Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Transport Infrastructure

Seaports & Terminals

Seaports and terminals covers the commercial trade gateways of the maritime system, including seaports and their container, roll-on roll-off, dry-bulk, liquid-bulk and general-cargo terminals, cruise terminals, shipyards and dry docks.
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World mean
7.7
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0–20
middle half 4.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.30
round 1 ±1.21 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
China, Singapore

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 19
Established 30
Transitional 33
Foundational 36
Nascent 31
Inception 43

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 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 20 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 19 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
5 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
8 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇺🇸United States Americas 17 Advanced ±0.71
10 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇵🇦Panama Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇪🇸Spain Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇬🇷Greece Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
21 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 15 Advanced ±0.50
22 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
24 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
29 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.50
30 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
32 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 14 Established ±0.00
33 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
35 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.00
36 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
38 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
39 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
42 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.50
43 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.71
44 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.00
45 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 12 Established ±0.50
46 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
47 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
48 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
49 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.43
50 🇵🇪Peru Americas 12 Established ±0.00
51 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.87
52 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
53 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
54 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
55 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.83
57 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
58 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
59 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
63 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.83
64 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
66 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
67 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
70 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
76 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
77 🇹🇬Togo Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
80 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
81 🇦🇴Angola Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
85 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
86 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±1.00
87 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
89 🇧🇯Benin Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
90 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
92 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
93 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±1.30
96 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
99 🇨🇬Congo Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
101 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.83
104 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
105 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
107 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
109 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
110 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
111 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
114 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
117 🇱🇾Libya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
119 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
124 🇧🇿Belize Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
125 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
126 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
127 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
128 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
129 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
130 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
131 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
135 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±2.49
145 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
148 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±2.35
151 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 3 Nascent ±1.73
153 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±2.12
156 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 2 Inception ±2.00
157 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
158 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇦🇹Austria Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
181 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Transport Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
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
Postal & Parcel9.42–18Germany, Japan, Switzerland