Soft/Information & Influence/Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks

Diplomatic Network & Consular Reach

The capacity to be present everywhere that matters: the global network of missions, the foreign service behind it and the consular machinery that protects citizens abroad.
factbase.org/cap/76H8AY3M1X
World mean
9.1
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
3–20
middle half 6.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.35
round 1 ±1.16 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

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 5
Advanced 19
Established 30
Transitional 43
Foundational 57
Nascent 43
Inception 0

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

Others in Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Multilateral Leadership & Norm Setting8.11–19France, United States
Agenda-Setting & Convening7.71–19France, United States
Mediation & Crisis Diplomacy6.21–18Norway, Switzerland