Protective Cybersecurity Technologies — 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.

cybersecurity patent families
cybersecurity industry revenue
security firms of global standing

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 14

Established 12

Transitional 14

Foundational 22

Nascent 43

Inception 89

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	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.71
9	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.71
17	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
18	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
19	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
20	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
21	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
22	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
23	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
24	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
25	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
26	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
27	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
28	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
29	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.83
30	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
31	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
32	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
33	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.71
34	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
36	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
37	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
38	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.71
40	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
41	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
42	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
43	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
44	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
45	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.30
46	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
47	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
48	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
49	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
50	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
52	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
53	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
54	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
55	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
56	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
57	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
59	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
60	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
61	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
62	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
63	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
64	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
65	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
66	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
67	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.71
68	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
69	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
70	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
71	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
72	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
73	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
74	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
75	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
76	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.83
77	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
78	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.71
79	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
80	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
81	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
82	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
83	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
84	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
85	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.83
86	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
87	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.71
88	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
89	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
91	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
92	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
93	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
94	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
95	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
96	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
97	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
98	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
99	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
100	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±1.64
102	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
103	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
104	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
105	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
106	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
107	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
108	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
110	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
111	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
112	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
113	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
114	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
115	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
116	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
117	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
118	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
119	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
120	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
121	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
122	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
123	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
124	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
125	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
126	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
127	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
128	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
129	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
130	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
131	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
132	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
133	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
134	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
135	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
136	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
137	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
138	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
139	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
140	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
141	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
142	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
143	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
144	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
145	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
146	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
147	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
148	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
149	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
150	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
151	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
152	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
153	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
154	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
155	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
156	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
157	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
158	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
159	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
160	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
161	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
162	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
163	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
164	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
165	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
166	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
167	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
168	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
169	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
170	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
171	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
172	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
173	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
174	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
175	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
176	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
177	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
178	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
179	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
185	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
186	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
189	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
190	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
191	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
192	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
194	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Advanced Optical Communication & Photonics	3.3	0–20	United States
Advanced Wireless Communication	3.3	0–20	United States
Resilient & Infrastructure-Independent Networks	3.9	0–20	United States
Privacy, Identity & Trust Technologies	5.5	0–20	United States