Military Bases & Installations — 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.

domestic base and installation footprint
overseas bases and access arrangements

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 17

Established 30

Transitional 26

Foundational 53

Nascent 46

Inception 22

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	±0.43
2	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
6	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
19	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
21	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	14	Established	±0.43
22	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
24	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
25	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
26	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
27	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
28	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
29	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
30	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.83
31	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
32	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	13	Established	±0.50
33	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
34	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
35	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
36	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
37	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	12	Established	±0.83
38	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
39	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
40	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
41	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
42	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
43	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
44	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
45	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
46	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
47	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.71
48	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	12	Established	±0.71
50	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
51	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
53	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
54	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
56	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
57	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.00
58	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
59	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.83
60	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
62	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.83
63	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
64	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
65	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
68	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
69	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
70	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
71	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
75	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.00
77	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
78	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
80	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
81	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
82	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
83	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
84	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.83
85	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
86	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
87	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
88	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
89	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
90	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
92	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
93	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
94	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
96	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
97	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
98	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
99	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
100	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
104	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
105	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
106	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
107	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
108	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
109	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
110	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
111	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
112	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
113	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
114	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
115	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
116	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
117	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
119	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
120	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
121	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
122	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
123	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
124	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
125	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
126	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
127	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
129	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
130	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
131	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
132	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
133	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
134	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
135	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
136	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
137	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
138	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
140	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
141	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
142	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
143	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
147	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
153	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
155	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
156	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
159	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
162	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
163	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
164	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
167	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.83
168	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3	Nascent	±1.30
171	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
175	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
176	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
177	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
178	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
179	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
180	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
181	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
182	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
183	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
184	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
185	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
186	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
187	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
188	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
189	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
190	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
191	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
193	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
195	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
196	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
R&D & Testing Facilities	3.8	0–20	United States
Manufacturing Facilities	4.9	0–20	United States
Launch, Maintenance & Support	2.3	0–20	United States
Satellites & Orbital Systems	4.3	0–20	United States
Ground Segment & Tracking	5.0	0–20	United States