Sea Denial & Undersea Warfare — 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.

submarines in service
anti-ship missile inventory
sea mine and mine countermeasure holdings

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 10

Established 11

Transitional 13

Foundational 18

Nascent 19

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	18	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
7	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.50
12	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
18	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
19	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
20	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
21	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
22	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
24	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
25	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
26	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
27	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
28	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.71
29	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.83
30	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
31	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
32	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
33	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
34	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.87
36	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
37	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
38	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
39	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
41	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
42	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
43	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
44	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
45	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
46	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.71
47	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
48	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.71
49	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
50	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
52	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
53	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
54	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
55	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
56	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
57	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.71
59	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
60	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
61	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
62	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
63	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
64	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
65	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
66	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
67	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
68	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
69	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±1.30
70	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
71	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
72	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.87
73	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
74	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
75	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3	Nascent	±1.48
76	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.50
77	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±1.09
78	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
79	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	2	Inception	±0.87
80	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
81	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
82	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
83	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
84	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
85	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
86	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
87	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
88	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.71
89	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
90	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
91	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
92	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
93	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
94	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
95	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
96	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
97	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
98	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
99	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
100	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.71
101	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
102	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
103	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
104	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
105	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
106	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
107	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.83
108	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2	Inception	±0.71
109	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
110	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
111	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
112	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
113	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
114	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
115	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
116	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
117	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
118	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
119	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
120	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
121	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
122	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
123	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
124	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
125	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
126	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
127	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
128	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
129	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
130	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
131	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
132	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
133	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
134	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
135	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
136	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
137	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
138	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
139	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
140	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
141	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
142	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
143	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
144	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
145	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
146	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
147	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
148	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	1	Inception	±0.83
149	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
150	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
151	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
152	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
153	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
154	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
155	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
156	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
157	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
158	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
159	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
160	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
161	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
162	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
163	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
164	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
165	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
166	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
167	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
168	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
169	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
170	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
171	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
172	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
175	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
176	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
177	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
184	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
185	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
186	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
192	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
193	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
194	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Maritime Power

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Maritime Security & Constabulary	6.7	0–19	United States
Sea Control	4.0	0–20	United States
Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations	3.4	0–20	United States