Technical & Measurement Intelligence — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 10

Established 9

Transitional 15

Foundational 30

Nascent 41

Inception 88

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	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	18	Frontier	±0.83
4	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.71
6	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.71
12	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
16	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
17	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
18	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	13	Established	±0.83
19	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
20	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
21	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12	Established	±0.87
22	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	12	Established	±1.00
23	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
24	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
25	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
26	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
27	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
28	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
29	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.83
30	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
31	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.83
32	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
33	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
34	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.50
36	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±1.30
37	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±1.23
38	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
39	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.00
40	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
41	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
42	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
43	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.48
44	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.23
45	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
46	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.12
47	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.09
48	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
49	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
50	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
51	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.00
52	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.50
53	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.83
54	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
55	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.83
56	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.30
57	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
58	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
59	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
60	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
61	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
62	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.71
63	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
64	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.87
65	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	6	Foundational	±1.23
66	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	6	Foundational	±1.30
67	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	6	Foundational	±1.30
68	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.83
69	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
70	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
71	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±1.00
72	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5	Nascent	±1.00
73	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
74	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
75	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.83
76	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
77	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.71
78	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
79	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
80	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
81	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
82	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.83
83	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
84	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
85	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.87
86	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
87	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
88	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.71
89	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
90	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
91	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
92	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
93	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.83
94	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
95	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.83
96	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
97	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
98	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
99	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
100	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
101	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
102	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.83
103	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
104	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
105	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
106	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
107	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
108	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.83
109	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
110	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
111	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
112	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
113	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
114	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
115	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.71
116	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
117	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
118	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
119	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
120	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
121	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
122	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
123	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
124	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
125	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2	Inception	±0.00
126	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
127	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
128	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
129	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
130	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
131	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
132	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
133	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
134	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
135	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.83
136	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
137	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
138	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.50
139	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
140	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	2	Inception	±0.83
141	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	2	Inception	±0.83
142	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
143	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
144	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
145	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.83
146	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
147	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
148	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
149	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
150	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
151	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.71
152	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
153	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
154	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
155	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
156	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
157	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
158	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
159	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
160	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
161	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
162	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
163	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
164	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
165	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
166	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
167	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
168	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
169	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50
170	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
171	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
172	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
173	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
174	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
175	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
176	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
177	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
178	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
179	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
181	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
182	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
183	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
184	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
185	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
186	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43
189	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
190	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	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	±0.43
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Intelligence & Assessment

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Imagery & Geospatial Intelligence	4.9	0–20	United States
Signals & Cyber Intelligence	6.3	0–20	United States
Open-Source & Financial Intelligence	7.2	1–20	United States
Human Intelligence & Counterintelligence	7.9	1–20	United States
All-Source Analysis & Warning	7.2	0–20	United States