Strategic Controls & Economic Security Administration

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.

export licence applications processed and turnaround
investment screening cases reviewed
designated critical products under control

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 14

Established 17

Transitional 24

Foundational 27

Nascent 69

Inception 42

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

Others in Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Regulatory Quality & Better Regulation	8.0	1–17	Australia, Canada, Denmark
Regulatory Delivery & Independent Regulators	8.6	1–18	Finland, Singapore, Sweden