Hydrometeorology & Early Warning — 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.

weather radar coverage of population
hydrological and seismic station density
population reachable by public alert within ten minutes

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 19

Established 39

Transitional 34

Foundational 60

Nascent 36

Inception 4

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	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	20	Frontier	±0.50
2	🇺🇸United States	Americas	20	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
6	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
18	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
19	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
22	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
23	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
25	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
26	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
27	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
28	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
29	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
30	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
31	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
32	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
33	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.71
34	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.50
35	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
36	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
37	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
38	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
39	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
40	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
41	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
42	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
43	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
44	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
45	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
46	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
47	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
48	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
49	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
50	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
51	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
52	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
53	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
54	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
55	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
56	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
57	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
58	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
59	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
60	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
61	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
62	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
63	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
64	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
65	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
66	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
68	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
69	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
70	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
71	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
72	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
75	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
76	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
77	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
81	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
84	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.71
86	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
87	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
88	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
89	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
91	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
92	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
93	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
94	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
95	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
96	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
97	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
98	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
99	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
102	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
103	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
104	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
105	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
106	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
107	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
108	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
109	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
110	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
111	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.71
112	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
113	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
114	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.71
115	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
116	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
117	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
119	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
120	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
121	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
122	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.23
123	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
124	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
125	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
126	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
128	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
130	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
131	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
132	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
134	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
136	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
137	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
138	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
139	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
140	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
142	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
143	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
144	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
145	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.78
146	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
148	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
149	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
150	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
151	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
153	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
154	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
155	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
156	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
157	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
158	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
162	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
163	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
164	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
168	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
170	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	5	Nascent	±2.06
173	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
174	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
175	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
176	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
178	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
179	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
184	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
186	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
187	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
188	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
189	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
191	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
192	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
193	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
194	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Social Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Health Infrastructure	9.7	2–18	France, Germany, Japan
Public Health & Laboratories	9.1	1–19	United States
Medical Supply & Stockpiles	8.7	1–18	United States
Education & Skills Infrastructure	9.9	3–18	Finland, Germany, Japan
Research & Scientific Facilities	5.6	0–20	United States
Housing, Community & Social Services	8.4	1–19	Singapore
Government & Public Administration	10.4	3–19	Singapore
Cultural, Community & Recreational Infrastructure	9.1	2–18	France, Germany, United Kingdom
Justice & Corrections	9.1	2–17	Australia, Canada, Denmark
Emergency Services & Civil Protection	9.1	2–18	France, Japan, Singapore