Hard/National Security/Land Power

Battlefield Aviation & Uncrewed Systems

The capacity to operate the air layer of the land battle: rotary-wing aviation and the uncrewed systems that now carry reconnaissance, strike and logistics at the front.
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World mean
6.1
of 20 · median 5.0
Range
0–20
middle half 3.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.29
round 1 ±1.07 — 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 3
Advanced 9
Established 17
Transitional 30
Foundational 33
Nascent 56
Inception 49

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

Others in Land Power

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Combined Arms Manoeuvre6.70–20United States
Land Fires6.30–20United States
Special Operations & Irregular Warfare7.10–20United States