Public Health & Laboratories — 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.

high-containment laboratories in operation
reference laboratory network coverage
laboratory testing capacity per capita

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 19

Established 35

Transitional 39

Foundational 57

Nascent 42

Inception 1

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	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
5	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
6	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
12	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
13	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
18	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
19	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
20	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
22	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
23	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
25	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
26	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
27	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
28	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
29	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
30	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	14	Established	±0.00
31	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
32	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
33	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
34	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
35	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
36	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
37	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
38	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
39	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
40	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
41	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
42	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
43	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
44	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
45	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
46	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
47	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
48	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
49	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
50	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
51	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
52	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
53	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.50
54	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
55	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
56	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
57	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
58	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
59	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
61	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
63	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
64	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
65	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
67	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
70	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
71	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
73	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
74	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
75	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
76	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
78	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.50
79	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
80	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
81	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
85	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
88	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
89	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
90	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
92	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
93	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
94	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
95	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
96	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
97	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
98	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
99	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
101	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
102	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
105	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
106	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
107	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
108	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.12
109	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
110	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
112	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
113	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
114	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
115	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
116	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
117	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
119	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
122	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
123	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
124	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
126	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
127	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
130	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
131	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
133	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
136	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
137	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
139	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
140	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
141	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
143	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
144	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
145	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
146	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
147	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
148	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
149	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
150	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
151	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
153	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
154	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
155	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
156	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
157	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
159	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
161	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
162	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
163	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
164	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
169	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
172	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
175	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
177	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
178	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
179	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
180	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
181	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
182	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
184	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
186	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
188	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
189	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
191	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
192	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
193	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
194	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43

Others in Social Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Health Infrastructure	9.7	2–18	France, Germany, Japan
Medical Supply & Stockpiles	8.7	1–18	United States
Education & Skills Infrastructure	9.9	3–18	Finland, Germany, Japan
Research & Scientific Facilities	5.6	0–20	United States
Housing, Community & Social Services	8.4	1–19	Singapore
Government & Public Administration	10.4	3–19	Singapore
Cultural, Community & Recreational Infrastructure	9.1	2–18	France, Germany, United Kingdom
Justice & Corrections	9.1	2–17	Australia, Canada, Denmark
Emergency Services & Civil Protection	9.1	2–18	France, Japan, Singapore
Hydrometeorology & Early Warning	9.2	0–20	Japan, United States