Maritime Power — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 9

Established 12

Transitional 17

Foundational 21

Nascent 36

Inception 101

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Maritime Power. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Maritime Power	Maritime Security & Constabulary	Sea Denial & Undersea Warfare	Sea Control	Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19.8Frontier	19	20	20	20
2	🇫🇷France	Europe	17.8Advanced	18	18	18	17
3	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17.3Advanced	17	18	17	17
4	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17.0Advanced	17	18	17	16
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16.8Advanced	18	18	17	14
6	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16.0Advanced	16	17	16	15
7	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	15.8Advanced	15	18	15	15
8	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15.5Advanced	16	16	15	15
9	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15.0Advanced	15	15	15	15
10	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	15.0Advanced	16	14	15	15
11	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14.8Established	15	14	15	15
12	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14.5Established	14	15	16	13
13	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14.5Established	15	15	14	14
14	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	14.3Established	17	15	14	11
15	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	13.5Established	15	14	13	12
16	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13.3Established	17	16	12	8
17	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	13.3Established	14	14	13	12
18	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	12.8Established	15	17	11	8
19	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	12.5Established	12	13	12	13
20	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	12.5Established	14	16	13	7
21	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12.0Established	13	12	11	12
22	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	12.0Established	14	16	11	7
23	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11.5Transitional	12	11	11	12
24	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	11.3Transitional	15	11	12	7
25	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	11.0Transitional	13	11	10	10
26	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	10.5Transitional	14	13	8	7
27	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	10.5Transitional	12	13	9	8
28	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10.3Transitional	11	14	8	8
29	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	10.3Transitional	11	13	10	7
30	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	10.0Transitional	14	10	11	5
31	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	13	11	9	7
32	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	10.0Transitional	13	10	10	7
33	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	11	9	10	10
34	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	9.8Transitional	14	10	8	7
35	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	9.5Transitional	11	11	9	7
36	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	9.3Transitional	13	8	8	8
37	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	7	14	6	9
38	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9.0Transitional	11	10	7	8
39	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	11	8	7	10
40	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8.8Foundational	12	8	7	8
41	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	8.8Foundational	14	7	7	7
42	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	8.8Foundational	12	10	7	6
43	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	8.3Foundational	12	7	7	7
44	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	8.3Foundational	12	6	7	8
45	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8.3Foundational	12	7	8	6
46	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8.3Foundational	12	8	8	5
47	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	7.8Foundational	12	9	7	3
48	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	7.8Foundational	10	8	8	5
49	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	7.0Foundational	10	8	6	4
50	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6.8Foundational	9	7	7	4
51	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	6.8Foundational	7	11	4	5
52	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	6.5Foundational	10	6	6	4
53	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	6.3Foundational	10	6	5	4
54	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	6.3Foundational	10	5	5	5
55	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	6	8	6	5
56	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6.3Foundational	10	5	5	5
57	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6.3Foundational	7	6	6	6
58	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6.0Foundational	9	6	6	3
59	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	6.0Foundational	12	6	4	2
60	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	10	4	5	5
61	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5.8Nascent	10	5	5	3
62	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	5.3Nascent	9	5	4	3
63	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5.3Nascent	9	5	4	3
64	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	4.8Nascent	9	4	4	2
65	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4.8Nascent	7	5	4	3
66	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	4.8Nascent	10	5	3	1
67	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	4.8Nascent	10	5	3	1
68	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	4.8Nascent	9	3	4	3
69	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	4.3Nascent	8	3	3	3
70	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	4.0Nascent	7	4	2	3
71	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	4.0Nascent	10	2	3	1
72	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3.8Nascent	6	3	3	3
73	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	3.8Nascent	8	3	2	2
74	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	3.8Nascent	8	2	3	2
75	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	3.8Nascent	12	1	1	1
76	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3.8Nascent	10	2	2	1
77	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	3.8Nascent	7	2	3	3
78	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3.5Nascent	7	2	3	2
79	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	3.5Nascent	7	2	3	2
80	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	3.5Nascent	9	2	2	1
81	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	3.5Nascent	8	2	3	1
82	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	7	1	3	2
83	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3.3Nascent	6	2	2	3
84	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	3.3Nascent	8	2	2	1
85	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	3.3Nascent	8	2	2	1
86	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	3.0Nascent	8	1	2	1
87	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	3.0Nascent	6	2	2	2
88	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3.0Nascent	5	2	3	2
89	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	3.0Nascent	7	2	2	1
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	3.0Nascent	6	1	2	3
91	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	6	3	1	2
92	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	3.0Nascent	6	2	2	2
93	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	3	3	2
94	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	6	2	2	2
95	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	3.0Nascent	7	2	2	1
96	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3.0Nascent	3	6	2	1
97	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	2.8Inception	6	2	2	1
98	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	2.8Inception	5	2	2	2
99	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	2.8Inception	6	2	2	1
100	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	2.8Inception	6	1	2	2
101	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2.8Inception	6	1	2	2
102	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	2.8Inception	6	1	2	2
103	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2.8Inception	7	1	2	1
104	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	2.8Inception	5	2	2	2
105	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2.8Inception	7	1	2	1
106	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2.8Inception	6	2	2	1
107	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2.8Inception	6	2	2	1
108	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2.8Inception	5	2	2	2
109	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2.8Inception	6	2	2	1
110	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2.8Inception	6	2	2	1
111	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2.8Inception	3	4	2	2
112	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2.5Inception	6	1	2	1
113	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2.5Inception	5	2	2	1
114	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	2.3Inception	6	1	1	1
115	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	2.3Inception	6	1	1	1
116	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	2.3Inception	6	1	1	1
117	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2.3Inception	5	1	2	1
118	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2.3Inception	4	2	2	1
119	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2.3Inception	3	2	2	2
120	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	2.3Inception	5	1	2	1
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	5	2	1	1
122	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	2.0Inception	5	1	1	1
123	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2.0Inception	5	1	1	1
124	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	2.0Inception	6	1	1	0
125	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2.0Inception	5	1	1	1
126	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2.0Inception	4	1	2	1
127	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	2.0Inception	5	1	1	1
128	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	5	1	1	1
129	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1.8Inception	4	1	1	1
130	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	1.8Inception	4	1	1	1
131	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1.8Inception	4	1	1	1
132	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	5	1	1	0
133	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	5	1	1	0
134	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	5	1	1	0
135	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1.8Inception	3	2	1	1
136	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1.8Inception	4	1	1	1
137	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1.5Inception	3	1	1	1
138	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1.5Inception	4	1	1	0
139	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1.5Inception	4	1	1	0
140	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1.5Inception	4	1	1	0
141	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1.5Inception	4	1	1	0
142	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1.5Inception	4	1	1	0
143	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	1.3Inception	3	1	0	1
144	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1.3Inception	4	0	1	0
145	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1.3Inception	3	0	1	1
146	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	4	0	1	0
147	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	4	0	1	0
148	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	4	0	1	0
149	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1.3Inception	4	0	1	0
150	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	1.3Inception	0	3	1	1
151	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	1.0Inception	0	2	1	1
152	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1.0Inception	3	0	1	0
153	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1.0Inception	3	0	1	0
154	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	1.0Inception	1	1	1	1
155	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	0.8Inception	0	1	1	1
156	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0.8Inception	3	0	0	0
157	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0.8Inception	3	0	0	0
158	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0.8Inception	3	0	0	0
159	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	0.8Inception	0	1	1	1
160	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	0.5Inception	0	1	0	1
161	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	0.5Inception	0	1	0	1
162	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	0.5Inception	0	1	0	1
163	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	0.5Inception	1	1	0	0
164	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	0.5Inception	0	1	0	1
165	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
166	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
167	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
168	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
169	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
170	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0	0
171	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
172	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
173	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
174	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
175	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
176	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
177	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
178	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
179	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
180	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
181	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
182	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
183	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
184	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
185	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
186	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
187	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
188	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
189	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
190	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
191	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
192	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
193	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
194	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
195	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0
197	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0	0