Irrigation & Agricultural Water — 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.

irrigated share of cultivated land
agricultural water storage per capita
irrigation efficiency

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 12

Established 28

Transitional 44

Foundational 49

Nascent 39

Inception 23

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	±0.50
2	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18	Frontier	±0.87
3	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
4	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±1.92
6	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.71
7	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	16	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.71
9	🇫🇷France	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.71
10	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	15	Advanced	±1.12
12	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.71
13	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.50
15	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
16	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	14	Established	±0.87
17	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
18	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
19	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.83
20	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
21	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	14	Established	±0.00
22	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
24	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
25	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
26	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
27	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
28	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
29	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
30	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
31	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
32	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
33	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
34	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	13	Established	±0.00
35	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
36	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
37	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	12	Established	±0.71
38	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
39	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.83
40	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
41	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	12	Established	±2.06
42	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.71
43	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
44	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
45	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.50
46	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
47	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
48	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.30
49	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
50	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.87
51	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.83
52	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.71
53	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
54	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
56	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
57	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
58	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
61	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.71
62	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
63	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
65	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.83
66	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
67	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.83
68	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
70	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
71	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
74	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
75	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.83
77	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
79	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.71
81	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
84	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
86	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
88	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
89	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
90	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
92	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.83
93	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
94	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
96	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
97	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
98	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
99	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
101	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	8	Foundational	±1.66
102	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
104	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
105	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.83
106	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
107	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
109	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
110	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
111	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	7	Foundational	±2.06
112	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
113	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
114	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
115	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
116	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.71
119	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
121	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.87
122	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
123	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
124	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
129	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
130	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
131	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
136	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
137	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
139	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
140	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
142	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
143	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
148	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.71
150	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
151	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
152	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
153	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
155	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
156	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.12
158	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
159	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
160	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
161	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
162	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
163	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
164	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
166	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
167	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
168	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	3	Nascent	±1.23
169	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
170	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
171	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±1.30
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
173	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
174	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
175	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
176	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
177	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
178	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
179	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
180	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	2	Inception	±1.00
181	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
182	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
183	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
184	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
185	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
186	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
187	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
188	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
189	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
190	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
191	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
192	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
193	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
194	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Agriculture & Food Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Livestock & Veterinary	8.8	0–18	Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand
Fisheries & Aquaculture	7.8	0–19	China, Norway
Storage, Cold Chain & Markets	8.4	0–18	United States