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
51	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
52	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.83
53	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
54	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
55	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
56	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
57	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
58	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
59	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
60	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
61	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
62	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±1.23
63	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
64	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
65	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.83
66	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.83
67	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.83
68	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
69	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
70	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
71	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
72	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
73	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.83
74	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.87
75	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
76	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
77	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
78	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±1.09
79	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	2	Inception	±1.12
80	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	2	Inception	±1.23
81	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	2	Inception	±1.00
82	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
83	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.83
84	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
85	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
86	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
87	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
88	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.83
89	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
90	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
91	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
92	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
93	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
94	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
95	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
96	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
97	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
98	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
100	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
101	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
102	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
103	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
104	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
105	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
106	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
107	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
108	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
109	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
110	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
111	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
112	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
113	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.83
114	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
115	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
116	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
117	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
118	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
119	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.83
120	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
121	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
122	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.83
123	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
124	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.83
125	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
126	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
127	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
128	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	1	Inception	±1.09
129	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
130	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
131	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
132	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
133	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
134	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
135	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
136	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
137	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
138	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
139	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
140	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
141	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
142	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
143	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
144	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
145	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
146	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
147	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
148	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
149	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
150	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
151	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
152	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
153	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
154	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
155	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
156	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
157	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
158	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
159	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
160	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
161	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
162	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
163	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
164	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
165	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
166	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
167	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
168	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
169	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
170	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
171	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
172	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
175	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
176	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
177	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
185	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
189	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
190	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
191	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
194	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Advanced Optical Communication & Photonics	3.3	0–20	United States
Resilient & Infrastructure-Independent Networks	3.9	0–20	United States
Protective Cybersecurity Technologies	4.9	0–20	United States
Privacy, Identity & Trust Technologies	5.5	0–20	United States