Imagery & Geospatial Intelligence — 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.

government imaging satellites in orbit
commercial imagery procurement volume

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 8

Established 13

Transitional 12

Foundational 31

Nascent 45

Inception 84

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	18	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	18	Frontier	±0.00
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.83
13	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
14	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
15	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
16	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
17	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
18	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	13	Established	±0.83
19	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
20	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
21	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
22	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
23	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12	Established	±0.71
24	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
25	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
26	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
27	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
28	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
29	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
30	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
31	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
32	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
33	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.23
34	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
35	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
36	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
37	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
38	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
39	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
40	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
41	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
42	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
43	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
44	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
45	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
46	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
47	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
48	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
49	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
50	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
52	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.83
53	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
54	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.71
55	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
56	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
57	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
59	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
60	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
61	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
62	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
63	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±1.09
64	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
65	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
66	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
67	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
68	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
69	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
70	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
71	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
72	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
73	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
74	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
75	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
76	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
77	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
78	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
79	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
80	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
81	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
82	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
83	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
84	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
85	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
86	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
87	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
88	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
89	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
90	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
91	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
92	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
93	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
94	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
95	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
96	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
97	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
98	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
99	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
100	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
101	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
102	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
104	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.71
105	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
106	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
107	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
108	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
109	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
110	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
111	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
112	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
113	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
114	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
115	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
116	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
117	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
118	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
119	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
120	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
121	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
122	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
123	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
124	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
125	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
126	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
127	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
128	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
129	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
130	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
131	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
132	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
133	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
134	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
135	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
136	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
137	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
138	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
139	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
140	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
141	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
142	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
143	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
144	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
145	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
146	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
147	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.50
148	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
149	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
150	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
151	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
152	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
153	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
154	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
155	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
156	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
157	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
158	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
159	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
160	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
161	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
162	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
163	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
164	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
165	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
166	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
167	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
168	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
169	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
170	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
171	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
172	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
175	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
176	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
177	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
178	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
182	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
194	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
195	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Intelligence & Assessment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
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
Human Intelligence & Counterintelligence	7.9	1–20	United States
All-Source Analysis & Warning	7.2	0–20	United States