Human Intelligence & Counterintelligence — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 13

Established 29

Transitional 34

Foundational 49

Nascent 42

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.

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

Others in Intelligence & Assessment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Imagery & Geospatial Intelligence	4.9	0–20	United States
Signals & Cyber Intelligence	6.3	0–20	United States
Technical & Measurement Intelligence	4.9	0–20	United States
Open-Source & Financial Intelligence	7.2	1–20	United States
All-Source Analysis & Warning	7.2	0–20	United States