Fisheries & Aquaculture — 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.

capture fisheries production
aquaculture production volume
fishing fleet capacity

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 17

Established 22

Transitional 28

Foundational 45

Nascent 71

Inception 11

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

Others in Agriculture & Food Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Irrigation & Agricultural Water	8.0	0–19	Israel
Livestock & Veterinary	8.8	0–18	Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand
Storage, Cold Chain & Markets	8.4	0–18	United States