Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Resource Infrastructure

Processing & Refining

Processing and refining transform raw extracted materials into refined commodities through facilities such as oil refineries, gas processing plants, smelters and mineral beneficiation plants.
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World mean
7.0
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–19
middle half 2.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.42
round 1 ±1.15 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
China, 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 4
Advanced 19
Established 28
Transitional 23
Foundational 31
Nascent 39
Inception 53

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 ±0.00
2 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.50
6 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 17 Advanced ±0.87
9 🇷🇺Russia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 15 Advanced ±0.50
23 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
24 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
25 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.83
26 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.43
30 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
31 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 14 Established ±0.43
33 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
34 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
35 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 14 Established ±0.00
36 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.43
38 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.00
39 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 13 Established ±0.00
40 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.50
41 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
42 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 13 Established ±0.83
43 🇵🇪Peru Americas 13 Established ±0.00
44 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
46 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.43
47 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
48 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
49 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
50 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 12 Established ±0.43
51 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
52 🇦🇹Austria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
53 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
54 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
55 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
58 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±2.05
59 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇦🇴Angola Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
67 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 9 Transitional ±1.23
69 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.83
71 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
72 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 9 Transitional ±1.12
75 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 8 Foundational ±0.87
76 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
77 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
78 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 8 Foundational ±0.83
79 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 8 Foundational ±1.09
80 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 8 Foundational ±3.27
81 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 8 Foundational ±0.83
82 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
84 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
85 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.83
89 🇱🇾Libya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
90 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
93 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
95 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
97 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
99 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
105 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.83
106 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
107 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
108 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
110 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
111 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
113 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
114 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
115 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 5 Nascent ±1.30
116 🇦🇱Albania Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
117 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 4 Nascent ±0.71
119 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
120 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
121 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
122 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
123 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
124 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
125 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 4 Nascent ±0.71
126 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
127 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
128 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇵🇦Panama Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
130 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
131 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
132 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
135 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
136 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±1.23
138 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
139 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
140 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
141 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 3 Nascent ±0.87
143 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇧🇯Benin Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
146 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
147 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
148 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
149 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 2 Inception ±0.71
150 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
151 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
152 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
153 🇲🇹Malta Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
154 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 2 Inception ±1.30
155 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
156 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
157 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
158 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
159 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
160 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
161 🇧🇿Belize Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
162 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
163 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
164 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
165 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
166 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
167 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
168 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
169 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
170 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
171 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
172 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
173 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
174 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
175 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
176 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
177 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
178 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
181 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
182 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
183 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
186 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
187 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
188 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
189 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
190 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
191 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
192 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
197 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Resource Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Mining & Quarrying7.60–20Australia
Oil & Gas Extraction5.40–20Saudi Arabia, United States
Storage, Transport & Export7.60–19United States