Precision Timing & Atomic Clocks — 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.

research publication share in time and frequency
national timing infrastructure with holdover capability
clock accuracy records held

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 6

Established 7

Transitional 12

Foundational 17

Nascent 28

Inception 122

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

Others in Sensing, Timing & Navigation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Resilient Positioning & Navigation	2.8	0–20	United States
Advanced Imaging & Photonic Sensing	3.8	0–20	United States
Radar & Radiofrequency Sensing	3.4	0–20	United States
Acoustic & Undersea Sensing	2.9	0–20	United States