Command, Control & Communications — 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.

protected satellite communications capacity
deployable joint headquarters

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 14

Established 18

Transitional 29

Foundational 37

Nascent 63

Inception 33

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

Others in Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Strategic Lift & Mobility	4.7	0–20	United States
Expeditionary & Peace Operations	6.2	0–20	United States
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves	6.4	0–19	United States
Defence Industrial Mobilisation	4.6	0–20	United States
CBRN Defence	5.5	0–20	United States