Hard/National Security/Intelligence & Assessment

Open-Source & Financial Intelligence

The capacity to derive intelligence from publicly available information and from financial flows.
factbase.org/cap/ZNS220A230
World mean
7.2
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
1–20
middle half 4.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.34
round 1 ±1.21 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2
Advanced 13
Established 20
Transitional 29
Foundational 40
Nascent 78
Inception 15

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

Others in Intelligence & Assessment

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Imagery & Geospatial Intelligence4.90–20United States
Signals & Cyber Intelligence6.30–20United States
Technical & Measurement Intelligence4.90–20United States
Human Intelligence & Counterintelligence7.91–20United States
All-Source Analysis & Warning7.20–20United States