Maritime Security & Constabulary — 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.

coastguard and offshore patrol fleet
maritime domain awareness coverage
exclusive economic zone patrol days

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 14

Established 25

Transitional 25

Foundational 42

Nascent 45

Inception 43

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

Others in Maritime Power

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Sea Denial & Undersea Warfare	4.4	0–20	United States
Sea Control	4.0	0–20	United States
Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations	3.4	0–20	United States