Mobile & Wireless Networks — 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.

population covered by latest-generation mobile networks
mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 people
average mobile network speed

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 35

Established 47

Transitional 45

Foundational 45

Nascent 19

Inception 1

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

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Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Subsea Cables & International Gateways	9.9	1–19	Singapore, United States
Core & Backbone Networks	9.7	2–19	South Korea
Spectrum & Broadcasting	9.8	3–18	South Korea, United States
Data Centres, Compute & Cloud	7.5	1–20	United States
Data Resources	8.7	2–19	United States
AI Tools & Applications	6.6	1–20	United States