Expeditionary & Peace 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.

personnel deployed on operations abroad
peace operations contributions
evacuation operations conducted

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 7

Established 19

Transitional 36

Foundational 29

Nascent 51

Inception 52

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	🇫🇷France	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.71
5	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±1.12
7	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	14	Established	±0.71
12	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	14	Established	±1.09
13	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
14	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
15	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.71
16	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
17	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.83
18	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
19	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
20	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
21	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.71
22	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	13	Established	±0.83
23	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.71
24	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
25	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	12	Established	±0.71
26	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.71
27	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
28	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	12	Established	±0.50
29	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.83
30	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
31	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
32	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.71
33	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
34	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.83
35	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
36	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
37	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.87
38	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.71
39	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.71
40	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.71
41	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.83
42	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
43	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.83
44	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
45	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
46	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
47	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
48	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.71
49	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
50	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.71
51	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.48
53	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
54	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
55	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
56	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
57	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
58	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.87
59	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
62	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.50
63	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
64	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.71
65	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.83
66	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
68	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
69	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
70	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.87
71	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
72	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
73	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
74	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
75	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
76	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
78	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
80	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
81	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.71
82	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
83	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
84	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
85	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
86	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
87	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
88	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.71
89	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
90	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.83
91	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	6	Foundational	±1.00
92	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
94	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
95	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
96	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
98	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
99	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
100	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.83
102	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
104	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
105	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
106	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
107	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
108	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
111	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
112	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
113	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
114	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	4	Nascent	±1.00
115	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
117	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
118	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
119	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
120	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
121	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
122	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
123	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
124	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
125	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.71
126	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
127	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
128	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
130	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.83
132	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.71
133	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
135	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
137	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
139	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
140	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
141	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
142	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±2.28
143	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
145	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.71
146	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
147	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
148	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
149	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.87
150	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	2	Inception	±0.87
151	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2	Inception	±0.87
152	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
153	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
154	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
155	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
156	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
157	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
158	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
159	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
160	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
161	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
162	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
163	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2	Inception	±0.71
164	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
165	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
166	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
167	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
168	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
169	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
170	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
171	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
172	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
173	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
174	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
175	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
176	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
177	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
178	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
179	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
180	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
181	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
182	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.83
183	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
185	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
186	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
188	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
190	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
192	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
194	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
195	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
196	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43

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
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves	6.4	0–19	United States
Defence Industrial Mobilisation	4.6	0–20	United States
CBRN Defence	5.5	0–20	United States