Maritime & Logistics Services — 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.

merchant fleet owned and flagged
logistics performance score
port terminal operations abroad

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 7

Advanced 13

Established 24

Transitional 23

Foundational 40

Nascent 66

Inception 24

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	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	20	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
6	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
7	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18	Frontier	±0.43
8	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.83
16	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
18	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
20	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
21	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
22	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
23	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
24	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
25	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
26	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
27	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
28	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
29	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
30	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±2.77
31	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
32	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
33	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
34	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
35	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	12	Established	±0.71
36	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
37	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
38	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
39	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
40	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
41	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
42	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
43	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
44	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
45	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
46	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
47	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
48	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
49	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
50	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
51	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
53	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
54	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
56	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
58	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.83
59	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
61	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
62	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.83
63	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	9	Transitional	±1.00
65	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
68	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
69	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
70	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
71	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
72	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
73	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
74	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	8	Foundational	±1.23
75	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
76	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
78	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.83
79	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
80	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
81	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
82	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
83	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
85	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
86	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
87	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
88	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
89	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
90	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
91	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
92	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
94	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
95	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
96	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
97	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
98	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
99	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
101	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
103	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
105	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.87
106	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
107	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
110	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
111	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
112	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
113	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
114	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
115	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
117	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
118	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
119	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
120	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
121	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
122	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.12
123	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
124	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
125	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
126	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.71
127	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
128	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.71
130	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
132	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
133	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
134	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
135	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
137	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
138	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
141	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
142	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
143	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
145	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
147	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
148	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
150	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
151	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
153	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
154	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
155	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
158	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
161	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
162	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
163	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
167	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
168	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
173	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
175	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
176	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
177	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
178	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
179	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
180	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
181	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
182	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
183	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
184	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
185	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
186	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
187	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
188	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
189	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
190	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
191	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

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