Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Energy Infrastructure

Renewable Generation

Renewable generation covers electricity production from renewable sources other than hydropower, including solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar plants, onshore and offshore wind farms, geothermal stations, and biomass and biogas plants.
pending/cap/renewable-generation
World mean
7.4
of 20 · median 6.0
Range
1–20
middle half 4.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.44
round 1 ±1.13 — 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 5
Advanced 18
Established 19
Transitional 28
Foundational 39
Nascent 70
Inception 18

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 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 19 Frontier ±0.83
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.83
4 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.83
5 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.50
6 🇪🇸Spain Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 16 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 16 Advanced ±1.41
10 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.87
11 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇨🇱Chile Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇫🇮Finland Europe 15 Advanced ±1.09
17 🇫🇷France Europe 15 Advanced ±1.09
18 🇬🇷Greece Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
21 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
22 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
23 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
24 🇦🇹Austria Europe 14 Established ±0.83
25 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.71
26 🇨🇦Canada Americas 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.83
28 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 14 Established ±0.83
29 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 13 Established ±0.43
33 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
34 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.71
35 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
36 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
37 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±1.64
38 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
40 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.50
41 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.00
42 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
43 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
44 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
45 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
46 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
48 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.83
50 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±1.09
52 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 11 Transitional ±1.50
54 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
58 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
61 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 9 Transitional ±0.71
62 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 9 Transitional ±0.71
63 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 9 Transitional ±0.83
64 🇲🇹Malta Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
65 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 9 Transitional ±0.71
66 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.71
69 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
70 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 9 Transitional ±0.83
71 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
72 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
73 🇷🇺Russia Europe 8 Foundational ±1.30
74 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
75 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
76 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
77 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
78 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.12
79 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
80 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.71
81 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
82 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 7 Foundational ±0.83
84 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
85 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
86 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.83
88 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
90 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
91 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 6 Foundational ±0.83
97 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
98 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
100 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.87
101 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
103 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
106 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
107 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇦🇱Albania Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
111 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
112 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
113 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
115 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
116 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
117 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 5 Nascent ±0.71
118 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
119 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 5 Nascent ±1.09
120 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
121 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
122 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
123 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
124 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
125 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
126 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
127 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
128 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
130 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
131 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 4 Nascent ±0.71
134 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 4 Nascent ±0.83
135 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
137 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
143 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 4 Nascent ±1.23
145 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
147 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
148 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
151 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 3 Nascent ±1.23
153 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
154 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
157 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
162 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
164 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
165 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
169 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
173 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
180 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
181 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
182 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
183 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
185 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
187 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
188 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
189 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
190 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
192 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.43

Others in Energy Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Thermal Generation8.60–19China
Nuclear Generation3.00–19China, France, Russia
Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Radioactive Waste2.90–19France, Russia
Hydropower7.40–20China
Transmission & Distribution10.12–19China
System Control & Dispatch9.51–19United States
Storage & Fuel Supply8.10–19United States