Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Transport Infrastructure

Roads & Bridges

Roads and bridges covers the strategic road network and its major fixed assets, including highways and trunk roads, major bridges, tunnels, interchanges, toll plazas and bus rapid transit corridors.
pending/cap/roads-bridges
World mean
9.4
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
1–19
middle half 6.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.25
round 1 ±0.99 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
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 6
Advanced 22
Established 44
Transitional 33
Foundational 54
Nascent 35
Inception 3

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

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
Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure8.70–20Singapore
Postal & Parcel9.42–18Germany, Japan, Switzerland