Counter-Uncrewed & Low-Altitude Defence — 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.

counter-uncrewed systems fielded
short-range air defence layers deployed

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 9

Established 13

Transitional 20

Foundational 27

Nascent 40

Inception 85

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	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	19	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19	Frontier	±0.71
3	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
14	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
15	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
16	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
17	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
18	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
19	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
20	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.83
21	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.87
22	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
23	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
24	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
25	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
26	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
27	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
28	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
29	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
30	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.50
31	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±1.50
32	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	10	Transitional	±1.92
33	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
34	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.23
35	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
36	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.83
37	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	9	Transitional	±2.17
38	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.78
40	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
41	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
42	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
43	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
44	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
45	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
46	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.80
47	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
48	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
49	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.87
50	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
51	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.83
52	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
53	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.23
54	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
55	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8	Foundational	±1.23
56	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.00
57	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	8	Foundational	±1.09
58	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
59	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
60	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±1.09
61	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.83
62	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
63	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
64	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.71
65	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.71
66	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.83
68	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.83
69	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
70	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
71	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
72	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
73	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.83
74	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
75	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±1.09
76	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.83
77	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
78	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.09
79	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.41
80	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
81	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	5	Nascent	±1.12
82	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
83	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.23
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.83
85	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
86	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
87	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.12
88	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.83
89	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
90	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
91	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±1.23
92	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
93	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
94	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
95	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
96	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
97	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.71
98	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
100	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
102	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
103	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.71
104	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
105	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.87
106	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
107	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
108	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.87
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
110	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
111	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±1.09
112	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
113	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
114	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
115	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
116	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
117	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
118	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
119	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
120	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
121	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
122	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
123	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
124	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
125	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
126	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
127	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
128	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.83
129	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	2	Inception	±0.83
130	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	2	Inception	±1.23
131	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
132	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
133	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
134	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
135	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
136	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
137	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
138	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
139	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
140	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
141	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
142	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
143	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
144	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
145	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
146	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
147	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
148	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
149	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
150	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
151	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
152	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
153	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
154	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.71
155	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
156	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
157	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
158	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
159	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
160	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
161	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
162	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
163	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
164	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
165	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
166	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
167	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
168	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
169	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
170	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
171	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
172	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
175	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
176	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
177	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
179	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
180	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
194	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	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	±0.00

Others in Strategic Strike & Missile Defence

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Long-Range Strike	2.5	0–20	United States
Integrated Air & Missile Defence	4.3	0–20	United States