Soft/Information & Influence/Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks

Agenda-Setting & Convening

The capacity to make the world discuss what the nation proposes: initiatives launched and sustained, summits and processes hosted, coalitions convened around the nation's questions.
factbase.org/cap/V68CVFT51W
World mean
7.7
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
1–19
middle half 5.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.29
round 1 ±1.21 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
France, United States

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.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5
Advanced 18
Established 15
Transitional 30
Foundational 49
Nascent 68
Inception 12

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.

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

Others in Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Diplomatic Network & Consular Reach9.13–20United States
Multilateral Leadership & Norm Setting8.11–19France, United States
Mediation & Crisis Diplomacy6.21–18Norway, Switzerland