Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Communications & Digital Infrastructure

Data Resources

Data resources refer to the large collections of data and the frameworks for managing and utilising data as strategic assets, including national datasets and registries, data governance frameworks, and national domain name infrastructure such as country-code top-level domain registries.
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World mean
8.7
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
2–19
middle half 5.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.34
round 1 ±1.05 — 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 5
Advanced 19
Established 34
Transitional 38
Foundational 42
Nascent 51
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 19 Frontier ±0.50
2 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 18 Frontier ±0.71
3 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±1.09
15 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.83
16 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
24 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
25 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
30 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
33 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.43
35 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
36 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 13 Established ±0.71
38 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
39 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
42 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
43 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.00
45 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
46 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
47 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.00
48 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.43
49 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.00
50 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.50
51 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
52 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
53 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
54 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
55 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±1.09
56 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
57 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±0.71
58 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 12 Established ±0.43
59 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
61 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
62 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
64 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
67 🇵🇪Peru Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇦🇱Albania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
76 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
77 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
79 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
80 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
81 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
85 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
86 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
87 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
89 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
90 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
91 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
92 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
93 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
94 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
95 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
96 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
97 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
100 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
101 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
106 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
109 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
110 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
114 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
116 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
118 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
119 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
123 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
124 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
129 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
131 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
133 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
134 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
135 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
136 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
137 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
139 🇧🇿Belize Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
147 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.71
148 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
153 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 5 Nascent ±0.87
154 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.87
155 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 5 Nascent ±0.87
156 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
161 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 4 Nascent ±0.87
162 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.87
165 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
166 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
168 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
169 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
171 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
172 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
173 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
174 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
175 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
177 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.83
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
185 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
186 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
187 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
189 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
190 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
194 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00

Others in Communications & Digital Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Subsea Cables & International Gateways9.91–19Singapore, United States
Core & Backbone Networks9.72–19South Korea
Mobile & Wireless Networks10.71–20South Korea
Spectrum & Broadcasting9.83–18South Korea, United States
Data Centres, Compute & Cloud7.51–20United States
AI Tools & Applications6.61–20United States