Communications & Digital Infrastructure — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 19

Established 31

Transitional 42

Foundational 45

Nascent 51

Inception 7

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Communications & Digital Infrastructure. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Communications & Digital Infrastructure	Subsea Cables & International Gateways	Core & Backbone Networks	Mobile & Wireless Networks	Spectrum & Broadcasting	Data Centres, Compute & Cloud	Data Resources	AI Tools & Applications
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18.7Frontier	19	18	17	18	20	19	20
2	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18.0Frontier	17	19	20	18	17	18	17
3	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17.7Advanced	19	18	18	16	18	18	17
4	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17.4Advanced	17	18	18	17	18	16	18
5	🇫🇷France	Europe	17.1Advanced	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
6	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17.1Advanced	18	18	18	17	17	16	16
7	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17.0Advanced	18	18	17	16	17	17	16
8	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17.0Advanced	18	16	16	17	17	18	17
9	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16.6Advanced	17	17	17	17	16	17	15
10	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16.4Advanced	17	16	16	17	17	16	16
11	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	16.1Advanced	15	17	17	16	16	17	15
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16.0Advanced	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
13	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16.0Advanced	16	17	17	15	15	17	15
14	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	16.0Advanced	16	17	17	16	15	16	15
15	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16.0Advanced	16	17	17	16	15	16	15
16	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15.9Advanced	16	15	17	16	16	16	15
17	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	15.9Advanced	15	17	17	15	16	16	15
18	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	15.9Advanced	17	16	18	15	15	15	15
19	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15.3Advanced	14	16	16	15	15	15	16
20	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15.3Advanced	16	17	16	15	15	15	13
21	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15.0Advanced	16	16	16	15	14	15	13
22	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14.9Established	13	16	16	14	13	18	14
23	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	14.9Established	15	15	16	15	13	16	14
24	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14.7Established	16	14	15	14	16	14	14
25	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14.7Established	16	15	17	14	14	14	13
26	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14.4Established	16	14	15	15	15	13	13
27	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	14.4Established	14	16	16	14	14	14	13
28	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	14.3Established	13	15	16	15	13	15	13
29	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14.1Established	15	13	14	14	15	14	14
30	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13.9Established	15	15	15	14	13	13	12
31	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	13.7Established	14	16	15	13	13	14	11
32	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13.7Established	15	13	15	14	14	13	12
33	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	13.7Established	14	15	17	13	13	12	12
34	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	13.7Established	14	13	13	15	14	13	14
35	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13.4Established	14	13	14	14	13	14	12
36	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13.4Established	13	14	14	14	14	13	12
37	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13.4Established	14	14	15	14	12	13	12
38	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13.3Established	13	14	15	14	12	14	11
39	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13.1Established	12	15	15	13	11	14	12
40	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	12.7Established	13	14	14	13	12	13	10
41	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12.7Established	13	12	13	14	13	13	11
42	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12.6Established	15	12	13	13	13	12	10
43	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12.6Established	13	13	15	13	12	12	10
44	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12.4Established	12	14	14	13	12	12	10
45	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	12.4Established	12	14	14	13	10	13	11
46	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	12.4Established	12	14	14	13	11	13	10
47	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	12.3Established	13	14	15	12	12	11	9
48	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12.3Established	13	13	14	13	11	12	10
49	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12.3Established	13	14	15	12	9	12	11
50	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12.1Established	12	14	13	12	11	12	11
51	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12.0Established	12	13	14	13	11	12	9
52	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12.0Established	12	13	14	12	11	11	11
53	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	11.9Transitional	12	13	14	13	10	12	9
54	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11.9Transitional	13	11	12	12	13	11	11
55	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11.7Transitional	16	12	12	12	11	10	9
56	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	11.7Transitional	12	13	14	12	10	12	9
57	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	11.7Transitional	14	12	15	13	10	10	8
58	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	11.6Transitional	12	12	12	13	11	12	9
59	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	11.6Transitional	13	12	13	13	11	10	9
60	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	11.6Transitional	12	14	14	12	9	12	8
61	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11.4Transitional	12	13	14	12	10	11	8
62	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11.4Transitional	12	11	12	12	11	12	10
63	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	11.3Transitional	10	15	16	12	8	11	7
64	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11.3Transitional	11	13	12	11	10	12	10
65	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	11.1Transitional	13	12	14	12	8	11	8
66	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11.1Transitional	11	12	13	12	9	12	9
67	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	11.0Transitional	12	12	14	12	9	10	8
68	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10.7Transitional	15	11	12	11	9	10	7
69	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10.6Transitional	13	10	11	11	10	10	9
70	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	10.4Transitional	11	11	13	11	9	11	7
71	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	10.3Transitional	13	10	11	11	9	9	9
72	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10.1Transitional	9	11	11	11	9	11	9
73	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10.1Transitional	12	10	11	11	9	11	7
74	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10.0Transitional	10	11	11	10	8	12	8
75	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	10.0Transitional	13	9	10	11	9	9	9
76	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10.0Transitional	11	11	12	12	8	9	7
77	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9.7Transitional	12	10	12	11	8	9	6
78	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9.7Transitional	9	10	11	12	9	9	8
79	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	9.6Transitional	10	12	14	11	6	9	5
80	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9.6Transitional	12	10	10	10	8	9	8
81	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9.6Transitional	10	11	11	10	8	9	8
82	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	9.6Transitional	8	14	14	8	5	11	7
83	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9.4Transitional	12	10	11	10	8	9	6
84	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	9.3Transitional	11	11	12	12	7	7	5
85	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9.3Transitional	9	11	12	11	8	8	6
86	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9.3Transitional	11	10	11	10	8	9	6
87	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	9.3Transitional	10	10	12	11	7	9	6
88	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	9.1Transitional	8	12	12	11	7	8	6
89	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9.1Transitional	10	10	11	10	8	9	6
90	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9.1Transitional	12	10	10	10	7	9	6
91	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	9.1Transitional	10	11	12	11	6	9	5
92	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	9.0Transitional	8	14	14	9	5	9	4
93	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9.0Transitional	9	10	11	10	7	9	7
94	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	11	8	9	10	8	9	8
95	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	8.9Foundational	8	10	12	11	6	9	6
96	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8.7Foundational	9	11	12	10	6	9	4
97	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	8.7Foundational	8	10	12	10	7	9	5
98	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	8.4Foundational	10	11	13	10	5	7	3
99	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8.4Foundational	11	9	11	9	6	7	6
100	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8.4Foundational	9	8	10	9	7	9	7
101	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8.4Foundational	12	8	10	10	7	7	5
102	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	8.3Foundational	9	9	11	10	6	8	5
103	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8.1Foundational	8	10	11	10	6	8	4
104	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	8.1Foundational	10	9	10	9	7	7	5
105	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8.0Foundational	9	9	11	9	6	8	4
106	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	7.9Foundational	11	9	12	9	5	6	3
107	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7.9Foundational	9	8	10	9	7	7	5
108	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	7.9Foundational	9	9	12	9	5	7	4
109	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	7.9Foundational	7	9	10	9	6	9	5
110	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	7.7Foundational	9	9	10	9	6	7	4
111	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	7.7Foundational	8	9	10	9	6	7	5
112	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	7.7Foundational	7	9	10	9	6	8	5
113	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	7.6Foundational	6	13	13	8	3	7	3
114	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	7.6Foundational	8	10	12	8	4	7	4
115	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7.6Foundational	9	8	9	9	6	7	5
116	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7.4Foundational	8	8	8	9	6	7	6
117	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	9	8	10	8	6	6	4
118	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	11	8	9	8	5	6	4
119	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7.3Foundational	6	9	11	8	5	7	5
120	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	7.1Foundational	9	8	11	7	5	7	3
121	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	7.0Foundational	10	7	9	8	6	6	3
122	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	7.0Foundational	8	8	9	9	5	7	3
123	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	7	7	9	8	6	7	5
124	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6.9Foundational	8	8	9	8	5	6	4
125	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	6.7Foundational	9	8	11	8	3	6	2
126	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6.6Foundational	6	8	9	8	4	7	4
127	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6.6Foundational	8	7	8	8	6	6	3
128	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6.4Foundational	9	7	8	8	5	5	3
129	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	6.4Foundational	13	7	8	6	5	4	2
130	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6.4Foundational	8	7	7	8	5	5	5
131	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6.3Foundational	7	7	8	8	5	5	4
132	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	6.3Foundational	8	6	8	8	5	6	3
133	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6.1Foundational	7	7	7	9	5	5	3
134	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	6.0Foundational	8	7	9	7	4	5	2
135	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6.0Foundational	8	6	8	7	4	6	3
136	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	6	7	9	7	4	7	2
137	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6.0Foundational	8	7	8	7	4	5	3
138	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6.0Foundational	8	6	8	7	4	6	3
139	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6.0Foundational	7	6	8	7	5	6	3
140	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	5.9Nascent	7	6	7	7	4	6	4
141	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5.9Nascent	8	6	6	7	5	6	3
142	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	5.9Nascent	7	6	11	7	3	5	2
143	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5.7Nascent	6	6	5	10	4	6	3
144	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	5.7Nascent	7	6	10	6	3	6	2
145	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	5.7Nascent	6	7	10	7	3	5	2
146	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5.7Nascent	6	7	8	7	4	5	3
147	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5.7Nascent	8	6	6	7	5	5	3
148	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	5.7Nascent	7	6	10	7	3	5	2
149	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	5.7Nascent	6	7	8	7	3	6	3
150	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5.6Nascent	8	6	6	7	5	4	3
151	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	5.6Nascent	7	6	10	7	2	5	2
152	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5.4Nascent	6	6	8	7	3	5	3
153	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5.3Nascent	6	6	6	6	4	6	3
154	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	5.3Nascent	5	6	8	7	3	5	3
155	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	5.1Nascent	5	6	6	6	4	5	4
156	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	5.1Nascent	5	6	7	8	4	4	2
157	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5.0Nascent	6	6	6	6	4	5	2
158	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5.0Nascent	7	5	7	6	4	4	2
159	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	8	4	6	6	4	5	2
160	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	7	5	8	7	2	4	2
161	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4.9Nascent	7	5	6	6	3	5	2
162	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	4.9Nascent	6	5	6	6	3	5	3
163	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4.7Nascent	6	5	7	6	3	4	2
164	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	4.6Nascent	6	5	7	5	3	4	2
165	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4.6Nascent	5	5	6	6	3	4	3
166	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4.6Nascent	5	5	6	6	3	5	2
167	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4.4Nascent	6	5	6	5	3	4	2
168	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	4.4Nascent	6	5	6	6	2	5	1
169	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4.3Nascent	6	5	5	5	3	4	2
170	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	4.3Nascent	6	5	6	5	3	3	2
171	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	4.3Nascent	6	6	6	6	1	4	1
172	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	6	5	6	6	2	4	1
173	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4.1Nascent	5	4	6	4	4	4	2
174	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4.1Nascent	5	4	5	6	3	4	2
175	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	4.1Nascent	6	4	6	6	2	4	1
176	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3.9Nascent	4	5	6	5	2	4	1
177	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	3.9Nascent	2	3	4	8	4	2	4
178	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	3.9Nascent	6	4	6	4	2	4	1
179	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	3.9Nascent	4	4	6	5	2	4	2
180	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3.6Nascent	5	4	6	4	1	4	1
181	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3.6Nascent	6	4	6	4	2	2	1
182	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3.6Nascent	6	4	5	4	2	3	1
183	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3.4Nascent	5	4	5	4	2	3	1
184	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3.4Nascent	5	3	5	5	1	4	1
185	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3.3Nascent	5	4	5	4	1	3	1
186	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	5	3	5	4	1	4	1
187	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3.1Nascent	4	3	5	4	1	4	1
188	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	3.1Nascent	4	3	5	4	1	4	1
189	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3.1Nascent	5	3	4	4	2	3	1
190	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	3	3	5	4	1	4	1
191	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2.9Inception	3	3	4	4	2	3	1
192	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2.7Inception	3	4	4	4	1	2	1
193	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2.6Inception	5	3	3	3	1	2	1
194	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2.3Inception	2	3	3	4	1	2	1
195	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2.1Inception	2	2	4	3	1	2	1
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2.1Inception	3	2	3	3	1	2	1
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1.6Inception	1	2	1	3	1	2	1