Satellite & Constellation 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.

satellites manufactured per year
constellations operated
satellite export orders

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 8

Established 11

Transitional 8

Foundational 18

Nascent 28

Inception 120

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	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
14	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
15	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
16	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
17	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
18	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.71
19	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.71
20	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
21	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
22	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
23	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	12	Established	±1.23
24	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
25	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
26	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
27	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.23
28	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±1.48
29	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
30	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10	Transitional	±1.09
31	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.66
32	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
33	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
34	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
35	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
36	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.23
37	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
38	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
39	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
40	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
41	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
42	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
43	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
44	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
45	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
46	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.83
47	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
48	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
49	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
50	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
51	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
52	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
53	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
54	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
55	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
56	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
57	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
58	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
59	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
60	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
61	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
62	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
63	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
64	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
65	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
66	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
67	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
68	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
69	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
70	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
71	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
72	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
73	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
74	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
75	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
76	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
77	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
78	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.50
79	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
80	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
81	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
82	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
83	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
84	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
85	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	2	Inception	±0.87
86	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.87
87	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
88	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
89	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
90	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
91	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
92	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.83
93	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
94	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
95	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
96	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
97	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
98	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
99	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
100	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
101	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.71
102	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
103	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
104	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
105	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.83
106	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
107	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
108	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
109	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
110	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
112	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
113	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
114	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
115	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
116	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
117	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
118	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
119	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
120	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
121	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
122	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
123	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
124	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
125	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
126	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
127	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
128	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
129	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
130	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
131	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
132	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
133	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
134	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
135	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
136	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
137	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
138	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
139	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
140	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
141	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
142	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
143	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
144	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
145	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
146	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
147	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
148	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
149	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
150	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
151	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
152	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
153	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
154	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
155	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
156	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
157	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
158	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
159	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
160	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
161	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
162	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
163	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
164	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
165	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
166	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
167	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
168	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
169	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
170	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
171	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
172	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
175	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
176	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
177	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
183	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
187	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
190	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
192	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
193	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
194	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
195	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Space Technologies

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Space Launch & Reusable Systems	1.7	0–20	United States
Advanced Propulsion & Hypersonic Systems	2.2	0–20	United States