Standing Force Generation & Training — 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.

active military personnel
defence expenditure share of GDP
annual training throughput

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 16

Established 33

Transitional 38

Foundational 52

Nascent 32

Inception 23

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	±0.50
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
16	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
21	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
22	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
24	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
25	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.50
26	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
27	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
29	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	13	Established	±0.00
30	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
31	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
32	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	13	Established	±0.00
33	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
34	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
35	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
36	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
37	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
38	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
39	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
40	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
41	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
42	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
43	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
44	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
45	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
46	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
47	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
48	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
50	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
51	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
52	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
53	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
54	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
56	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
58	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
61	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
63	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
65	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
67	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
69	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
70	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.71
71	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.71
73	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
74	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
75	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
80	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
81	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±1.09
85	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
86	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.87
87	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
88	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
89	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
91	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
92	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
94	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
95	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
96	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
97	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
98	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
99	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
101	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
102	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
105	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
106	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
107	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
108	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
109	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
110	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
112	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
113	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
114	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
115	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
116	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
119	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
120	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
122	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
123	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
124	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
127	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
129	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
130	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
132	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.87
134	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
135	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
136	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
137	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
139	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
140	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
143	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.87
146	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
147	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
148	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.87
150	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
151	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
152	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
153	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
155	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
156	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
157	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
161	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
162	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
163	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
165	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
167	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
168	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
170	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
172	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
173	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3	Nascent	±2.05
174	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2	Inception	±2.00
176	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2	Inception	±1.30
177	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	2	Inception	±1.23
178	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	2	Inception	±1.09
179	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
180	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.83
181	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.83
182	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±1.00
183	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	1	Inception	±1.00
184	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
185	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
186	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
187	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.83
188	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
189	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
190	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±1.00
191	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±1.00
193	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
194	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.83
195	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Force Generation & Mobilisation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Reserve & Mobilisation Systems	6.6	0–18	Finland, Israel, United States
Territorial & Paramilitary Forces	8.3	1–18	France, United States