Hard/National Security/Nuclear Deterrence

Nuclear Command, Control & Communications

The capacity to command the deterrent: warning, decision, authorisation and communication that function under any conditions, and the doctrine that governs use.
factbase.org/cap/42V9D7RB2T
World mean
0.9
of 20 · median 0.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–0.0
Panel SD
±0.24
round 1 ±0.43 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3
Advanced 2
Established 3
Transitional 1
Foundational 1
Nascent 4
Inception 183

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 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇷🇺Russia Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
5 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.71
7 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.83
8 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
9 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±1.92
10 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±5.76
11 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±6.18
12 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±5.83
13 🇨🇦Canada Americas 3 Nascent ±3.00
14 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 3 Nascent ±3.00
15 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 2 Inception ±1.50
16 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 2 Inception ±2.60
17 🇩🇪Germany Europe 2 Inception ±2.60
18 🇮🇹Italy Europe 2 Inception ±2.60
19 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 2 Inception ±1.50
20 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 1 Inception ±0.87
21 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
22 🇦🇱Albania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
23 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
24 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
25 🇦🇴Angola Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
26 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
27 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
28 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
29 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
30 🇦🇹Austria Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
31 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
32 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
33 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
34 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
35 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
36 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
37 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
38 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
39 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
40 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
41 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
42 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
43 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
44 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
45 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
46 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
47 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
48 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
49 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
50 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
51 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
52 🇨🇱Chile Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
53 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
54 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
55 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
56 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
57 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
58 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
59 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
60 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
61 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
62 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
63 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
64 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
65 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
66 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
67 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
68 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
69 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
70 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
71 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
72 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
73 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
74 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
75 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
76 🇫🇮Finland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
77 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
78 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
79 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
80 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
81 🇬🇷Greece Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
82 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
83 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
84 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
85 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
86 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
87 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
88 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
89 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
90 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
91 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
92 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
93 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
94 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
95 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
96 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
97 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
98 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
99 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
100 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
101 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
102 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
103 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
104 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
105 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
106 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
107 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
108 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
109 🇱🇾Libya Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
110 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
111 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
112 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
113 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
114 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
115 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
116 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
117 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
118 🇲🇹Malta Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
119 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
120 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
121 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
122 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
123 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
124 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
125 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
126 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
127 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
128 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
129 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
130 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
131 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
132 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
133 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
134 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
135 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
139 🇳🇴Norway Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇵🇦Panama Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
145 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇵🇪Peru Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇵🇱Poland Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
149 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇷🇴Romania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
160 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
166 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
167 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇪🇸Spain Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
171 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
175 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
176 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇹🇬Togo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
185 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
189 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
190 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Nuclear Deterrence

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Nuclear Forces0.70–20United States
Stockpile Stewardship & Sustainment0.70–20United States