Information Environment & Strategic Communication

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 6

Established 22

Transitional 22

Foundational 39

Nascent 60

Inception 46

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Information Environment & Strategic Communication. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Information Environment & Strategic Communication	Strategic Communications & Public Diplomacy	International Media & Broadcasting	Information Defence & Counter-Interference
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18.7Frontier	19	20	17
2	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18.0Frontier	18	19	17
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	17.3Advanced	18	18	16
4	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17.0Advanced	18	17	16
5	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17.0Advanced	17	18	16
6	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16.0Advanced	17	16	15
7	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	15.7Advanced	17	16	14
8	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15.7Advanced	17	15	15
9	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	14.3Established	15	13	15
10	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14.3Established	15	13	15
11	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14.0Established	14	15	13
12	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	14.0Established	16	9	17
13	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	13.7Established	15	11	15
14	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13.7Established	15	11	15
15	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	13.7Established	16	10	15
16	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13.3Established	15	14	11
17	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	13.3Established	13	11	16
18	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13.3Established	15	14	11
19	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13.0Established	15	12	12
20	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13.0Established	16	8	15
21	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	13.0Established	15	16	8
22	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13.0Established	15	14	10
23	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	13.0Established	15	9	15
24	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12.7Established	14	7	17
25	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	12.7Established	15	10	13
26	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	12.7Established	15	13	10
27	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	12.3Established	15	9	13
28	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12.3Established	13	11	13
29	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12.0Established	14	7	15
30	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	12.0Established	13	6	17
31	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11.3Transitional	12	12	10
32	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11.3Transitional	12	11	11
33	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	11.0Transitional	13	8	12
34	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11.0Transitional	12	8	13
35	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	11.0Transitional	14	8	11
36	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11.0Transitional	12	12	9
37	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10.7Transitional	12	12	8
38	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	10.7Transitional	11	6	15
39	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	10.3Transitional	13	8	10
40	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10.3Transitional	12	9	10
41	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10.3Transitional	11	11	9
42	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	10.0Transitional	15	12	3
43	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	10.0Transitional	10	10	10
44	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9.7Transitional	11	9	9
45	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	9.7Transitional	10	5	14
46	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9.7Transitional	12	9	8
47	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9.7Transitional	11	9	9
48	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9.3Transitional	11	10	7
49	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9.3Transitional	11	8	9
50	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9.3Transitional	10	8	10
51	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	9.0Transitional	9	10	8
52	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	10	9	8
53	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	8.7Foundational	10	8	8
54	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	8.7Foundational	11	7	8
55	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8.7Foundational	9	9	8
56	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8.7Foundational	9	9	8
57	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8.3Foundational	11	6	8
58	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	8.3Foundational	10	6	9
59	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	8.3Foundational	9	6	10
60	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	8.0Foundational	10	7	7
61	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8.0Foundational	10	7	7
62	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	8.0Foundational	9	7	8
63	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8.0Foundational	9	6	9
64	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	7.7Foundational	9	5	9
65	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7.7Foundational	9	7	7
66	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	7.7Foundational	8	6	9
67	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	7.3Foundational	9	4	9
68	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	9	6	7
69	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	7.3Foundational	8	4	10
70	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	7.0Foundational	9	6	6
71	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7.0Foundational	8	6	7
72	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7.0Foundational	8	6	7
73	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	7.0Foundational	9	4	8
74	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	7.0Foundational	8	6	7
75	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7.0Foundational	10	4	7
76	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6.7Foundational	9	5	6
77	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6.7Foundational	8	6	6
78	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	6.7Foundational	7	6	7
79	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	6.3Foundational	7	7	5
80	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	6.3Foundational	8	4	7
81	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	6.3Foundational	7	5	7
82	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	6.3Foundational	8	5	6
83	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6.3Foundational	8	6	5
84	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	7	6	6
85	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6.3Foundational	7	8	4
86	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	7	6	5
87	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6.0Foundational	6	6	6
88	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6.0Foundational	8	5	5
89	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6.0Foundational	6	7	5
90	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	6.0Foundational	7	4	7
91	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	6.0Foundational	6	4	8
92	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5.7Nascent	6	5	6
93	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	5.7Nascent	7	3	7
94	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5.3Nascent	7	4	5
95	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5.3Nascent	7	5	4
96	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	5.3Nascent	7	4	5
97	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5.3Nascent	7	4	5
98	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5.3Nascent	7	4	5
99	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	5.3Nascent	7	4	5
100	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	5.3Nascent	7	5	4
101	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	5.3Nascent	7	4	5
102	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5.3Nascent	6	5	5
103	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5.0Nascent	7	4	4
104	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	5.0Nascent	6	3	6
105	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5.0Nascent	6	4	5
106	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	4.7Nascent	6	4	4
107	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	4.7Nascent	7	3	4
108	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	4.7Nascent	6	5	3
109	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	4.7Nascent	6	3	5
110	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	4.7Nascent	6	3	5
111	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4.7Nascent	6	4	4
112	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	4.3Nascent	5	3	5
113	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	6	3	4
114	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	6	3	4
115	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	4.3Nascent	6	3	4
116	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4.3Nascent	6	2	5
117	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	4.3Nascent	5	3	5
118	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4.3Nascent	5	4	4
119	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	4.0Nascent	5	4	3
120	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4.0Nascent	6	2	4
121	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4.0Nascent	5	3	4
122	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	4.0Nascent	5	3	4
123	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	4.0Nascent	6	2	4
124	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	4.0Nascent	6	3	3
125	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4.0Nascent	5	3	4
126	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	4.0Nascent	5	3	4
127	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4.0Nascent	5	3	4
128	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4.0Nascent	5	3	4
129	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	3.7Nascent	5	3	3
130	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	3.7Nascent	4	4	3
131	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	3.3Nascent	5	2	3
132	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	3.3Nascent	5	2	3
133	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	5	2	3
134	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3.3Nascent	5	2	3
135	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	3.3Nascent	5	2	3
136	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	3.3Nascent	4	4	2
137	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	3.3Nascent	5	2	3
138	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	4	3	3
139	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	3.3Nascent	5	1	4
140	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3.3Nascent	4	2	4
141	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3.3Nascent	4	2	4
142	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	4	3	3
143	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	3.0Nascent	4	2	3
144	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	2	3
145	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	2	3
146	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	2	3
147	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	2	3
148	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	2	3
149	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	4	2	3
150	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3.0Nascent	3	4	2
151	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	2	3
152	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2.7Inception	4	2	2
153	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2.7Inception	3	3	2
154	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2.7Inception	3	3	2
155	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	2.3Inception	4	1	2
156	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	4	1	2
157	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2.3Inception	3	2	2
158	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2.3Inception	3	2	2
159	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2.3Inception	3	2	2
160	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2.3Inception	2	3	2
161	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	2.3Inception	4	1	2
162	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2.3Inception	3	2	2
163	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	4	1	2
164	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	4	1	2
165	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2.3Inception	4	1	2
166	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	2.3Inception	4	1	2
167	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	4	1	2
168	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2.3Inception	3	1	3
169	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2.3Inception	3	2	2
170	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	3	2	2
171	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	2.0Inception	3	1	2
172	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	2.0Inception	3	1	2
173	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2.0Inception	3	1	2
174	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	2.0Inception	3	1	2
175	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	2.0Inception	3	1	2
176	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2.0Inception	3	1	2
177	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	3	1	2
178	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	2.0Inception	3	1	2
179	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	3	1	2
180	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2.0Inception	2	3	1
181	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	2.0Inception	2	2	2
182	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	3	1	2
183	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	3	1	2
184	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	3	1	2
185	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1.7Inception	2	2	1
186	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1.7Inception	2	1	2
187	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1.7Inception	2	2	1
188	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1.7Inception	2	1	2
189	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1.7Inception	2	2	1
190	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1.7Inception	3	1	1
191	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1.7Inception	2	2	1
192	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1.3Inception	2	1	1
193	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1.3Inception	2	1	1
194	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	2	1	1
195	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	3	0	1
196	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1.3Inception	2	1	1
197	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1.3Inception	2	1	1