Sports & Major Events — 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.

major international events hosted
medal table standing at global games
international federation leadership positions

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 13

Established 23

Transitional 30

Foundational 40

Nascent 65

Inception 20

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	±0.43
2	🇫🇷France	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
7	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.83
18	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
21	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
22	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	14	Established	±0.00
24	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
25	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
26	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
27	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
29	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
30	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
31	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
32	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
33	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
34	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
35	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
36	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
37	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
38	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
39	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
40	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
41	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
42	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
43	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.50
44	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	11	Transitional	±1.09
45	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
46	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
47	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
48	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
49	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
50	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
51	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.71
52	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
53	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
54	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
56	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
57	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
58	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
61	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
62	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
63	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
64	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
65	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
66	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.71
70	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
71	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
72	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
73	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.83
74	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.71
75	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
76	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
78	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
79	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
80	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.50
81	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
82	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
83	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.83
84	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
85	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
86	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
87	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
88	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	7	Foundational	±1.00
89	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
90	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
91	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.71
92	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
93	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
94	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
96	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
97	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±1.12
99	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.71
100	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.71
101	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
103	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
105	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
106	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
107	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
108	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.71
109	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
110	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
112	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
113	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
114	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
116	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
117	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
118	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
119	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
120	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
121	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
122	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
123	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
124	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.83
126	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
127	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
128	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.83
129	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
130	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
131	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
132	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.87
133	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
134	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
135	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
137	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
141	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
142	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
143	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
145	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
147	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
149	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
150	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
151	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
152	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
153	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
154	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
155	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
156	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
157	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
159	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
160	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
165	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
166	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
170	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
173	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
178	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
179	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
180	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
181	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
182	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
183	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
184	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	2	Inception	±0.83
185	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
186	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
187	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
188	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
189	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
190	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
191	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
192	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
193	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
194	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
195	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.50
196	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43

Others in Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Cultural & Language Institutes	5.2	1–20	France
Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach	6.2	1–20	United States
Heritage & Cultural Institutions	8.6	2–19	France, Italy
Education Diplomacy & Alumni Networks	6.2	1–20	United States