Strategic Communications & Public Diplomacy

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.

public diplomacy expenditure
official channel audience across platforms

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 21

Established 16

Transitional 30

Foundational 47

Nascent 65

Inception 14

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

Others in Information Environment & Strategic Communication

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
International Media & Broadcasting	5.4	0–20	United States
Information Defence & Counter-Interference	6.3	1–17	Estonia, Finland, Sweden