Heritage & Cultural Institutions — 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.

inscribed world heritage sites
museum visitation of leading institutions
heritage restitution agreements concluded

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 18

Established 25

Transitional 43

Foundational 47

Nascent 53

Inception 5

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

Others in Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Cultural & Language Institutes	5.2	1–20	France
Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach	6.2	1–20	United States
Education Diplomacy & Alumni Networks	6.2	1–20	United States
Sports & Major Events	7.5	1–20	United States