Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Transport Infrastructure

Postal & Parcel

Postal and parcel covers the national postal and express delivery estate, including mail and parcel sorting centres, distribution depots, post office networks and the last-mile delivery systems that in many states also carry social payments and government correspondence.
pending/cap/postal-parcel
World mean
9.4
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
2–18
middle half 6.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.34
round 1 ±1.03 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Germany, Japan, Switzerland

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

Others in Transport Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Seaports & Terminals7.70–20China, Singapore
Air Infrastructure9.50–20United States
Air Navigation & Traffic Management9.10–20United States
Inland Waterways & Ferries6.30–19China, Netherlands
Rail Infrastructure6.50–20China
Roads & Bridges9.41–19China
Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure8.70–20Singapore