Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Energy Infrastructure

Hydropower

Hydropower covers the generation of electricity from water, including conventional powerhouses, run-of-river and small hydro schemes, and pumped-storage plants.
pending/cap/hydropower
World mean
7.4
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0–20
middle half 2.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.51
round 1 ±1.48 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
China

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 2
Advanced 15
Established 40
Transitional 33
Foundational 25
Nascent 28
Inception 54

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 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 20 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇳🇴Norway Europe 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 17 Advanced ±0.00
4 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
8 🇺🇸United States Americas 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇷🇺Russia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇪🇸Spain Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
16 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 15 Advanced ±0.83
18 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
19 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 14 Established ±0.43
20 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.50
21 🇩🇪Germany Europe 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.83
23 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 14 Established ±0.43
25 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.71
27 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.43
28 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
29 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
32 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 13 Established ±0.50
33 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 13 Established ±1.09
34 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.71
35 🇵🇪Peru Americas 13 Established ±0.87
36 🇷🇴Romania Europe 13 Established ±0.00
37 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
38 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
39 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 13 Established ±0.50
40 🇦🇱Albania Europe 12 Established ±0.71
41 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 12 Established ±0.50
42 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 12 Established ±0.43
43 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
44 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
46 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.83
47 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
48 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.83
49 🇵🇦Panama Americas 12 Established ±0.43
50 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
51 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
52 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.87
53 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
54 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±1.09
55 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.71
56 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±1.12
57 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 12 Established ±0.83
58 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
59 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
61 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.12
62 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.09
63 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±0.83
66 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 11 Transitional ±0.83
67 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
69 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
70 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 11 Transitional ±1.12
71 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
72 🇦🇴Angola Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.71
74 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
75 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
76 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
79 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
80 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
81 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±1.12
82 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
84 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.83
85 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
86 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
87 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.87
89 🇵🇱Poland Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
90 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
91 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 8 Foundational ±1.09
92 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 8 Foundational ±0.71
94 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.71
95 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
97 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
100 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 7 Foundational ±0.83
102 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
105 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
107 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
108 🇨🇬Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±1.30
109 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
110 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
111 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 6 Foundational ±0.87
112 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.71
114 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.83
116 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
117 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
118 🇧🇿Belize Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
119 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
120 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
121 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
122 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
123 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
124 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
125 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
126 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
127 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 5 Nascent ±1.50
128 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
129 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
130 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
131 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
133 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 4 Nascent ±2.06
135 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±1.48
137 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 4 Nascent ±1.73
138 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 4 Nascent ±0.83
139 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 4 Nascent ±1.30
141 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.87
143 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 3 Nascent ±2.05
144 🇧🇯Benin Africa 2 Inception ±1.09
145 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 2 Inception ±1.23
146 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
147 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
148 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.12
149 🇳🇪Niger Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
150 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 2 Inception ±1.41
151 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
152 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
153 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
154 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
155 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 2 Inception ±0.87
156 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
157 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
158 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
159 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
160 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 1 Inception ±1.00
161 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
162 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
163 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
164 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
165 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
166 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
167 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
168 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
172 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
174 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
175 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
177 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇱🇾Libya Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
181 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇲🇹Malta Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
197 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Energy Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Thermal Generation8.60–19China
Nuclear Generation3.00–19China, France, Russia
Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Radioactive Waste2.90–19France, Russia
Renewable Generation7.41–20China
Transmission & Distribution10.12–19China
System Control & Dispatch9.51–19United States
Storage & Fuel Supply8.10–19United States