Subsea Cables & International Gateways — 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.

international submarine cable landings
international bandwidth per capita
route diversity of international connectivity

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 24

Established 45

Transitional 36

Foundational 60

Nascent 22

Inception 4

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

Others in Communications & Digital Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Core & Backbone Networks	9.7	2–19	South Korea
Mobile & Wireless Networks	10.7	1–20	South Korea
Spectrum & Broadcasting	9.8	3–18	South Korea, United States
Data Centres, Compute & Cloud	7.5	1–20	United States
Data Resources	8.7	2–19	United States
AI Tools & Applications	6.6	1–20	United States