International Media & Broadcasting — 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.

weekly international audience reach
languages of service broadcast
international bureaux operated

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 6

Established 11

Transitional 21

Foundational 36

Nascent 57

Inception 62

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	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	16	Advanced	±1.12
8	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
12	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
13	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
14	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.71
15	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
16	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
17	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.83
18	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	12	Established	±1.23
19	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
20	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	12	Established	±2.29
21	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
22	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	11	Transitional	±2.06
23	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
24	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
25	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
26	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.83
27	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
28	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
29	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.73
30	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	10	Transitional	±2.55
31	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.83
32	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.30
33	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
34	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.71
36	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±1.09
37	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
38	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	9	Transitional	±2.06
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.87
41	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
42	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
43	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
44	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.30
45	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
46	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
47	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
48	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	8	Foundational	±2.06
49	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	8	Foundational	±2.05
50	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.83
52	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
53	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
54	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.83
55	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.30
56	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.58
57	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.83
58	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.87
59	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
60	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
61	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
62	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
63	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.83
64	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.71
65	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
66	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.12
68	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
69	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
70	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
71	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.83
72	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
73	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
74	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
75	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
76	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
78	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.87
79	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
80	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
81	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
82	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
83	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
84	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
85	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.83
86	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
87	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.71
88	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
89	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
90	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
91	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
92	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
93	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
94	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
95	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
96	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
97	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.87
98	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
99	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
100	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.87
101	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
102	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
103	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
104	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
105	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.71
106	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
107	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
108	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
109	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
110	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
111	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
112	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
113	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
114	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
116	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
117	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
118	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.71
120	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
121	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
122	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
123	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
124	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
126	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
127	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
128	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
129	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
130	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.71
132	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
133	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
135	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
137	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
138	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
139	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
140	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
141	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
142	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
143	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
144	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
145	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
146	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
147	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
148	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
149	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
150	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
151	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
152	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
153	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
154	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
155	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
156	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
157	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
158	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
159	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
160	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
161	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
162	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
163	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
164	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
165	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
166	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.71
167	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
168	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
169	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
170	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
171	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
172	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
173	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
174	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
175	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
176	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
177	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
178	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
179	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
180	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
181	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
182	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
183	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
184	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
185	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
186	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
187	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
188	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
189	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
190	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
191	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
194	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Information Environment & Strategic Communication

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Strategic Communications & Public Diplomacy	7.6	2–19	United States
Information Defence & Counter-Interference	6.3	1–17	Estonia, Finland, Sweden