Data Centres, Compute & Cloud — 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.

data centre capacity in operation
installed high-performance compute capacity
domestically hosted cloud region availability

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 20

Established 22

Transitional 28

Foundational 40

Nascent 57

Inception 27

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

Others in Communications & Digital Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Subsea Cables & International Gateways	9.9	1–19	Singapore, United States
Core & Backbone Networks	9.7	2–19	South Korea
Mobile & Wireless Networks	10.7	1–20	South Korea
Spectrum & Broadcasting	9.8	3–18	South Korea, United States
Data Resources	8.7	2–19	United States
AI Tools & Applications	6.6	1–20	United States