Operational Sustainment & War Reserves — 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.

munitions war reserve in days of combat
operational fuel stockholding
spares availability rate

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 10

Established 19

Transitional 29

Foundational 32

Nascent 67

Inception 39

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

Others in Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Command, Control & Communications	6.9	0–20	United States
Strategic Lift & Mobility	4.7	0–20	United States
Expeditionary & Peace Operations	6.2	0–20	United States
Defence Industrial Mobilisation	4.6	0–20	United States
CBRN Defence	5.5	0–20	United States