Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure

Launch, Maintenance & Support

Launch, maintenance and support covers spaceports, launch pads and integration facilities at the launch site, flight-test and launch ranges, tracking and range-safety systems, and support services for launch operations.
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World mean
2.3
of 20 · median 1.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–2.0
Panel SD
±0.52
round 1 ±0.97 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

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.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3
Advanced 4
Established 2
Transitional 10
Foundational 7
Nascent 21
Inception 150

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.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.71
3 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇷🇺Russia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 12 Established ±0.83
9 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 12 Established ±4.39
10 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.12
11 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±2.49
12 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 11 Transitional ±1.87
13 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.83
14 🇳🇴Norway Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
15 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
16 🇩🇪Germany Europe 9 Transitional ±2.29
17 🇮🇹Italy Europe 9 Transitional ±2.35
18 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±1.09
19 🇪🇸Spain Europe 9 Transitional ±2.28
20 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
21 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 8 Foundational ±2.12
22 🇨🇦Canada Americas 7 Foundational ±3.24
23 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
24 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 7 Foundational ±0.83
25 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±2.28
26 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 6 Foundational ±2.86
27 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 5 Nascent ±0.83
28 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
29 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 5 Nascent ±2.06
30 🇵🇱Poland Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
31 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 5 Nascent ±2.05
32 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±2.45
33 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 5 Nascent ±1.92
34 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
35 🇬🇷Greece Europe 4 Nascent ±0.83
36 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.83
37 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 4 Nascent ±1.30
38 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
39 🇨🇱Chile Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
40 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
41 🇫🇮Finland Europe 3 Nascent ±1.23
42 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
43 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.12
44 🇵🇪Peru Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
45 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
46 🇷🇴Romania Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
47 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 3 Nascent ±0.87
48 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
49 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
51 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
52 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
53 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
54 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 2 Inception ±0.83
55 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
56 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
57 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
58 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
59 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
60 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
61 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
62 🇦🇹Austria Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
63 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
64 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
65 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
66 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
67 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.71
68 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
69 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
70 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
71 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
72 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
73 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
74 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
75 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
76 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
77 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
78 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
79 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
80 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
81 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
82 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
83 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
84 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
85 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
86 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
87 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
88 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
89 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
90 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
91 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
92 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
93 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
94 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
95 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
96 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
97 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
99 🇵🇦Panama Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
100 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
101 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
102 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
103 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
104 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
105 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
106 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
107 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
108 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
109 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
110 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
111 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
112 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
113 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
114 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
115 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
116 🇦🇱Albania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
117 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
118 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
119 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
120 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
121 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
122 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
123 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
124 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
125 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
126 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
127 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
128 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
129 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
130 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
131 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
132 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
133 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
134 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
135 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
138 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
139 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
144 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
145 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
146 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
154 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
155 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
158 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
159 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
160 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
161 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
162 🇲🇹Malta Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
163 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
164 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
165 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
166 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
167 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
168 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
169 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
170 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
171 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
172 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
173 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
174 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
175 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
176 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
177 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
178 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
179 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
180 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
181 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
184 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
190 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇹🇬Togo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
R&D & Testing Facilities3.80–20United States
Manufacturing Facilities4.90–20United States
Satellites & Orbital Systems4.30–20United States
Ground Segment & Tracking5.00–20United States
Military Bases & Installations7.80–20United States