Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Social Infrastructure

Justice & Corrections

Justice and corrections covers the estate through which law is administered and enforced through the courts, including supreme and constitutional courts, court complexes, prosecution services, prisons and detention facilities, and forensic science laboratories.
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World mean
9.1
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
2–17
middle half 6.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.25
round 1 ±0.91 — the honest estimate
Leader
17
Australia, Canada, Denmark

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 0
Advanced 23
Established 34
Transitional 46
Foundational 50
Nascent 40
Inception 4

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

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Health Infrastructure9.72–18France, Germany, Japan
Public Health & Laboratories9.11–19United States
Medical Supply & Stockpiles8.71–18United States
Education & Skills Infrastructure9.93–18Finland, Germany, Japan
Research & Scientific Facilities5.60–20United States
Housing, Community & Social Services8.41–19Singapore
Government & Public Administration10.43–19Singapore
Cultural, Community & Recreational Infrastructure9.12–18France, Germany, United Kingdom
Emergency Services & Civil Protection9.12–18France, Japan, Singapore
Hydrometeorology & Early Warning9.20–20Japan, United States