Satellites & Orbital 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.

operational satellites in orbit
satellites by mission class

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 9

Established 12

Transitional 13

Foundational 20

Nascent 42

Inception 98

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	±0.43
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	14	Established	±1.58
14	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
15	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.50
16	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.83
17	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±1.09
18	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
19	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
20	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
21	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.87
22	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12	Established	±2.12
23	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12	Established	±1.09
24	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.83
25	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
26	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
27	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
28	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	11	Transitional	±2.87
29	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	11	Transitional	±2.50
30	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
31	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.83
32	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
33	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.71
34	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
35	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	9	Transitional	±1.09
36	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±2.49
37	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
38	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
39	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.12
40	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
41	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
42	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±2.77
43	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
44	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.64
45	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	8	Foundational	±2.24
46	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.71
47	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	7	Foundational	±1.12
48	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.83
49	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
50	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.48
51	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.87
52	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
53	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
54	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
55	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.83
56	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.23
57	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
58	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
59	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5	Nascent	±1.12
60	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	5	Nascent	±1.09
61	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
62	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.87
63	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.09
64	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.30
65	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.83
66	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
67	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
68	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
69	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
70	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
71	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
72	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
73	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
74	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
75	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
76	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
77	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
78	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
79	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
80	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
81	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
82	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
83	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
84	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
85	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
86	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.83
87	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
88	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
89	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
90	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±1.64
91	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
92	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
93	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
94	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
95	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.09
96	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
98	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
99	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
100	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.71
101	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	2	Inception	±1.12
102	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
103	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
104	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	2	Inception	±0.87
105	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.87
106	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.87
107	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	2	Inception	±0.83
108	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
109	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.87
110	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
111	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2	Inception	±1.09
112	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±1.09
113	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	1	Inception	±0.83
114	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
115	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
116	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
117	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
118	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
119	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
120	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
121	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
122	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.83
123	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	1	Inception	±0.83
124	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
125	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
126	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.83
127	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
128	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
129	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.71
130	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
131	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
132	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±1.09
133	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
134	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
135	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
136	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
137	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
138	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
139	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
140	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
141	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
142	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
143	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
144	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
145	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
146	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
147	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
148	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
149	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
150	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
151	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
152	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
153	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
154	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
155	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
156	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
157	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
158	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
159	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
160	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
161	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
162	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
163	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
164	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
165	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
166	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
167	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
168	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
169	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
170	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
171	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
172	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
173	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
174	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
175	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
176	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
177	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
179	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
187	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
188	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
190	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
192	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
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 Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
R&D & Testing Facilities	3.8	0–20	United States
Manufacturing Facilities	4.9	0–20	United States
Launch, Maintenance & Support	2.3	0–20	United States
Ground Segment & Tracking	5.0	0–20	United States
Military Bases & Installations	7.8	0–20	United States