Country rankings
Composite Index of National Capability by Country
China has the highest Composite Index x100k in 2016 (23,062), followed by India (8,684) and Russia (3,647). Tuvalu has the lowest (0.03).
190 of 235 countries
Composite Index x100k, 2016
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 190 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
89.79
Middle half 19.61 – 283
Average
459
190 countries
Highest
23,062
China
Lowest
0.03
Tuvalu
Over time · 2014–2016
The top 5 in 2016, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- China
- India
- Russia
- Japan
- South Korea
Data
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190 countries · # = rank by Composite Index x100k
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 23,062 | 0.231 |
| 2 | India | 8,684 | 0.087 |
| 3 | Russia | 3,647 | 0.036 |
| 4 | Japan | 3,297 | 0.033 |
| 5 | South Korea | 2,326 | 0.023 |
| 6 | Brazil | 2,326 | 0.023 |
| 7 | Germany | 1,659 | 0.017 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 1,622 | 0.016 |
| 9 | Iran | 1,535 | 0.015 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 1,515 | 0.015 |
| 11 | Turkey | 1,479 | 0.015 |
| 12 | Mexico | 1,468 | 0.015 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 1,448 | 0.014 |
| 14 | North Korea | 1,344 | 0.013 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 1,342 | 0.013 |
| 16 | France | 1,338 | 0.013 |
| 17 | Italy | 1,143 | 0.011 |
| 18 | Egypt | 1,006 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Vietnam | 949 | 0.009 |
| 20 | Nigeria | 940 | 0.009 |
| 21 | Thailand | 909 | 0.009 |
| 22 | Canada | 841 | 0.008 |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 773 | 0.008 |
| 24 | Spain | 751 | 0.008 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 717 | 0.007 |
| 26 | Colombia | 710 | 0.007 |
| 27 | Australia | 685 | 0.007 |
| 28 | Taiwan | 681 | 0.007 |
| 29 | South Africa | 662 | 0.007 |
| 30 | Philippines | 614 | 0.006 |
| 31 | Myanmar | 552 | 0.006 |
| 32 | Poland | 546 | 0.005 |
| 33 | Argentina | 544 | 0.005 |
| 34 | DR Congo | 503 | 0.005 |
| 35 | Iraq | 502 | 0.005 |
| 36 | Algeria | 455 | 0.005 |
| 37 | Sudan | 443 | 0.004 |
| 38 | Malaysia | 431 | 0.004 |
| 39 | Israel | 427 | 0.004 |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 417 | 0.004 |
| 41 | Netherlands | 395 | 0.004 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 386 | 0.004 |
| 43 | Morocco | 381 | 0.004 |
| 44 | Venezuela | 375 | 0.004 |
| 45 | Peru | 306 | 0.003 |
| 46 | Singapore | 305 | 0.003 |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 292 | 0.003 |
| 48 | Greece | 284 | 0.003 |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 282 | 0.003 |
| 50 | Angola | 278 | 0.003 |
| 51 | Belgium | 272 | 0.003 |
| 52 | Syria | 267 | 0.003 |
| 53 | Chile | 249 | 0.002 |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 235 | 0.002 |
| 55 | Tanzania | 234 | 0.002 |
| 56 | Romania | 228 | 0.002 |
| 57 | Eritrea | 226 | 0.002 |
| 58 | Sweden | 220 | 0.002 |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 218 | 0.002 |
| 60 | Oman | 217 | 0.002 |
| 61 | Kenya | 204 | 0.002 |
| 62 | South Sudan | 187 | 0.002 |
| 63 | Austria | 185 | 0.002 |
| 64 | Qatar | 184 | 0.002 |
| 65 | Uganda | 172 | 0.002 |
| 66 | Nepal | 172 | 0.002 |
| 67 | Czechia | 171 | 0.002 |
| 68 | Cambodia | 166 | 0.002 |
| 69 | Belarus | 163 | 0.002 |
| 70 | Jordan | 161 | 0.002 |
| 71 | Norway | 157 | 0.002 |
| 72 | Portugal | 156 | 0.002 |
| 73 | Finland | 153 | 0.002 |
| 74 | Kuwait | 150 | 0.002 |
| 75 | Ecuador | 145 | 0.001 |
| 76 | Yemen | 145 | 0.001 |
| 77 | Switzerland | 142 | 0.001 |
| 78 | Cameroon | 138 | 0.001 |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 137 | 0.001 |
| 80 | Ivory Coast | 136 | 0.001 |
| 81 | Ghana | 131 | 0.001 |
| 82 | Cuba | 121 | 0.001 |
| 83 | Mozambique | 119 | 0.001 |
| 84 | Hungary | 109 | 0.001 |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 107 | 0.001 |
| 86 | Slovakia | 107 | 0.001 |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 105 | 0.001 |
| 88 | Lebanon | 102 | 0.001 |
| 89 | Bolivia | 100 | 0.001 |
| 90 | Tunisia | 98.2 | 0.001 |
| 91 | Denmark | 95.04 | 0.001 |
| 92 | Somalia | 94.56 | 0.001 |
| 93 | Madagascar | 94.15 | 0.001 |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 93.34 | 0.001 |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 90.98 | 0.001 |
| 96 | Guatemala | 88.59 | 0.001 |
| 97 | Zambia | 87.39 | 0.001 |
| 98 | New Zealand | 86.22 | 0.001 |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 78.21 | 0.001 |
| 100 | Libya | 77.44 | 0.001 |
| 101 | Niger | 77.11 | 0.001 |
| 102 | Senegal | 75.69 | 0.001 |
| 103 | Chad | 72.09 | 0.001 |
| 104 | Mali | 71.5 | 0.001 |
| 105 | Rwanda | 64.84 | 0.001 |
| 106 | Guinea | 62.11 | 0.001 |
| 107 | Bahrain | 61.37 | 0.001 |
| 108 | Laos | 60.42 | 0.001 |
| 109 | Armenia | 60 | 0.001 |
| 110 | Malawi | 59.47 | 0.001 |
| 111 | Paraguay | 55.1 | 0.001 |
| 112 | Honduras | 51.44 | 0.001 |
| 113 | Uruguay | 51.41 | 0.001 |
| 114 | Ireland | 51.03 | 0.001 |
| 115 | Republic of the Congo | 50.6 | 0.001 |
| 116 | Burundi | 48.28 | 0 |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.74 | 0 |
| 118 | El Salvador | 47.07 | 0 |
| 119 | Lithuania | 45.97 | 0 |
| 120 | Haiti | 45.89 | 0 |
| 121 | Croatia | 45.27 | 0 |
| 122 | Benin | 44.83 | 0 |
| 123 | Tajikistan | 44.27 | 0 |
| 124 | Georgia | 41.46 | 0 |
| 125 | Togo | 40.54 | 0 |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.96 | 0 |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.05 | 0 |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 34.74 | 0 |
| 129 | Mongolia | 33.76 | 0 |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 33.36 | 0 |
| 131 | Mauritania | 33.16 | 0 |
| 132 | Panama | 31.07 | 0 |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 28.74 | 0 |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 28.64 | 0 |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 27.33 | 0 |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 26.99 | 0 |
| 137 | Slovenia | 26.73 | 0 |
| 138 | Liberia | 23.61 | 0 |
| 139 | Latvia | 21.27 | 0 |
| 140 | Namibia | 21.25 | 0 |
| 141 | Moldova | 20.7 | 0 |
| 142 | Botswana | 19.88 | 0 |
| 143 | Albania | 19.52 | 0 |
| 144 | Gabon | 19.37 | 0 |
| 145 | Estonia | 18.86 | 0 |
| 146 | Djibouti | 17.45 | 0 |
| 147 | Cyprus | 17.18 | 0 |
| 148 | Jamaica | 16.41 | 0 |
| 149 | Brunei | 14.91 | 0 |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.15 | 0 |
| 151 | Gambia | 10.38 | 0 |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.35 | 0 |
| 153 | Lesotho | 8.15 | 0 |
| 154 | Mauritius | 6.26 | 0 |
| 155 | Fiji | 6.13 | 0 |
| 156 | Montenegro | 6.02 | 0 |
| 157 | Guyana | 5.05 | 0 |
| 158 | Bhutan | 4.97 | 0 |
| 159 | Suriname | 4.9 | 0 |
| 160 | Timor-Leste | 4.03 | 0 |
| 161 | Malta | 3.52 | 0 |
| 162 | Bahamas | 3.25 | 0 |
| 163 | Iceland | 2.92 | 0 |
| 164 | Comoros | 2.79 | 0 |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 2.26 | 0 |
| 166 | Belize | 2.08 | 0 |
| 167 | Barbados | 2.01 | 0 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 1.38 | 0 |
| 169 | Maldives | 1.23 | 0 |
| 170 | Micronesia | 1.18 | 0 |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.72 | 0 |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 0.63 | 0 |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.55 | 0 |
| 174 | Samoa | 0.47 | — |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 0.44 | — |
| 176 | Seychelles | 0.3 | — |
| 177 | Grenada | 0.27 | — |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.26 | — |
| 179 | Kiribati | 0.26 | — |
| 180 | Tonga | 0.25 | — |
| 181 | Andorra | 0.23 | — |
| 182 | Monaco | 0.19 | — |
| 183 | Dominica | 0.18 | — |
| 184 | San Marino | 0.18 | — |
| 185 | Liechtenstein | 0.15 | — |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.14 | — |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 0.13 | — |
| 188 | Palau | 0.06 | — |
| 189 | Nauru | 0.03 | — |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 0.03 | — |
What correlates with Composite Index x100k (2016)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Composite Index x100k?
- China has the highest Composite Index x100k in 2016, at 23,062, followed by India (8,684) and Russia (3,647).
- Which country has the lowest Composite Index x100k?
- Tuvalu has the lowest Composite Index x100k in 2016, at 0.03.
- What is the median Composite Index x100k across countries?
- The median is 89.79 across the 190 countries with data in 2016.
- Where does this composite index of national capability by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: National Material Capabilities (v6.0) - Correlates of War.
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