Soft/Information & Influence/Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy

Cultural & Language Institutes

The capacity to teach the nation to the world: institute networks, language programmes and the standing people-to-people machinery that makes a culture learnable from anywhere.
factbase.org/cap/YGR6XDCE23
World mean
5.2
of 20 · median 3.0
Range
1–20
middle half 2.0–7.0
Panel SD
±0.55
round 1 ±1.53 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
France

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 6
Advanced 6
Established 7
Transitional 21
Foundational 26
Nascent 58
Inception 73

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 🇫🇷France Europe 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇩🇪Germany Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
6 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
7 🇮🇹Italy Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇪🇸Spain Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
11 🇷🇺Russia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
14 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 13 Established ±1.12
15 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 13 Established ±1.41
16 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 13 Established ±1.12
17 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.00
18 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.43
19 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 12 Established ±1.87
20 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.87
21 🇦🇹Austria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
22 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 11 Transitional ±1.12
23 🇨🇦Canada Americas 11 Transitional ±0.83
24 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
25 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
26 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 11 Transitional ±1.66
27 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
28 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 11 Transitional ±0.71
29 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
30 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 10 Transitional ±1.50
31 🇫🇮Finland Europe 10 Transitional ±1.23
32 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
33 🇳🇴Norway Europe 10 Transitional ±1.78
34 🇷🇴Romania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
35 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 9 Transitional ±0.83
36 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
37 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
38 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
39 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
40 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
41 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
42 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
43 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
44 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±1.48
45 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
46 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 8 Foundational ±0.83
47 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.00
48 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
49 🇨🇱Chile Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
51 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
52 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
53 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
54 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
55 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
56 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
57 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
58 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
59 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
60 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
61 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.87
62 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.87
63 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.71
64 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.83
65 🇵🇪Peru Americas 6 Foundational ±0.83
66 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.30
67 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
68 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
69 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
70 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
71 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
72 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
73 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 5 Nascent ±1.30
74 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
75 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
76 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
77 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
78 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 5 Nascent ±0.87
79 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
80 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
81 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
82 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
83 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
84 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
85 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
86 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
87 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 4 Nascent ±0.71
88 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
89 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
90 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
91 🇲🇹Malta Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
92 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.09
93 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
94 🇦🇱Albania Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
95 🇦🇴Angola Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
96 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.87
97 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
98 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
99 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
100 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.83
101 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
102 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
103 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
104 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
105 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
106 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
107 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
108 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 3 Nascent ±0.83
110 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
111 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
112 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 3 Nascent ±0.83
113 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
114 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
115 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.87
116 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
117 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
118 🇵🇦Panama Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
119 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
120 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.83
121 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
122 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
123 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
124 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
125 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
126 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
127 🇧🇯Benin Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
128 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
129 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
130 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
131 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
132 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
133 🇨🇬Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
134 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
135 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
136 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
137 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
138 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
139 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
140 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
141 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
142 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
143 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
144 🇲🇱Mali Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
145 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
146 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
147 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
148 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
149 🇳🇪Niger Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
150 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
151 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
152 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
153 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
154 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
155 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
156 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
157 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
158 🇹🇬Togo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
159 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
160 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
161 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
162 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
163 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
164 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
165 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
166 🇹🇩Chad Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
167 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
168 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
169 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
170 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
171 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
172 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
173 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
174 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
175 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
176 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
177 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
178 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
179 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
180 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
181 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
182 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
183 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
184 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
185 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
186 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
187 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
192 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
193 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
196 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43

Others in Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach6.21–20United States
Heritage & Cultural Institutions8.62–19France, Italy
Education Diplomacy & Alumni Networks6.21–20United States
Sports & Major Events7.51–20United States