Core & Backbone 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.

fibre backbone route length
fibre-to-premises coverage
average fixed broadband speed

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 25

Established 39

Transitional 41

Foundational 47

Nascent 36

Inception 3

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

Others in Communications & Digital Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Subsea Cables & International Gateways	9.9	1–19	Singapore, United States
Mobile & Wireless Networks	10.7	1–20	South Korea
Spectrum & Broadcasting	9.8	3–18	South Korea, United States
Data Centres, Compute & Cloud	7.5	1–20	United States
Data Resources	8.7	2–19	United States
AI Tools & Applications	6.6	1–20	United States