Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination — National Capability Index

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.

installed desalination capacity
inter-basin transfer volume
share of urban supply dependent on transfer or desalination

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 9

Established 23

Transitional 32

Foundational 44

Nascent 64

Inception 20

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.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	19	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	19	Frontier	±0.71
3	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	19	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
6	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.87
7	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇺🇸United States	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.87
9	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.87
15	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	14	Established	±0.43
16	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14	Established	±0.71
17	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	14	Established	±0.00
18	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.87
19	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
20	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.50
21	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
22	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	13	Established	±0.71
23	🇫🇷France	Europe	13	Established	±1.73
24	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
25	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
26	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
27	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	13	Established	±0.71
28	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	12	Established	±2.92
29	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	12	Established	±2.49
30	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.83
31	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
32	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
33	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
34	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	12	Established	±2.49
35	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±1.09
36	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
37	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	12	Established	±1.64
38	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
39	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
40	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.83
41	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.87
42	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.83
43	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.23
44	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	10	Transitional	±2.45
45	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.83
46	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.71
47	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.23
48	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.64
49	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
50	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±1.12
51	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.83
52	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	9	Transitional	±1.50
53	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.30
54	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
56	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
57	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	9	Transitional	±1.92
58	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
59	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
60	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.23
61	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
62	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
63	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
64	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.09
65	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.30
66	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.71
67	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.87
68	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
69	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
70	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.50
71	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
72	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
73	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	8	Foundational	±1.30
74	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	8	Foundational	±2.00
75	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
76	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.50
78	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.23
79	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
80	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
81	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
82	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
83	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
84	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.30
85	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
86	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
87	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
88	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
89	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
90	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
91	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
92	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.12
93	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	7	Foundational	±1.23
94	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
96	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	6	Foundational	±1.48
97	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.83
98	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
99	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±1.12
100	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
102	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.83
104	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
105	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
106	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.71
107	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
109	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.09
110	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
111	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.87
112	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
113	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
114	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
115	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.71
116	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
117	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
118	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
120	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
121	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
122	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
123	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
124	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
126	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
127	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
128	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
129	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
130	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
132	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
133	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
134	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
135	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
137	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
139	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
141	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.83
142	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
143	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
144	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
148	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
149	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
153	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.87
154	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
155	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
157	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
158	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.58
164	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
166	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
167	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
168	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
176	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
177	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
178	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
179	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
180	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
181	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
182	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
183	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
184	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
185	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
186	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
187	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
188	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
189	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
190	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	2	Inception	±0.71
191	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
192	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
193	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
194	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Dams, Reservoirs & Flood Defence	8.7	1–19	Netherlands
Water Supply & Treatment	10.1	3–19	Netherlands, Singapore
Wastewater & Sanitation	8.6	1–20	Singapore
Solid Waste & Recycling	8.3	1–19	Sweden, Switzerland