Policing & Law Enforcement — 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.

intentional homicide rate
police personnel per 100,000
public trust in police
crime victimisation rate

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 23

Established 32

Transitional 51

Foundational 56

Nascent 28

Inception 4

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

Others in Internal Security & Order

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Criminal Justice & Corrections	8.8	2–18	Finland, Norway
Organised Crime & Illicit Economy Response	8.3	1–18	United States