Humanitarian Assistance & Response Abroad — 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.

humanitarian funding contributed
certified deployable response teams
international responses mounted

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 14

Established 14

Transitional 13

Foundational 26

Nascent 46

Inception 83

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	18	Frontier	±1.50
2	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
3	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
4	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
17	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
18	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
19	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
20	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
21	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
22	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
23	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
24	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13	Established	±0.71
25	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
26	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
27	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
28	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
29	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
30	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.83
31	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
32	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
33	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
34	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
36	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
37	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
38	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
40	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.83
42	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
43	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.71
44	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
45	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
46	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
47	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
48	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
49	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
50	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
52	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
53	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
54	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
55	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
56	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
57	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
59	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
60	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.83
61	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.83
62	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
63	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
64	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.12
65	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
66	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	6	Foundational	±1.12
67	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
68	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
69	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
70	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
71	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
72	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
73	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.87
74	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
75	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	5	Nascent	±1.09
76	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	5	Nascent	±1.09
77	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.87
78	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
79	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
80	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
81	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.23
82	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
83	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.83
84	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
85	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
86	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
87	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
88	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
89	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
90	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.87
91	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±1.50
92	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
93	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
94	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
95	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
96	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
97	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
98	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
99	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	3	Nascent	±1.09
100	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±1.09
101	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	3	Nascent	±1.09
102	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±1.09
103	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.87
104	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
105	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.87
106	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.83
107	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	3	Nascent	±1.09
108	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.09
109	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.09
110	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±1.48
111	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
112	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3	Nascent	±1.09
113	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	3	Nascent	±1.09
114	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.83
115	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
116	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
117	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
118	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
119	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
120	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
121	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
122	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
123	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
124	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
125	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
126	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
127	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
128	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
129	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
130	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
131	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
132	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
133	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
134	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
135	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
136	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
137	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
138	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
139	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
140	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
141	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.87
142	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.87
143	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	2	Inception	±1.09
144	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
145	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
146	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
147	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
148	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.83
149	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
150	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
151	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
152	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
153	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
155	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
156	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
157	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
158	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
159	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
160	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
161	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
162	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
163	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
164	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
165	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
166	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
167	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
168	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
169	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
170	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
171	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
172	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
173	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
174	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
175	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
176	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
177	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
178	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
179	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
180	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
181	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
182	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
183	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
184	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
185	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
187	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
188	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
189	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
190	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
191	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
192	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
194	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
196	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50

Others in Development Cooperation & Global Assistance

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Development Cooperation & Finance	5.3	1–18	China, France, Germany