Hard/National Security/Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment

CBRN Defence

The capacity to protect the force and the population against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards: detection, protection, decontamination and medical countermeasures.
pending/cap/cbrn-defence
World mean
5.5
of 20 · median 4.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.31
round 1 ±0.91 — 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 12
Established 11
Transitional 30
Foundational 24
Nascent 47
Inception 71

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

Others in Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Command, Control & Communications6.90–20United States
Strategic Lift & Mobility4.70–20United States
Expeditionary & Peace Operations6.20–20United States
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves6.40–19United States
Defence Industrial Mobilisation4.60–20United States