Storage & Fuel Supply — National Capability Index

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.

grid-scale storage capacity
petroleum stockholding in days of consumption
gas storage as share of annual demand

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 20

Established 30

Transitional 24

Foundational 42

Nascent 71

Inception 7

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.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.71
8	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
13	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
15	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
23	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
24	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
25	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
26	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
27	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
28	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
29	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
30	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
31	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
32	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
33	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
34	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
35	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
36	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
37	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
38	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
39	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
40	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
41	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
42	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
43	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
44	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
45	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
46	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
47	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
48	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
49	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
50	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
51	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
52	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
53	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
54	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
55	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.50
56	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
57	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
58	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
59	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
63	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
65	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
66	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
67	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
68	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
70	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
71	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±1.23
73	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
75	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.71
76	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
78	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
79	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
80	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
81	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
82	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
83	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
84	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
85	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
86	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
87	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.71
88	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
89	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
90	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
92	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
93	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
94	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
95	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
96	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
97	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
99	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
100	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
101	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
105	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
106	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
107	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
109	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
110	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
111	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
112	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
113	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
114	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
115	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
116	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
118	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
119	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
121	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
122	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
123	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
124	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
126	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
127	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
128	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
130	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
131	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
132	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
133	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
135	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
137	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
139	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
140	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
142	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
143	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
145	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
147	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
153	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
155	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
156	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
159	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
160	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
162	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
165	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
166	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	4	Nascent	±1.12
171	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
172	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
173	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
175	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
178	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
179	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
180	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
183	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
184	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
188	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.71
189	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
191	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
192	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
194	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.71
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Energy Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Thermal Generation	8.6	0–19	China
Nuclear Generation	3.0	0–19	China, France, Russia
Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Radioactive Waste	2.9	0–19	France, Russia
Hydropower	7.4	0–20	China
Renewable Generation	7.4	1–20	China
Transmission & Distribution	10.1	2–19	China
System Control & Dispatch	9.5	1–19	United States