National Capability Atlas

An open index rating the sovereign capability of nations across the domains that define national power
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Sovereign Capability
196 nations rated across nine capability domains — hard, soft and economic — distilled into comparable tiers.
196Nations
9Domains
Capability Framework
250+ measurable capabilities mapped to a single taxonomy of national power, from critical technology to trade and investment.
250+Capabilities
3Power Dimensions
AI Connector
Pull any slice of the capability ratings into your own LLM via the GINC MCP connector. Ask sovereign-capability questions of nations and domains in plain language:
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2026 National Capability Ratings

Sovereign capability tiers across nine domains — hard, soft and economic. Each nation is rated from T1 (frontier) down the tiers; the three Frontiers columns count its T1, T2 and T3 results. Filter to a region, or sort any domain column. Rank re-numbers with the active filter.

National Capability Distribution

How all 196 nations distribute across the rating scale in each power dimension — hard, soft and economic.

Frontier Nations by Capability Domain

The frontier (T1) nations in each of the nine capability domains, with the count of nations reaching the top three tiers in that domain.