Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 9

Established 18

Transitional 25

Foundational 35

Nascent 63

Inception 44

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy	Cultural & Language Institutes	Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach	Heritage & Cultural Institutions	Education Diplomacy & Alumni Networks	Sports & Major Events
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19.4Frontier	19	20	18	20	20
2	🇫🇷France	Europe	18.8Frontier	20	18	19	18	19
3	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18.4Frontier	19	19	18	18	18
4	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17.8Advanced	19	16	18	18	18
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17.8Advanced	18	18	18	17	18
6	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	16.8Advanced	18	15	17	16	18
7	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16.8Advanced	17	19	16	15	17
8	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	16.4Advanced	17	16	19	13	17
9	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16.2Advanced	17	16	17	14	17
10	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	15.6Advanced	13	16	17	16	16
11	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15.0Advanced	11	15	15	17	17
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15.0Advanced	11	16	16	16	16
13	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	14.6Established	12	16	15	15	15
14	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14.6Established	15	15	15	14	14
15	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	14.2Established	15	12	15	14	15
16	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13.8Established	14	15	14	13	13
17	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	13.8Established	13	11	15	15	15
18	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13.6Established	12	15	13	12	16
19	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13.6Established	10	14	15	13	16
20	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	13.4Established	9	14	15	14	15
21	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	13.2Established	11	13	15	14	13
22	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	13.0Established	11	12	16	13	13
23	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	13.0Established	11	15	15	10	14
24	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13.0Established	12	14	14	12	13
25	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13.0Established	15	11	14	12	13
26	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12.6Established	10	13	14	13	13
27	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	12.4Established	11	14	13	12	12
28	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12.0Established	10	13	13	12	12
29	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	12.0Established	9	11	13	15	12
30	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	12.0Established	11	13	13	12	11
31	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	11.8Transitional	11	12	13	13	10
32	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	11.8Transitional	9	10	13	13	14
33	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11.8Transitional	8	13	14	10	14
34	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11.6Transitional	9	12	15	11	11
35	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	11.2Transitional	8	13	12	9	14
36	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11.2Transitional	11	10	13	10	12
37	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	11.2Transitional	11	9	12	11	13
38	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	11.2Transitional	8	10	13	11	14
39	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	11.0Transitional	8	11	12	12	12
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	11.0Transitional	8	12	13	10	12
41	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10.8Transitional	10	8	16	9	11
42	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10.8Transitional	8	10	13	11	12
43	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	10.8Transitional	7	8	12	12	15
44	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10.6Transitional	9	10	12	10	12
45	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9.8Transitional	10	9	11	9	10
46	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	9.6Transitional	7	12	11	8	10
47	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	9.6Transitional	13	3	17	13	2
48	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	9.4Transitional	9	8	12	9	9
49	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	9.4Transitional	6	14	10	7	10
50	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9.4Transitional	8	11	10	8	10
51	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	9.2Transitional	7	8	11	9	11
52	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	9.2Transitional	7	8	10	10	11
53	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	9.0Transitional	7	7	12	7	12
54	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	9.0Transitional	7	8	11	9	10
55	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9.0Transitional	7	8	11	7	12
56	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	8.8Foundational	6	8	14	7	9
57	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	8.8Foundational	7	9	11	7	10
58	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8.6Foundational	7	7	11	7	11
59	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	8.4Foundational	7	8	11	8	8
60	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	8.4Foundational	7	7	11	7	10
61	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8.4Foundational	6	9	11	7	9
62	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	8.2Foundational	7	7	10	8	9
63	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8.0Foundational	6	9	9	7	9
64	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7.8Foundational	8	6	10	7	8
65	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	7.8Foundational	5	11	7	6	10
66	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7.8Foundational	6	6	9	8	10
67	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	7.6Foundational	5	9	10	7	7
68	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7.6Foundational	5	7	9	7	10
69	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	7.6Foundational	5	6	11	7	9
70	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7.4Foundational	5	8	9	6	9
71	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	7.2Foundational	5	5	9	6	11
72	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	7.2Foundational	5	8	8	7	8
73	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7.2Foundational	5	6	10	8	7
74	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7.2Foundational	5	9	9	8	5
75	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	7.2Foundational	5	7	11	6	7
76	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	7.2Foundational	5	7	10	5	9
77	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	7.0Foundational	4	6	12	7	6
78	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	4	6	11	6	8
79	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	6.8Foundational	5	5	10	6	8
80	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	6.8Foundational	4	8	8	6	8
81	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6.8Foundational	4	5	10	6	9
82	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	6.8Foundational	5	6	9	6	8
83	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	6.6Foundational	5	5	10	7	6
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	6.6Foundational	5	5	9	6	8
85	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	6.6Foundational	5	4	11	6	7
86	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	6.6Foundational	4	5	10	5	9
87	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	6.2Foundational	4	5	9	6	7
88	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	4	6	8	6	6
89	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6.0Foundational	5	6	9	5	5
90	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6.0Foundational	5	6	8	4	7
91	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5.8Nascent	6	4	9	5	5
92	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5.8Nascent	3	6	7	5	8
93	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	5.8Nascent	4	5	7	6	7
94	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	5.8Nascent	3	4	9	7	6
95	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	5.8Nascent	3	5	9	5	7
96	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	5.6Nascent	3	3	7	6	9
97	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5.4Nascent	3	3	8	5	8
98	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5.4Nascent	3	4	11	4	5
99	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	5.4Nascent	3	4	6	7	7
100	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	5.4Nascent	3	4	7	6	7
101	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	5.4Nascent	3	6	6	5	7
102	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5.4Nascent	3	5	7	5	7
103	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5.2Nascent	4	4	9	4	5
104	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	5.2Nascent	3	4	9	4	6
105	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	5.0Nascent	3	5	7	4	6
106	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5.0Nascent	3	5	6	4	7
107	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	5.0Nascent	3	4	7	5	6
108	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	5.0Nascent	2	3	8	3	9
109	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	5.0Nascent	3	4	8	4	6
110	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	5.0Nascent	3	4	8	4	6
111	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	3	4	9	4	5
112	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	5.0Nascent	3	5	7	4	6
113	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	5.0Nascent	3	4	6	5	7
114	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5.0Nascent	3	4	7	5	6
115	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	4.8Nascent	3	4	8	4	5
116	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	4.6Nascent	3	4	6	4	6
117	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4.6Nascent	2	6	7	3	5
118	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4.6Nascent	3	4	6	5	5
119	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4.4Nascent	3	3	8	4	4
120	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	4.4Nascent	3	3	8	3	5
121	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	4.4Nascent	3	3	6	5	5
122	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	4.2Nascent	3	4	5	3	6
123	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	4.2Nascent	2	4	6	4	5
124	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	4.2Nascent	2	4	8	3	4
125	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4.2Nascent	2	3	6	4	6
126	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4.2Nascent	2	6	6	2	5
127	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4.2Nascent	2	3	8	3	5
128	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4.0Nascent	3	3	6	3	5
129	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	4.0Nascent	3	3	6	3	5
130	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4.0Nascent	3	3	6	3	5
131	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	4.0Nascent	2	2	6	3	7
132	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4.0Nascent	3	4	7	3	3
133	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3.8Nascent	2	5	5	3	4
134	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	3.8Nascent	2	4	5	3	5
135	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3.8Nascent	2	3	7	3	4
136	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	3.6Nascent	2	4	5	3	4
137	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	3.6Nascent	2	3	5	3	5
138	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3.6Nascent	2	3	6	3	4
139	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3.6Nascent	2	3	5	3	5
140	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	3.4Nascent	1	3	5	2	6
141	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3.4Nascent	2	2	5	5	3
142	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	3.4Nascent	2	1	7	3	4
143	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3.4Nascent	2	3	5	3	4
144	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3.2Nascent	2	4	4	2	4
145	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3.2Nascent	2	2	6	3	3
146	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	3.2Nascent	2	2	5	3	4
147	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3.2Nascent	2	2	6	2	4
148	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	3.2Nascent	2	1	6	2	5
149	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3.0Nascent	1	4	4	2	4
150	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	1	2	5	3	4
151	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	2	5	3	3
152	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	3	5	2	3
153	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	2	5	2	4
154	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	2.8Inception	1	2	5	2	4
155	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2.8Inception	1	2	6	3	2
156	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	2.8Inception	1	2	3	4	4
157	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2.8Inception	1	2	4	3	4
158	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	2.8Inception	2	2	5	2	3
159	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	2.8Inception	1	2	4	2	5
160	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	2.6Inception	2	1	5	2	3
161	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	2.6Inception	1	2	5	2	3
162	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2.6Inception	2	1	4	2	4
163	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2.6Inception	2	4	4	1	2
164	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2.6Inception	2	2	4	2	3
165	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2.6Inception	2	2	5	2	2
166	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2.6Inception	1	2	4	3	3
167	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	2.6Inception	1	2	4	3	3
168	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	2.6Inception	1	2	4	3	3
169	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2.6Inception	1	3	4	2	3
170	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	2.6Inception	1	2	4	1	5
171	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2.6Inception	2	2	5	2	2
172	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	2.6Inception	1	2	5	2	3
173	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2.4Inception	2	1	3	2	4
174	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	2.4Inception	1	2	4	2	3
175	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	2.4Inception	1	2	4	2	3
176	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2.4Inception	1	2	4	2	3
177	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	2.4Inception	1	1	6	1	3
178	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2.2Inception	1	1	2	2	5
179	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2.2Inception	1	1	5	1	3
180	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2.2Inception	1	2	3	2	3
181	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2.2Inception	2	2	5	1	1
182	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	1	1	4	2	2
183	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	1	1	4	1	2
184	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1.8Inception	1	1	4	1	2
185	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1.8Inception	1	1	3	1	3
186	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1.8Inception	1	2	3	1	2
187	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	1	1	4	1	2
188	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	1	1	4	1	2
189	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	1	1	3	1	3
190	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	1	1	3	2	2
191	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1.8Inception	1	1	4	1	2
192	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1.6Inception	1	1	3	1	2
193	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1.6Inception	1	1	3	1	2
194	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1.4Inception	1	1	2	1	2
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1.4Inception	1	1	2	1	2
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1.4Inception	1	1	2	1	2
197	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1.2Inception	1	1	2	1	1