Signals & Cyber Intelligence — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 12

Established 15

Transitional 22

Foundational 31

Nascent 63

Inception 48

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

Others in Intelligence & Assessment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Imagery & Geospatial Intelligence	4.9	0–20	United States
Technical & Measurement Intelligence	4.9	0–20	United States
Open-Source & Financial Intelligence	7.2	1–20	United States
Human Intelligence & Counterintelligence	7.9	1–20	United States
All-Source Analysis & Warning	7.2	0–20	United States