Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Transport Infrastructure

Rail Infrastructure

Rail infrastructure covers railway lines, stations, marshalling yards, depots and signalling, including mainline, heavy-haul, metro and light rail systems.
pending/cap/rail-infrastructure
World mean
6.5
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.29
round 1 ±1.10 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
China

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 16
Established 24
Transitional 24
Foundational 38
Nascent 28
Inception 63

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

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
Roads & Bridges9.41–19China
Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure8.70–20Singapore
Postal & Parcel9.42–18Germany, Japan, Switzerland