Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Energy Infrastructure

Nuclear Generation

Nuclear generation covers nuclear power reactors together with research reactors.
pending/cap/nuclear-generation
World mean
3.0
of 20 · median 0.0
Range
0–19
middle half 0.0–3.0
Panel SD
±0.39
round 1 ±0.78 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
China, France, Russia

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 7
Established 13
Transitional 5
Foundational 5
Nascent 22
Inception 140

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 ±0.71
2 🇫🇷France Europe 19 Frontier ±0.83
3 🇷🇺Russia Europe 19 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.71
5 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
6 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.87
8 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.00
14 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
15 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.71
16 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
17 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.00
18 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
19 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 13 Established ±0.87
20 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.83
21 🇷🇴Romania Europe 13 Established ±0.87
22 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 12 Established ±0.43
23 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.71
24 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±2.06
25 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.87
26 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±1.30
27 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±1.64
28 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 11 Transitional ±1.64
29 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±1.41
30 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±1.92
31 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
32 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
33 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 6 Foundational ±0.83
34 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
35 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 6 Foundational ±1.09
36 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±1.64
37 🇩🇪Germany Europe 5 Nascent ±1.30
38 🇵🇱Poland Europe 5 Nascent ±1.30
39 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.30
40 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
41 🇮🇹Italy Europe 4 Nascent ±1.09
42 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.92
43 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.48
44 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 4 Nascent ±1.48
45 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 4 Nascent ±1.12
46 🇵🇪Peru Americas 4 Nascent ±2.49
47 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 3 Nascent ±0.83
48 🇦🇹Austria Europe 3 Nascent ±1.92
49 🇨🇱Chile Americas 3 Nascent ±2.17
50 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 3 Nascent ±1.64
51 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 3 Nascent ±2.55
52 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.83
53 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.09
54 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.83
55 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.12
56 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
57 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
58 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 2 Inception ±0.71
59 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
60 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
61 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 2 Inception ±0.87
62 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
63 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 2 Inception ±1.41
64 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
65 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
66 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 1 Inception ±0.87
67 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
68 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
69 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
70 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
71 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
72 🇬🇷Greece Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
73 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.87
74 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
75 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
76 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 1 Inception ±0.87
77 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
78 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
79 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
80 🇳🇴Norway Europe 1 Inception ±1.00
81 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
82 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
83 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
84 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
85 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
86 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
87 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
88 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
89 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
90 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
91 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
92 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
93 🇦🇱Albania Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
94 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
95 🇦🇴Angola Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
96 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
97 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
98 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
99 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
100 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
101 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
102 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
103 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
104 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
105 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
106 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
107 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
108 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
109 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
110 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
111 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
112 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
113 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
114 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
115 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
116 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
117 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
118 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
119 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
120 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
121 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
122 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
123 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
124 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
125 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
126 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
127 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
128 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
129 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
130 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
131 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
132 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
133 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
134 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
135 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
139 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
143 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
144 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
145 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇲🇹Malta Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇵🇦Panama Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇹🇬Togo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
195 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Energy Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Thermal Generation8.60–19China
Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Radioactive Waste2.90–19France, Russia
Hydropower7.40–20China
Renewable Generation7.41–20China
Transmission & Distribution10.12–19China
System Control & Dispatch9.51–19United States
Storage & Fuel Supply8.10–19United States