Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 8

Established 13

Transitional 23

Foundational 32

Nascent 53

Inception 67

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment	Command, Control & Communications	Strategic Lift & Mobility	Expeditionary & Peace Operations	Operational Sustainment & War Reserves	Defence Industrial Mobilisation	CBRN Defence
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19.8Frontier	20	20	20	19	20	20
2	🇫🇷France	Europe	17.8Advanced	18	18	19	17	17	18
3	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17.0Advanced	18	17	18	16	16	17
4	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	16.8Advanced	17	17	16	17	18	16
5	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16.2Advanced	16	16	16	15	17	17
6	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15.5Advanced	17	12	14	16	17	17
7	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15.3Advanced	16	14	13	16	17	16
8	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15.0Advanced	16	16	16	15	13	14
9	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	15.0Advanced	15	15	14	14	16	16
10	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14.8Established	16	15	13	15	14	16
11	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14.7Established	15	15	15	14	16	13
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	14.0Established	15	14	16	13	12	14
13	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13.8Established	15	14	15	13	14	12
14	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	13.8Established	15	13	15	13	12	15
15	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	13.8Established	15	10	13	15	15	15
16	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13.7Established	14	14	14	13	14	13
17	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	13.7Established	15	12	12	14	14	15
18	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13.5Established	14	14	14	13	13	13
19	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13.0Established	15	10	14	13	13	13
20	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13.0Established	14	10	13	13	14	14
21	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12.7Established	14	8	11	15	13	15
22	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	12.3Established	14	14	13	12	10	11
23	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	11.8Transitional	12	10	13	12	13	11
24	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	11.8Transitional	13	13	11	13	10	11
25	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11.7Transitional	14	8	10	13	14	11
26	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11.5Transitional	11	12	12	11	12	11
27	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	11.5Transitional	14	10	4	14	14	13
28	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	11.2Transitional	12	10	12	11	10	12
29	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11.2Transitional	11	7	11	11	13	14
30	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	11.0Transitional	13	9	13	12	8	11
31	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11.0Transitional	12	11	11	10	12	10
32	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	11.0Transitional	12	6	8	13	12	15
33	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10.7Transitional	12	9	11	12	10	10
34	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10.5Transitional	10	8	11	11	12	11
35	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	11	10	11	10	9	9
36	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	11	9	11	10	9	10
37	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	10.0Transitional	11	8	11	10	10	10
38	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9.8Transitional	13	9	13	9	5	10
39	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	9.7Transitional	12	8	12	9	7	10
40	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9.7Transitional	11	9	10	10	9	9
41	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9.3Transitional	10	7	8	11	10	10
42	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9.2Transitional	11	6	9	10	8	11
43	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	9.2Transitional	10	5	3	12	14	11
44	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	9.2Transitional	10	6	9	9	10	11
45	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9.2Transitional	10	9	10	9	9	8
46	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	8.8Foundational	10	8	10	10	8	7
47	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8.8Foundational	11	8	10	10	6	8
48	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	8.8Foundational	9	6	8	10	10	10
49	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	8.7Foundational	12	5	9	9	7	10
50	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	8.7Foundational	12	5	9	9	7	10
51	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	8.7Foundational	11	12	9	9	3	8
52	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	8.5Foundational	9	6	9	9	9	9
53	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	8.5Foundational	11	7	6	10	8	9
54	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8.3Foundational	10	7	8	10	8	7
55	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	8.3Foundational	10	5	9	9	8	9
56	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8.2Foundational	9	9	6	10	7	8
57	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	8.0Foundational	9	7	9	8	7	8
58	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	8.0Foundational	8	5	9	8	7	11
59	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	8.0Foundational	8	7	4	10	9	10
60	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	8.0Foundational	9	6	10	8	6	9
61	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7.8Foundational	10	7	9	8	6	7
62	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	7.7Foundational	7	7	12	8	6	6
63	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7.7Foundational	9	6	11	7	6	7
64	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	7.7Foundational	8	5	8	8	7	10
65	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	7.3Foundational	10	4	8	8	5	9
66	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	7.2Foundational	10	7	7	9	3	7
67	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	7.2Foundational	9	6	8	7	6	7
68	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6.8Foundational	9	6	5	9	6	6
69	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6.7Foundational	7	5	11	7	6	4
70	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6.7Foundational	8	6	6	7	6	7
71	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6.5Foundational	8	6	7	8	5	5
72	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	6.5Foundational	8	6	7	8	4	6
73	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	6.3Foundational	7	4	11	6	5	5
74	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	6.2Foundational	8	4	7	7	5	6
75	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6.2Foundational	8	7	5	7	2	8
76	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6.0Foundational	7	4	11	6	3	5
77	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6.0Foundational	7	4	11	6	4	4
78	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5.8Nascent	7	4	5	7	6	6
79	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	5.8Nascent	7	4	10	6	2	6
80	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	5.8Nascent	7	4	12	6	2	4
81	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5.7Nascent	8	4	3	7	7	5
82	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5.5Nascent	7	5	5	6	5	5
83	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	5.5Nascent	7	4	10	6	2	4
84	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	5.5Nascent	7	4	9	6	2	5
85	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	5.5Nascent	7	6	3	6	6	5
86	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5.3Nascent	7	5	3	7	4	6
87	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5.3Nascent	6	4	9	5	4	4
88	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5.0Nascent	7	3	5	6	4	5
89	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5.0Nascent	7	4	5	7	2	5
90	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4.8Nascent	6	5	3	6	4	5
91	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4.7Nascent	6	2	6	6	3	5
92	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	4.7Nascent	7	4	5	5	1	6
93	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	4.7Nascent	5	2	11	5	2	3
94	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	4.7Nascent	6	2	6	5	3	6
95	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	4.3Nascent	5	5	6	5	2	3
96	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	4.3Nascent	5	2	5	5	5	4
97	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	4.3Nascent	6	3	6	5	2	4
98	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	4.3Nascent	6	2	5	5	2	6
99	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4.3Nascent	5	4	4	5	5	3
100	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	4.2Nascent	5	3	9	4	1	3
101	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	4.2Nascent	6	3	5	5	2	4
102	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	4.2Nascent	5	2	8	5	1	4
103	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	4.0Nascent	6	3	4	4	1	6
104	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4.0Nascent	5	3	7	5	2	2
105	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4.0Nascent	5	3	5	5	4	2
106	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	3.8Nascent	5	4	6	5	1	2
107	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	3.8Nascent	5	3	6	5	2	2
108	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	3.8Nascent	6	2	3	6	2	4
109	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	3.7Nascent	4	4	5	5	1	3
110	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3.7Nascent	6	3	3	5	2	3
111	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	3.7Nascent	5	3	4	5	2	3
112	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	3.7Nascent	6	2	4	4	1	5
113	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	3.7Nascent	5	3	6	4	1	3
114	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	3.5Nascent	4	3	4	5	2	3
115	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3.5Nascent	4	2	6	5	1	3
116	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3.5Nascent	5	2	3	5	2	4
117	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	3.5Nascent	5	2	5	5	2	2
118	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3.5Nascent	5	3	2	4	2	5
119	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3.3Nascent	5	2	4	5	2	2
120	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	3.3Nascent	5	2	4	5	1	3
121	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	3.3Nascent	6	2	2	5	1	4
122	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	5	4	1	5	2	3
123	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3.2Nascent	5	2	3	5	1	3
124	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3.2Nascent	5	2	3	5	2	2
125	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3.0Nascent	3	2	7	4	1	1
126	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	3	4	4	1	2
127	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	3.0Nascent	5	2	4	4	1	2
128	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	2	5	4	1	2
129	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	2	6	4	1	1
130	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	3.0Nascent	5	2	2	4	1	4
131	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2.8Inception	4	1	6	4	1	1
132	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2.8Inception	4	2	5	4	1	1
133	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2.8Inception	4	2	5	4	1	1
134	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2.8Inception	4	2	4	4	1	2
135	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	2.8Inception	4	1	2	4	2	4
136	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2.8Inception	4	2	3	4	1	3
137	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2.8Inception	4	2	6	3	1	1
138	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2.8Inception	4	2	3	4	2	2
139	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2.8Inception	4	2	4	4	1	2
140	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2.8Inception	5	2	3	3	1	3
141	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2.8Inception	4	3	4	3	1	2
142	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2.8Inception	5	2	2	4	1	3
143	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2.7Inception	3	1	7	4	0	1
144	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2.7Inception	4	2	3	4	1	2
145	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2.7Inception	4	1	5	4	1	1
146	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2.5Inception	3	3	2	3	1	3
147	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	2.5Inception	4	2	2	3	1	3
148	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2.3Inception	3	2	3	4	1	1
149	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2.3Inception	4	2	2	3	1	2
150	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	2.2Inception	4	1	2	2	0	4
151	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2.2Inception	5	1	2	3	0	2
152	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2.0Inception	3	2	2	3	1	1
153	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2.0Inception	3	2	2	3	1	1
154	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2.0Inception	3	1	3	3	1	1
155	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2.0Inception	3	2	1	3	2	1
156	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1.8Inception	3	1	3	2	1	1
157	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	1.8Inception	3	1	3	3	0	1
158	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	3	1	3	3	0	1
159	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	1.7Inception	3	1	2	2	1	1
160	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1.7Inception	4	1	2	2	0	1
161	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1.7Inception	3	1	2	3	1	0
162	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1.5Inception	3	1	1	2	1	1
163	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	1.5Inception	3	1	1	3	0	1
164	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1.5Inception	2	1	4	2	0	0
165	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1.3Inception	3	1	1	2	1	0
166	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1.2Inception	2	1	1	2	0	1
167	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1.2Inception	2	0	2	2	0	1
168	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	1.2Inception	2	1	0	1	0	3
169	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1.2Inception	2	0	1	2	1	1
170	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	2	0	1	2	0	1
171	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	2	0	2	2	0	0
172	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1.0Inception	2	1	1	2	0	0
173	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1.0Inception	2	1	1	2	0	0
174	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0.8Inception	2	0	1	2	0	0
175	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0.8Inception	2	0	1	2	0	0
176	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0.8Inception	2	0	1	1	1	0
177	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0.8Inception	2	1	1	1	0	0
178	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0.8Inception	2	1	1	1	0	0
179	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0.7Inception	1	0	1	1	0	1
180	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0.7Inception	1	0	0	1	0	2
181	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0.7Inception	1	0	2	1	0	0
182	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0.7Inception	2	0	1	1	0	0
183	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0.5Inception	1	0	1	1	0	0
184	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0.5Inception	1	0	1	1	0	0
185	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0.5Inception	1	0	1	1	0	0
186	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0.5Inception	1	0	1	1	0	0
187	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0.5Inception	1	0	1	1	0	0
188	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	1	0	0	1	0	0
189	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	1	0	0	1	0	0
190	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	1	0	0	1	0	0
191	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	1	0	0	1	0	0
192	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	1	0	0	1	0	0
193	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0.2Inception	0	0	0	0	0	1
194	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0.2Inception	1	0	0	0	0	0
195	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
196	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0
197	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0	0	0