Land Fires — 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.

artillery systems in service
long-range rocket launchers in service
precision munitions inventory

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 13

Established 17

Transitional 27

Foundational 36

Nascent 44

Inception 56

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

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Combined Arms Manoeuvre	6.7	0–20	United States
Battlefield Aviation & Uncrewed Systems	6.1	0–20	United States
Special Operations & Irregular Warfare	7.1	0–20	United States