Information Defence & Counter-Interference — 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.

standing counter-interference machinery in place
interference campaigns publicly attributed
population media literacy scores

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 0

Advanced 20

Established 9

Transitional 23

Foundational 35

Nascent 63

Inception 47

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	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
2	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
3	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
4	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇺🇸United States	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.71
6	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.83
7	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.71
18	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
20	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
22	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
23	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
24	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
25	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
26	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
27	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
29	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
30	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
31	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
32	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
33	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.71
34	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
36	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
37	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
38	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
40	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
42	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.71
43	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
44	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
45	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
46	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
47	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
48	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
49	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
50	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
51	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.83
52	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
53	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
54	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	8	Foundational	±1.23
55	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.00
56	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
57	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
58	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.71
59	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
60	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
61	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
62	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.83
63	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
64	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
65	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
66	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
68	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
69	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
70	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
71	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
72	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
73	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
74	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
75	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
76	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
78	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±1.12
79	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
80	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
81	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
82	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.83
83	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
84	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
85	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
86	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.83
87	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
88	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
89	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
90	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
91	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
92	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
94	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
95	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
96	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
98	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
99	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
100	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
102	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
104	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
105	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
106	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
107	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
108	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
110	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
111	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
112	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
113	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
114	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
115	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
117	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
118	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
119	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
120	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
121	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
122	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
123	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
124	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.71
126	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
127	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
128	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
130	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
131	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
132	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
133	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
134	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
135	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
136	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
137	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
138	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
142	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
143	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
147	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
149	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
150	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
151	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
152	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
153	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
154	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
155	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
156	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
157	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
158	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
159	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
160	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
161	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
162	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
163	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
164	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
165	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
166	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
167	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
168	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
169	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
170	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
171	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
172	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
173	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
174	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
175	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
176	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
177	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
178	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
179	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
180	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
181	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
182	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
183	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
184	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
185	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
186	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
187	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
188	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
189	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
190	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
191	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
192	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43

Others in Information Environment & Strategic Communication

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Strategic Communications & Public Diplomacy	7.6	2–19	United States
International Media & Broadcasting	5.4	0–20	United States