Hard/National Security/Space Operations

Space Support to Operations

The capacity to deliver space services to the force: positioning, navigation and timing, satellite communications, missile warning and orbital reconnaissance, from national, allied and commercial constellations.
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World mean
4.2
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–6.0
Panel SD
±0.33
round 1 ±0.87 — 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 8
Established 8
Transitional 14
Foundational 23
Nascent 32
Inception 110

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

Others in Space Operations

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Assured Space Access3.00–20United States
Space Domain Awareness & Control2.71–20United States