Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Financial Infrastructure

Currency & Reserves

Currency and reserves covers the physical infrastructure of base money, including central bank facilities, mints and banknote printing works, cash centres and vaults, and reserve storage.
pending/cap/currency-reserves
World mean
9.4
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
2–19
middle half 6.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.30
round 1 ±1.20 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
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 4
Advanced 22
Established 44
Transitional 37
Foundational 60
Nascent 24
Inception 6

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 19 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
21 🇷🇺Russia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
23 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
24 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
26 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
27 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
29 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.50
30 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.43
33 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
34 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
35 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 14 Established ±0.00
36 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
37 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.00
38 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.00
39 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
42 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
43 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
44 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
45 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
46 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 12 Established ±0.50
47 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.43
48 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
49 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 12 Established ±0.00
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.43
51 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
52 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 12 Established ±0.43
53 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
54 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
55 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.87
56 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
57 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
58 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
59 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
60 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.00
61 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.00
62 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.00
63 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
64 🇵🇪Peru Americas 12 Established ±0.00
65 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
66 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
67 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
68 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±0.00
69 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 12 Established ±0.50
70 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
71 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
72 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
73 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
74 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
76 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
77 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
78 🇵🇦Panama Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
79 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
80 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
85 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
86 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
87 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
88 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
89 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
90 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
91 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
92 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
93 🇦🇴Angola Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
94 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
95 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
96 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
97 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
98 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
99 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
100 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
101 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
102 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
103 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
104 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
105 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.83
106 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
107 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
108 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 8 Foundational ±0.71
110 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
116 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
117 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇧🇿Belize Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇧🇯Benin Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
122 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
124 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
129 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
131 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
132 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
133 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
134 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
135 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
136 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
137 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇨🇬Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
140 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
141 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
142 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
143 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
144 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
145 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
146 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
147 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
148 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
149 🇱🇾Libya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
150 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 6 Foundational ±2.29
151 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
152 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
153 🇲🇱Mali Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
154 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
155 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 6 Foundational ±2.68
156 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
157 🇳🇪Niger Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
158 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
159 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
160 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
161 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
162 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
163 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
164 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
165 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
166 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
167 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
168 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 5 Nascent ±1.12
169 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.71
176 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
183 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇹🇩Chad Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
185 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
186 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
187 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
188 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
190 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
191 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
192 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
194 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
195 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
196 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
197 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71

Others in Financial Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Payments & Settlement Systems10.01–19China, Singapore
Markets, Exchanges & Depositories7.60–20United States
Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions9.12–19United States