Reserve & Mobilisation Systems — 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.

reserve personnel strength
mobilisation time to declared readiness
conscription or service intake

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 12

Established 18

Transitional 33

Foundational 37

Nascent 46

Inception 48

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	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	18	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.87
6	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇫🇷France	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.87
12	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.83
13	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
16	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
17	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
18	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
19	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.83
20	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
21	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
22	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	13	Established	±1.09
23	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±1.09
24	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
25	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
26	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.71
27	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
28	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
29	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
30	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
31	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
32	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	12	Established	±0.83
33	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
34	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
35	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
36	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
37	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.50
38	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±1.23
39	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.30
40	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
42	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
43	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
44	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
45	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
46	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
47	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.83
48	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
49	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±1.30
50	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.83
51	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.83
52	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
53	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±1.12
54	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
55	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
56	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
58	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.83
61	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
63	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
64	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
65	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.83
67	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
68	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
69	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
70	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
71	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
72	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.83
73	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
74	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±1.30
75	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
76	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
78	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
79	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
80	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.83
81	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
82	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
83	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
84	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
85	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
86	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
87	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.71
88	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
89	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
90	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
91	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
92	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
93	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
95	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.71
96	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
97	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
99	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
100	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
102	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
105	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
106	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
107	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
108	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
109	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
110	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
111	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
112	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
113	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
114	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
115	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
117	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
118	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
120	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
121	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
122	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
123	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
124	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
125	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
126	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
127	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
128	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.71
130	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
131	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
132	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
133	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
135	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
136	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
137	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
138	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
140	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
142	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
143	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.71
145	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
147	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
148	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
151	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
152	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
153	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
154	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
155	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
156	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
157	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
158	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
159	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
160	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
161	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
162	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.87
163	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
164	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
165	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
166	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±1.09
167	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
168	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
169	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
170	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
171	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
172	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
173	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
174	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
175	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	1	Inception	±1.23
176	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
177	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
178	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
179	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
180	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
181	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
182	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
183	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
184	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.83
185	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
186	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
188	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
189	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
191	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
193	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
194	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
195	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
196	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Force Generation & Mobilisation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Standing Force Generation & Training	8.2	0–20	United States
Territorial & Paramilitary Forces	8.3	1–18	France, United States