Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Transport Infrastructure

Air Infrastructure

Air infrastructure encompasses airports, airfields, heliports and related facilities that enable air transport, including runways, terminals, cargo facilities and civil aviation maintenance hangars.
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World mean
9.5
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
0–20
middle half 6.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.36
round 1 ±1.11 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6
Advanced 20
Established 35
Transitional 41
Foundational 59
Nascent 31
Inception 5

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.50
2 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
5 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 18 Frontier ±0.43
7 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇪🇸Spain Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
23 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
24 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
25 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
26 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
27 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
30 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
31 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14 Established ±0.43
32 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.00
33 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇵🇦Panama Americas 14 Established ±0.50
35 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
36 🇷🇺Russia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
37 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 14 Established ±0.00
38 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
39 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.50
40 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
41 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.00
42 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
43 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 13 Established ±0.00
44 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 13 Established ±0.50
45 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.43
46 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
47 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 13 Established ±0.43
48 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
49 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.43
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.43
51 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
52 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.43
53 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 12 Established ±0.43
54 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
55 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
56 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.43
57 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.00
58 🇵🇪Peru Americas 12 Established ±0.43
59 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
60 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
61 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
62 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
75 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
76 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
79 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
85 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
86 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
87 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
88 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
89 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
90 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
91 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
92 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
93 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.71
94 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
95 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
96 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
97 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
98 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
99 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
100 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
101 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
102 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
103 🇦🇱Albania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇦🇴Angola Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
106 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
107 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
110 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 8 Foundational ±0.71
111 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
118 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
122 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
124 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.83
125 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
126 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
129 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.71
132 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
133 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
134 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
135 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
136 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.71
137 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
138 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
139 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 7 Foundational ±1.12
140 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
141 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
142 🇧🇿Belize Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
143 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
144 🇨🇬Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
145 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
146 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
147 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
148 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
149 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.71
150 🇱🇾Libya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
151 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
152 🇲🇱Mali Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
153 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
154 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
155 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
156 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
157 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
158 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
159 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
160 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
161 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
162 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
163 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇹🇩Chad Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
165 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
166 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.83
167 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
169 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 5 Nascent ±0.87
171 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
172 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
173 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
178 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
179 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
184 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
185 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±1.09
186 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 4 Nascent ±1.23
187 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±1.09
188 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
189 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
190 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
191 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
192 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
193 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 2 Inception ±0.83
194 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
195 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.83
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Transport Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Seaports & Terminals7.70–20China, Singapore
Air Navigation & Traffic Management9.10–20United States
Inland Waterways & Ferries6.30–19China, Netherlands
Rail Infrastructure6.50–20China
Roads & Bridges9.41–19China
Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure8.70–20Singapore
Postal & Parcel9.42–18Germany, Japan, Switzerland