Hard/National Security/Air Power

Air Sovereignty & Policing

The capacity to watch and police national airspace in peacetime: surveillance, quick reaction alert, intercept and identification.
pending/cap/air-sovereignty-policing
World mean
6.2
of 20 · median 4.0
Range
0–20
middle half 2.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.35
round 1 ±1.14 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
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 2
Advanced 24
Established 19
Transitional 23
Foundational 18
Nascent 43
Inception 68

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 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇷🇺Russia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.71
10 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
12 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇩🇪Germany Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇬🇷Greece Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
21 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇵🇱Poland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
24 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
25 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
26 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
27 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
30 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.43
31 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.43
33 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 13 Established ±0.50
34 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇷🇴Romania Europe 13 Established ±0.50
36 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 12 Established ±0.43
37 🇨🇱Chile Americas 12 Established ±0.43
38 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
40 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.00
41 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
42 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
43 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
44 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±0.71
45 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
46 🇦🇹Austria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
47 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
48 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.71
51 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
52 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
53 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.87
55 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
57 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
59 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 10 Transitional ±2.18
60 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
61 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
62 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 10 Transitional ±0.71
63 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 9 Transitional ±2.17
65 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 9 Transitional ±1.41
66 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±3.70
67 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
70 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
71 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 8 Foundational ±1.41
72 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
73 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
74 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.71
75 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
76 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.71
77 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 7 Foundational ±1.48
78 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
79 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
80 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
81 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
82 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 6 Foundational ±2.06
85 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
86 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
87 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 5 Nascent ±1.23
88 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
89 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
90 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
91 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
92 🇦🇱Albania Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
93 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
94 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
95 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
96 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
97 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
98 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
99 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
100 🇲🇹Malta Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
101 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
102 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
103 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
104 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
105 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
106 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
107 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
108 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
109 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
110 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
111 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
112 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
113 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
115 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
116 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
117 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
119 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
120 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
121 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
122 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
123 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
124 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
125 🇵🇦Panama Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
126 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
127 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
128 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
130 🇧🇯Benin Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
131 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
132 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
133 🇨🇬Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
134 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
135 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
136 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
137 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
138 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
139 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
140 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
141 🇲🇱Mali Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
142 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
143 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
144 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
145 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
146 🇹🇬Togo Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
147 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
148 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
149 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
150 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
151 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
152 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
153 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
154 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
155 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
156 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
157 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
158 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
159 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
160 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
161 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
162 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
163 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
164 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
165 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
166 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
167 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
168 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
169 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
195 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Air Power

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Control of the Air4.90–20United States
Air Strike & Interdiction5.30–20United States
Airborne ISR, Early Warning & Battle Management3.90–20United States