Hard/National Security/Cyber & Electromagnetic Operations

Offensive Cyber Operations

The capacity to create effects through networks, disrupt, degrade, deny and destroy, integrated with operations in every other environment.
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World mean
4.3
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–6.0
Panel SD
±0.46
round 1 ±1.17 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

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.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4
Advanced 6
Established 10
Transitional 13
Foundational 24
Nascent 37
Inception 103

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 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 18 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇷🇺Russia Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
5 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±1.64
11 🇩🇪Germany Europe 14 Established ±0.83
12 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
13 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 14 Established ±0.43
14 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.71
15 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 13 Established ±2.06
16 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±1.23
17 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 13 Established ±0.43
18 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±1.23
19 🇳🇴Norway Europe 12 Established ±1.50
20 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
21 🇮🇹Italy Europe 11 Transitional ±1.12
22 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.58
23 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
24 🇵🇱Poland Europe 11 Transitional ±1.23
25 🇪🇸Spain Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
26 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
27 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
28 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 10 Transitional ±1.41
29 🇫🇮Finland Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
30 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
31 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
32 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
33 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
34 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8 Foundational ±0.71
35 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 8 Foundational ±1.58
36 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
37 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
38 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 8 Foundational ±1.12
39 🇷🇴Romania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.83
40 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
41 🇬🇷Greece Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
42 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 7 Foundational ±1.09
43 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 7 Foundational ±1.23
44 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
45 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
46 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 7 Foundational ±0.87
47 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.71
48 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
49 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
51 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
52 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
53 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.83
54 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 6 Foundational ±0.87
55 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
56 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
57 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.83
58 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
59 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
60 🇦🇹Austria Europe 5 Nascent ±0.71
61 🇨🇱Chile Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
62 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±1.64
63 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
64 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 5 Nascent ±1.23
65 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
66 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
67 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
68 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
69 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
70 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
71 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
72 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
73 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
74 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
75 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
76 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
77 🇵🇪Peru Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
78 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
79 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
80 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
81 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
82 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
83 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
84 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
85 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
86 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
87 🇲🇹Malta Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
88 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
89 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
90 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 3 Nascent ±1.09
91 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
92 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
93 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
94 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
95 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
96 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
97 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
98 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
99 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
100 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
101 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
102 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
103 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
104 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
105 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
106 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
107 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
108 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
109 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
110 🇵🇦Panama Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
111 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
112 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
113 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
114 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
115 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
116 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
117 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
118 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
119 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
120 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
121 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
122 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
123 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
124 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
125 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
126 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
127 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
128 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
129 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
130 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
131 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
132 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
133 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
134 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
135 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
136 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
137 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
139 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
140 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
141 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
142 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
143 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
144 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
145 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
146 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
147 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
148 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
149 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
150 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
151 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
152 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
153 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
154 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
155 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
156 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
157 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
158 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
159 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
160 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
161 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
162 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
163 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
164 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
165 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
166 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
167 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
168 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
169 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
170 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
171 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
173 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
174 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
177 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
187 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
190 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Cyber & Electromagnetic Operations

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Defensive Cyber Operations7.41–19United States
Electronic Warfare & Spectrum Operations4.70–20United States