Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Transport Infrastructure

Air Navigation & Traffic Management

Air navigation and traffic management covers the services and facilities that control aircraft in flight, including area and approach control centres, oceanic control, en-route radar and surveillance networks, navigation aids and aeronautical communication systems.
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World mean
9.1
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
0–20
middle half 6.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.33
round 1 ±1.27 — 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 5
Advanced 22
Established 34
Transitional 41
Foundational 47
Nascent 40
Inception 8

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

Others in Transport Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Seaports & Terminals7.70–20China, Singapore
Air Infrastructure9.50–20United 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