Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Resource Infrastructure

Mining & Quarrying

Mining and quarrying covers the extraction of solid minerals and materials from the earth, including open-pit and underground mines, quarries and mineral sands operations, together with on-site crushing and concentration.
pending/cap/mining-quarrying
World mean
7.6
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0–20
middle half 4.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.56
round 1 ±1.45 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
Australia

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 11
Established 24
Transitional 43
Foundational 44
Nascent 39
Inception 31

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 20 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇨🇦Canada Americas 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇨🇱Chile Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇷🇺Russia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇵🇪Peru Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 15 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 15 Advanced ±0.83
16 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 15 Advanced ±0.83
17 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
18 🇩🇪Germany Europe 14 Established ±1.23
19 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.50
20 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 14 Established ±0.71
22 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
23 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.43
25 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 13 Established ±0.43
26 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 13 Established ±0.50
27 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±1.12
28 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 13 Established ±0.43
29 🇪🇸Spain Europe 13 Established ±0.87
30 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.71
31 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 12 Established ±0.43
32 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 12 Established ±0.50
33 🇫🇷France Europe 12 Established ±1.73
34 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 12 Established ±0.43
35 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.71
36 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±1.64
37 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.83
38 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 12 Established ±0.00
39 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 12 Established ±1.66
40 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
41 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
42 🇮🇹Italy Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
43 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.71
44 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
45 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.00
46 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±1.30
47 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
48 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
49 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.83
50 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±1.00
51 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇦🇴Angola Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
55 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
56 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 10 Transitional ±0.83
58 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10 Transitional ±1.73
59 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
60 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.71
61 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.71
62 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
63 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 10 Transitional ±0.71
64 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
65 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
66 🇦🇹Austria Europe 9 Transitional ±1.12
67 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 9 Transitional ±1.12
71 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 9 Transitional ±1.09
72 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 9 Transitional ±1.64
73 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.71
74 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.83
76 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
77 🇲🇱Mali Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
79 🇳🇪Niger Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
80 🇷🇴Romania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
82 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
83 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.83
84 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
85 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
87 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
89 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
90 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 8 Foundational ±1.78
91 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
92 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.71
93 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
94 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
95 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
96 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
97 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 8 Foundational ±2.86
98 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 8 Foundational ±0.83
99 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
100 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 7 Foundational ±1.41
101 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
102 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
103 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
105 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
109 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 7 Foundational ±1.23
110 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
111 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇨🇬Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 6 Foundational ±1.12
114 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
115 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.71
117 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
118 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.87
119 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
120 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 6 Foundational ±1.12
122 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇵🇦Panama Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
128 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
129 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
130 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
135 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.83
137 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
141 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
143 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇱🇾Libya Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇲🇹Malta Europe 4 Nascent ±0.83
148 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
149 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
151 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
152 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
154 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
157 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
158 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
159 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.12
161 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 3 Nascent ±1.48
162 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.48
165 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
166 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
168 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.71
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
170 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
171 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
172 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
173 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
174 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
175 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
176 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
177 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
178 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
179 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
180 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
181 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
182 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
183 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
184 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
185 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
186 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
187 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
188 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
189 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
190 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
191 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
195 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
197 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Resource Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Oil & Gas Extraction5.40–20Saudi Arabia, United States
Processing & Refining7.00–19China, United States
Storage, Transport & Export7.60–19United States