Security Cooperation & Defence Diplomacy — 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.

bilateral and multilateral exercises per year
foreign personnel trained
arms transfer deliveries and recipient count

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 16

Established 24

Transitional 34

Foundational 45

Nascent 58

Inception 17

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

Others in Alliances & Security Cooperation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Alliance & Treaty Networks	8.4	1–20	United States