Strategic Lift & Mobility — 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.

heavy transport aircraft fleet
air-to-air refuelling fleet
sealift tonnage available

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 7

Established 12

Transitional 15

Foundational 30

Nascent 45

Inception 86

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	±0.00
2	🇫🇷France	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
4	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
11	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
12	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
13	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
14	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
15	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.50
16	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
17	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
18	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
19	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	12	Established	±0.83
20	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±1.30
21	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
22	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
23	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.09
24	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
25	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.23
26	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
27	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.09
28	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.78
29	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±1.09
30	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
31	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
32	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.09
33	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
34	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±1.09
36	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
37	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
38	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.09
39	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
40	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
41	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.23
42	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
43	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.09
44	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.83
45	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
46	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
47	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
48	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.87
49	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
50	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	7	Foundational	±1.09
52	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
53	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
54	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
55	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
56	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.83
57	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.71
59	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
60	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
61	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.87
62	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
63	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
64	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.23
65	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
66	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
68	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
69	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
70	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
71	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
72	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
73	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
74	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.09
75	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
76	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.87
77	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
78	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
79	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
80	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
81	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
82	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
83	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
84	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
85	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
86	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
87	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
88	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
89	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
90	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
91	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
92	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
93	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
94	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
95	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
96	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
97	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
98	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
99	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
100	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.87
102	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.71
104	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.71
105	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
106	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
107	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
108	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
111	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
112	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
113	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
114	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
115	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
116	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
117	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
118	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
119	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
120	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
121	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
122	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
123	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
124	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
125	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
126	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.71
127	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
128	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
129	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
130	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
131	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
132	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
133	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
134	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
135	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
136	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
137	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
138	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
139	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.71
140	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
141	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
142	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
143	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
144	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
145	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
146	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
147	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
148	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.50
149	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
150	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
151	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
152	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
153	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
154	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
156	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
157	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
158	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
159	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	1	Inception	±0.00
160	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
161	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
162	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
163	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
164	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
165	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
166	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
167	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
168	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
169	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
170	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
171	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
172	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
173	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
174	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
175	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
176	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
177	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
193	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
194	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
196	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Command, Control & Communications	6.9	0–20	United States
Expeditionary & Peace Operations	6.2	0–20	United States
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves	6.4	0–19	United States
Defence Industrial Mobilisation	4.6	0–20	United States
CBRN Defence	5.5	0–20	United States