Ground Segment & Tracking — 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.

ground stations operated
tracking network coverage

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 11

Established 11

Transitional 17

Foundational 26

Nascent 37

Inception 90

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	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
6	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.83
15	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
18	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
19	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
20	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
21	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
22	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
23	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	12	Established	±1.41
24	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
25	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
26	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
27	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
28	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
29	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.83
30	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
31	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
32	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
33	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
34	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
35	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
36	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
37	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
38	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
40	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
42	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
43	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
44	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
45	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
46	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
47	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
48	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
49	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
50	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
51	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
52	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
53	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
54	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
55	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
56	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.71
57	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
58	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
59	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
60	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
61	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
62	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
63	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
64	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
65	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
66	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
68	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
69	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
70	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
71	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
72	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
73	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.83
74	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
75	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
76	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
77	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
78	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
79	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
80	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
81	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.87
82	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
83	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
84	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
85	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
86	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
87	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
88	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
89	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
90	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
91	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
92	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
93	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
94	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
95	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
96	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
98	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
99	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
100	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
101	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
102	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
104	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
105	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
106	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
107	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
108	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
109	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
110	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
111	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
112	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
113	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
114	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
115	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
116	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
117	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
118	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
119	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
120	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
121	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
122	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
123	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
124	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
125	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
126	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
127	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
128	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
129	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
130	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
131	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
132	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
133	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
134	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
135	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
136	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
137	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
138	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
139	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.71
140	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
141	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
142	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
143	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
144	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
145	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
146	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
147	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
148	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
149	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
150	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
151	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
152	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
153	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
154	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
155	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
156	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
157	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
158	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
159	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
160	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
161	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
162	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
163	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
164	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
165	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
166	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
167	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
168	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
169	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
170	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
171	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
172	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
173	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
174	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
175	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
176	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
177	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
178	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
179	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
180	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
181	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
182	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
183	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
184	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
188	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
189	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
190	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
191	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
194	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
R&D & Testing Facilities	3.8	0–20	United States
Manufacturing Facilities	4.9	0–20	United States
Launch, Maintenance & Support	2.3	0–20	United States
Satellites & Orbital Systems	4.3	0–20	United States
Military Bases & Installations	7.8	0–20	United States