Criminal Justice & Corrections — 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.

criminal justice factor score
pre-trial detainee share of prison population
reoffending rate

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 22

Established 27

Transitional 44

Foundational 58

Nascent 37

Inception 7

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

Others in Internal Security & Order

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Policing & Law Enforcement	9.4	2–19	Singapore
Organised Crime & Illicit Economy Response	8.3	1–18	United States