Hard/National Security/Maritime Power

Sea Control

The capacity to command the sea for one's own use: surface action, carrier and naval aviation, fleet air defence and the protection of sea lanes.
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World mean
4.0
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–6.0
Panel SD
±0.31
round 1 ±0.84 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

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.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2
Advanced 10
Established 8
Transitional 12
Foundational 22
Nascent 25
Inception 118

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.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇷🇺Russia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
14 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
15 🇩🇪Germany Europe 13 Established ±0.00
16 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.50
17 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
18 🇨🇦Canada Americas 12 Established ±0.00
19 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 12 Established ±0.50
20 🇳🇴Norway Europe 12 Established ±0.43
21 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
22 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
23 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
24 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.87
25 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
26 🇨🇱Chile Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
27 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
28 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
29 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
30 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
31 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
32 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
33 🇫🇮Finland Europe 8 Foundational ±1.00
34 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
35 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
36 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
37 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 8 Foundational ±0.83
38 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
39 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
40 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 7 Foundational ±0.83
41 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
42 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
43 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
44 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
45 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
46 🇵🇪Peru Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
47 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.83
48 🇵🇱Poland Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
49 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
50 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
51 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
52 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
53 🇷🇴Romania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
54 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
55 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
56 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
57 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
58 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
59 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
60 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
61 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
62 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
63 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
64 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
65 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
66 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 4 Nascent ±0.83
67 🇦🇴Angola Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
68 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
69 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
70 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
71 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
72 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
73 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
74 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
75 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
76 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
77 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
78 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
79 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
80 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
81 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 2 Inception ±1.48
82 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
83 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
84 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
85 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
86 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
87 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
88 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
89 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
90 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
91 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
92 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
93 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
94 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
95 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
96 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
97 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
98 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
99 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
100 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
101 🇲🇹Malta Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
102 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
103 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
104 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
105 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
106 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
107 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
108 🇵🇦Panama Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
109 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
110 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
111 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
112 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
113 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
114 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
115 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
116 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
117 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
118 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
119 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 1 Inception ±0.87
120 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
121 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
122 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
123 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
124 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
125 🇨🇬Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
126 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
127 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
128 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
129 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
130 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
131 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
132 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
133 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
134 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
135 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
136 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
137 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
139 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
140 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
141 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
142 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
143 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
144 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
145 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
146 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
147 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 1 Inception ±0.87
148 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
149 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
150 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
151 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
152 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
153 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
154 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
155 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
156 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
159 🇦🇹Austria Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
162 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
163 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
168 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
170 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
172 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
175 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
191 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
197 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Maritime Power

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Maritime Security & Constabulary6.70–19United States
Sea Denial & Undersea Warfare4.40–20United States
Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations3.40–20United States