Hard/National Security/Maritime Power

Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations

The capacity to project force from the sea onto land: amphibious assault, littoral manoeuvre and the marine forces that conduct them.
factbase.org/cap/ERWJBJGG06
World mean
3.4
of 20 · median 1.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–5.0
Panel SD
±0.50
round 1 ±1.04 — 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 1
Advanced 9
Established 8
Transitional 5
Foundational 22
Nascent 25
Inception 127

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 ±0.00
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
3 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
4 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
8 🇷🇺Russia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
11 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
12 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.71
13 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 13 Established ±0.50
14 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
15 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
16 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±1.09
17 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
18 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
19 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.71
20 🇨🇱Chile Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
21 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
22 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
23 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
24 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
25 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
26 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
27 🇳🇴Norway Europe 8 Foundational ±2.69
28 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
29 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 8 Foundational ±1.78
30 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 8 Foundational ±1.50
31 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
32 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.87
33 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
34 🇨🇦Canada Americas 7 Foundational ±3.96
35 🇫🇮Finland Europe 7 Foundational ±2.35
36 🇩🇪Germany Europe 7 Foundational ±2.28
37 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 7 Foundational ±2.92
38 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±1.30
39 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.83
40 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.71
41 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 7 Foundational ±1.30
42 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 7 Foundational ±1.09
43 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 6 Foundational ±1.23
44 🇵🇱Poland Europe 6 Foundational ±2.17
45 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
46 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 5 Nascent ±2.06
47 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
48 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.83
49 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
50 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 5 Nascent ±1.92
51 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 5 Nascent ±1.50
52 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.83
53 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 5 Nascent ±0.87
54 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
55 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 4 Nascent ±1.50
56 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 4 Nascent ±1.50
57 🇷🇴Romania Europe 4 Nascent ±1.64
58 🇦🇴Angola Africa 3 Nascent ±1.23
59 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
60 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.87
61 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 3 Nascent ±1.09
62 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 3 Nascent ±1.30
63 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
64 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
65 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.23
66 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.09
67 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
68 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 3 Nascent ±1.12
69 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.87
70 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
71 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
72 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
73 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
74 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
75 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
76 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
77 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.87
78 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
79 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
80 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
81 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
82 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
83 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.83
84 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
85 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 2 Inception ±1.09
86 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
87 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
88 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 2 Inception ±1.30
89 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
90 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
91 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
92 🇦🇱Albania Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
93 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
94 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
95 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
96 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
97 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
98 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
99 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
100 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
101 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
102 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
103 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
104 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
105 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
106 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
107 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
108 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
109 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
110 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
111 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
112 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
113 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
114 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
115 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
116 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
117 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
118 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
119 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
120 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
121 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
122 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
123 🇲🇹Malta Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
124 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
125 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
126 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
127 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
128 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
129 🇵🇦Panama Americas 1 Inception ±0.71
130 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
131 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
132 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
133 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
134 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
135 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
136 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
137 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
138 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
139 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
140 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
141 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
142 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
143 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
144 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.83
145 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇦🇹Austria Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
156 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
157 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
158 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
160 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
190 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Maritime Power

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Maritime Security & Constabulary6.70–19United States
Sea Denial & Undersea Warfare4.40–20United States
Sea Control4.00–20United States