Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure

Solid Waste & Recycling

Solid waste and recycling covers the collection, processing and disposal of solid waste, including landfills and dumpsites, transfer stations, material recovery and recycling facilities, composting plants, hazardous waste facilities and incinerators, including waste-to-energy plants.
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World mean
8.3
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–19
middle half 5.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.27
round 1 ±0.94 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Sweden, Switzerland

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 8
Advanced 14
Established 25
Transitional 37
Foundational 52
Nascent 51
Inception 10

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

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CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Dams, Reservoirs & Flood Defence8.71–19Netherlands
Water Supply & Treatment10.13–19Netherlands, Singapore
Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination7.20–19Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Wastewater & Sanitation8.61–20Singapore