Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Transport Infrastructure

Inland Waterways & Ferries

Inland waterways and ferries covers river and lake transport infrastructure, including inland ports, jetties, locks, navigation channels and ferry terminals.
pending/cap/inland-waterways-ferries
World mean
6.3
of 20 · median 5.0
Range
0–19
middle half 3.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.53
round 1 ±1.63 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
China, Netherlands

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 3
Advanced 5
Established 23
Transitional 21
Foundational 43
Nascent 65
Inception 37

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 19 Frontier ±0.50
2 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
6 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.83
8 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±2.69
9 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
10 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
11 🇵🇦Panama Americas 14 Established ±2.55
12 🇷🇺Russia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 13 Established ±0.43
14 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.00
15 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.50
16 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 13 Established ±0.00
17 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 13 Established ±0.50
18 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 13 Established ±0.43
19 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
20 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.00
21 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
22 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 12 Established ±0.43
23 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±2.69
24 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.50
25 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.71
26 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
27 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 12 Established ±0.50
28 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
29 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 12 Established ±1.48
30 🇪🇸Spain Europe 12 Established ±1.00
31 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
32 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 11 Transitional ±0.71
33 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.71
34 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.09
35 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
36 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
37 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
38 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
39 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.87
40 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
41 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
42 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
43 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
44 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
45 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
47 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
48 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
49 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 9 Transitional ±1.12
50 🇵🇱Poland Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
51 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±2.24
52 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±1.00
53 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
54 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
55 🇨🇱Chile Americas 8 Foundational ±0.83
56 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
57 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
58 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±0.83
59 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
60 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8 Foundational ±0.71
61 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
62 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
63 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
64 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
65 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
66 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
67 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
68 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
69 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
70 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
71 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±2.77
72 🇲🇹Malta Europe 7 Foundational ±3.08
73 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 7 Foundational ±0.83
74 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
75 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
76 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
77 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
78 🇨🇬Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
79 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
80 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.87
81 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.71
82 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
84 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
85 🇲🇱Mali Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
86 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
87 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
89 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.87
90 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
91 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 6 Foundational ±1.58
93 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 6 Foundational ±1.12
94 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 6 Foundational ±0.83
95 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±1.23
97 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
98 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
99 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
100 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 5 Nascent ±1.23
101 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
102 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
103 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
104 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
105 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.71
106 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.87
107 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
108 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
109 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
110 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
111 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
113 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
114 🇦🇱Albania Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
115 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
116 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
117 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
118 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
119 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
120 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
121 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
122 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
123 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
124 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
125 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.12
126 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
127 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 4 Nascent ±0.83
128 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
129 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
130 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 4 Nascent ±1.09
131 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
132 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 4 Nascent ±1.09
133 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
134 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
135 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
136 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇦🇴Angola Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.87
143 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
148 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.83
150 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.83
152 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.87
156 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
157 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
158 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
159 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
161 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.71
162 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
163 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
164 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
165 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
166 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 2 Inception ±0.71
167 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
168 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
169 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
170 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
171 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
172 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
173 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
174 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 2 Inception ±0.71
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
176 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
177 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
178 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
179 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
180 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
181 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
182 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
183 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
184 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
185 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
186 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
189 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
190 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
191 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
192 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Transport Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Seaports & Terminals7.70–20China, Singapore
Air Infrastructure9.50–20United States
Air Navigation & Traffic Management9.10–20United States
Rail Infrastructure6.50–20China
Roads & Bridges9.41–19China
Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure8.70–20Singapore
Postal & Parcel9.42–18Germany, Japan, Switzerland