Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Communications & Digital Infrastructure

Spectrum & Broadcasting

Spectrum and broadcasting covers terrestrial broadcast transmission and spectrum management infrastructure, including television and radio transmitter sites, digital terrestrial television networks and spectrum monitoring stations.
factbase.org/cap/ZX2K1R5K27
World mean
9.8
of 20 · median 10.0
Range
3–18
middle half 7.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.29
round 1 ±1.23 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
South Korea, 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 23
Established 44
Transitional 47
Foundational 55
Nascent 26
Inception 0

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

Others in Communications & Digital Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Subsea Cables & International Gateways9.91–19Singapore, United States
Core & Backbone Networks9.72–19South Korea
Mobile & Wireless Networks10.71–20South Korea
Data Centres, Compute & Cloud7.51–20United States
Data Resources8.72–19United States
AI Tools & Applications6.61–20United States