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Economic Leverage & Coercion Resistance

The capacity to convert interdependence into weight, and to withstand conversion attempted in return: the asymmetries of dependence, the coordination machinery that reads and responds to coercion, and the demonstrated ability to hold a position under economic pressure.
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World mean
6.8
of 20 · median 5.0
Range
0–20
middle half 3.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.34
round 1 ±1.22 — 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 3
Advanced 12
Established 20
Transitional 25
Foundational 37
Nascent 74
Inception 26

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

Others in Economic Leverage & Dependence

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Strategic Supply Security6.40–18United States
Concentration Risk & Revenue Stabilisation7.30–20Norway