Defensive Cyber Operations — 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.

national cybersecurity capability score
critical systems monitored by national defence teams
incident response time

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 20

Established 18

Transitional 32

Foundational 39

Nascent 59

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

Others in Cyber & Electromagnetic Operations

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Offensive Cyber Operations	4.3	0–20	United States
Electronic Warfare & Spectrum Operations	4.7	0–20	United States