Hard/National Security/Force Generation & Mobilisation

Territorial & Paramilitary Forces

The capacity to hold organised force beyond the regular military: gendarmeries, national guards, territorial defence and internal security troops usable in support of military operations.
pending/cap/territorial-paramilitary-forces
World mean
8.3
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
1–18
middle half 5.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.60
round 1 ±1.53 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
France, United States

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.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2
Advanced 13
Established 38
Transitional 37
Foundational 55
Nascent 32
Inception 20

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.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
4 🇮🇹Italy Europe 17 Advanced ±0.87
5 🇷🇺Russia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
6 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇪🇸Spain Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.43
17 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
18 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 14 Established ±0.00
19 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.43
20 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 14 Established ±0.00
24 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 13 Established ±0.00
26 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 13 Established ±0.50
27 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.71
28 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 13 Established ±0.43
29 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 13 Established ±0.00
30 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
32 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.71
33 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 13 Established ±0.43
35 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 13 Established ±0.00
36 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
38 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
40 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 12 Established ±0.00
41 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 12 Established ±0.43
42 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±1.12
43 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
44 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
45 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 12 Established ±0.43
46 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
47 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 12 Established ±0.00
48 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
49 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
50 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
51 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 12 Established ±1.09
52 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 12 Established ±2.69
53 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 12 Established ±0.43
54 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.83
55 🇩🇪Germany Europe 11 Transitional ±1.48
56 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
57 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
58 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
59 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±1.23
62 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
63 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±1.09
65 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
67 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.83
68 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.83
69 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 10 Transitional ±0.83
70 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±1.50
72 🇦🇹Austria Europe 9 Transitional ±1.09
73 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 9 Transitional ±1.50
74 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇨🇦Canada Americas 9 Transitional ±1.50
77 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 9 Transitional ±1.23
79 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.87
80 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.87
81 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 9 Transitional ±1.30
82 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.83
84 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
86 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
87 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.83
88 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
89 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 9 Transitional ±0.87
90 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 9 Transitional ±0.87
91 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
93 🇹🇩Chad Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
94 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
95 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 8 Foundational ±1.30
97 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
98 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.87
99 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.87
100 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 8 Foundational ±1.23
103 🇲🇱Mali Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
105 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 8 Foundational ±1.09
107 🇳🇪Niger Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.83
109 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇦🇴Angola Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
111 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±1.09
112 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
113 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
115 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
116 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
118 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
119 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±1.09
120 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
122 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.71
123 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 7 Foundational ±0.83
124 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.83
125 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 7 Foundational ±1.00
126 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.64
128 🇦🇱Albania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.83
129 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
131 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇨🇬Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.71
133 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.87
134 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
135 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
136 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
137 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 6 Foundational ±1.09
139 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
140 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
141 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
142 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
143 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
144 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.71
145 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
146 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.87
149 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.83
150 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 5 Nascent ±1.23
151 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 5 Nascent ±1.92
152 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 5 Nascent ±1.30
153 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
154 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.30
157 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇱🇾Libya Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
161 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 4 Nascent ±1.64
162 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
163 🇲🇹Malta Europe 4 Nascent ±0.87
164 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 4 Nascent ±1.12
165 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
166 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±1.09
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 3 Nascent ±0.83
174 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 3 Nascent ±0.83
175 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
176 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.09
177 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 2 Inception ±1.23
179 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 2 Inception ±1.48
180 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 2 Inception ±1.48
181 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 2 Inception ±1.30
182 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 2 Inception ±1.30
183 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
184 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 2 Inception ±1.23
185 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 2 Inception ±1.23
186 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 2 Inception ±1.23
187 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.87
188 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
189 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.23
190 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
191 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
192 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
193 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
195 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
196 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43

Others in Force Generation & Mobilisation

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Standing Force Generation & Training8.20–20United States
Reserve & Mobilisation Systems6.60–18Finland, Israel, United States