The 311 National Power Index

The 311 National Power Index ranks 200 countries on four pillars of power: economic, technology, military and human capital, built from official statistics and the 311 Institute directories.

Compiled by Matthew Griffin and the 311 Institute from open data. Last updated 3 October 2026.

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The 50 most powerful countries

Overall score out of 100, with each of the four pillars.

#	Country	Score	Economic	Technology	Military	Human
1	United StatesTechnology power	86.2	98	99	67	70
2	ChinaEconomic power	79.1	99	71	60	87
3	GermanyEconomic power	71.7	88	71	52	73
4	United KingdomTechnology power	70.5	84	71	52	72
5	FranceTechnology power	68.4	85	66	50	71
6	JapanEconomic power	67.4	87	59	49	74
7	RussiaMilitary power	65.0	84	51	55	72
8	IndiaHuman capital	64.5	88	44	52	80
9	South KoreaHuman capital	63.4	82	51	48	75
10	CanadaTechnology power	62.0	80	54	46	69
11	ItalyEconomic power	61.9	83	48	47	71
12	SpainHuman capital	60.5	80	48	44	73
13	NetherlandsTechnology power	59.9	79	51	44	66
14	BrazilHuman capital	59.7	82	43	44	76
15	Saudi ArabiaMilitary power	57.7	79	36	52	69
16	PolandMilitary power	57.2	78	39	47	68
17	TürkiyeHuman capital	57.2	79	36	45	75
18	IsraelTechnology power	57.1	72	49	48	59
19	MexicoEconomic power	56.5	81	37	42	70
20	SwitzerlandTechnology power	56.2	79	47	37	61
21	AustraliaMilitary power	55.4	77	33	46	71
22	SwedenTechnology power	55.3	72	46	40	63
23	BelgiumTechnology power	54.7	74	45	38	63
24	SingaporeEconomic power	52.7	78	32	42	62
25	DenmarkTechnology power	52.5	71	42	39	59
26	NorwayTechnology power	52.3	71	40	39	61
27	FinlandTechnology power	50.8	66	42	37	63
28	ArgentinaHuman capital	50.6	70	34	34	72
29	ThailandEconomic power	50.3	76	28	36	68
30	IndonesiaHuman capital	49.6	79	17	40	73
31	AustriaTechnology power	49.5	71	33	35	63
32	CzechiaTechnology power	49.4	72	33	37	60
33	UkraineMilitary power	48.6	65	27	50	56
34	PakistanHuman capital	47.9	67	27	39	67
35	IrelandTechnology power	47.6	73	38	27	49
36	EgyptHuman capital	47.6	70	30	31	67
37	GreeceHuman capital	47.5	66	25	38	72
38	AlgeriaMilitary power	47.4	66	23	44	65
39	RomaniaMilitary power	47.0	70	24	38	61
40	MalaysiaEconomic power	46.7	74	22	34	63
41	PortugalTechnology power	46.6	68	27	34	62
42	PhilippinesHuman capital	46.4	71	19	36	68
43	ChileHuman capital	46.2	68	22	35	69
44	HungaryTechnology power	46.0	68	28	35	58
45	New ZealandTechnology power	45.7	63	33	32	58
46	ColombiaMilitary power	45.6	69	18	42	60
47	South AfricaEconomic power	45.4	70	24	32	61
48	PeruEconomic power	43.2	68	21	31	58
49	BangladeshHuman capital	43.1	68	14	34	68
50	MoroccoHuman capital	42.9	64	17	36	63

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About the directory

What is the 311 National Power Index?

The 311 National Power Index ranks countries on four pillars of power: economic, technology, military and human capital. It is compiled by the 311 Institute from official statistics and its own directories.

Which is the most powerful country?

United States tops the 311 National Power Index.

How is technology power measured?

By R&D spending, scientific output, and the R&D labs, startups, unicorns, investors and largest companies each country has in the 311 Institute directories.

Where does the data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), which include military data compiled by SIPRI, and the 311 Institute directories.

How often is it updated?

Whenever new official figures are published or the 311 Institute directories grow.

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How the 311 National Power Index is built

Economic power (30%)GDP at market rates and in purchasing-power terms, exports and foreign-currency reserves.

Technology power (30%)R&D spending, scientific output, and the country's R&D labs, startups, unicorns, investors and largest companies in the 311 Institute directories.

Military power (25%)Military spending and armed forces personnel.

Human capital (15%)Population, labour force, university enrolment and life expectancy.

Each measure is scaled from 0 to 100 on a logarithmic scale, so the gap between large and small countries does not swamp everything else. Only figures from 2023 onwards are used. Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), which includes military data compiled by SIPRI, plus the 311 Institute directories. Checked 3 October 2026.