Defence Industrial Mobilisation — 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.

annual munitions production rate
defence industrial employment
surge capacity contracted

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 8

Established 20

Transitional 14

Foundational 25

Nascent 20

Inception 108

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	±0.43
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
4	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.50
5	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
12	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
13	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.83
14	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
15	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
16	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
17	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
18	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
19	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
20	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
21	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
22	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
23	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
24	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
25	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
26	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
27	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	12	Established	±0.50
28	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
29	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
30	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	12	Established	±0.71
31	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
32	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
33	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
34	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.09
36	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
37	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
38	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
40	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.30
41	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
42	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
43	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
44	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
45	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
46	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
47	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.23
48	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
49	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
50	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
52	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
53	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.83
54	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
55	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.87
56	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.87
57	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
58	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
59	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.71
60	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
61	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
62	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
63	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
64	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
65	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.71
66	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
68	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
69	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
70	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
71	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
72	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±1.23
73	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
74	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
75	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.64
76	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
77	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
78	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
79	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
80	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
81	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
82	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
83	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
84	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
85	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.12
86	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
87	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.09
88	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	3	Nascent	±1.48
89	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	3	Nascent	±1.78
90	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
91	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.87
92	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
93	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
94	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.83
95	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
96	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	2	Inception	±0.71
97	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±1.00
98	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	2	Inception	±0.71
99	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	2	Inception	±0.87
100	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	2	Inception	±1.09
101	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
102	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.87
103	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.71
104	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
105	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2	Inception	±0.83
106	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±1.09
107	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.87
108	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
109	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
110	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
111	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
112	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.71
113	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
114	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±1.09
115	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
116	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
117	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
118	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.71
119	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
120	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
121	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
122	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
123	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
124	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
125	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
126	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
127	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
128	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
129	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
130	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
131	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
132	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
133	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	1	Inception	±0.83
134	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
135	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
136	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
137	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	1	Inception	±1.09
138	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
139	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	1	Inception	±1.09
140	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
141	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
142	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
143	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
144	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
145	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
146	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
147	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
148	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
149	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
150	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
151	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
152	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
153	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.83
154	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
155	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
156	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
157	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.83
158	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
159	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	1	Inception	±1.00
160	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
161	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
162	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
163	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
164	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
165	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
166	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
167	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
169	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
170	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
171	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
172	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
174	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
175	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
176	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
177	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
178	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
179	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
180	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
181	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
182	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
183	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
185	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
186	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
187	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
188	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
189	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
192	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
194	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
195	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Command, Control & Communications	6.9	0–20	United States
Strategic Lift & Mobility	4.7	0–20	United States
Expeditionary & Peace Operations	6.2	0–20	United States
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves	6.4	0–19	United States
CBRN Defence	5.5	0–20	United States