Economic/Financial Strength/Financial Regulation & Integrity

Payment & Market Infrastructure Oversight

The capacity to oversee the plumbing: the supervision of payment, clearing and settlement systems whose failure would be a national event.
pending/cap/payment-market-infrastructure-oversight
World mean
8.7
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
1–20
middle half 5.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.35
round 1 ±1.29 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

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 7
Advanced 22
Established 28
Transitional 31
Foundational 53
Nascent 41
Inception 15

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

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