Alliance & Treaty Networks — 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.

mutual defence treaty allies
strategic partnership agreements in force
basing and access agreements

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 16

Established 28

Transitional 33

Foundational 63

Nascent 52

Inception 2

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

Others in Alliances & Security Cooperation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Security Cooperation & Defence Diplomacy	7.7	0–20	United States