Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Energy Infrastructure

System Control & Dispatch

System control and dispatch covers the control infrastructure that operates the power system in real time, including national and regional control centres, load despatch centres, energy management and SCADA systems, and the balancing and market dispatch functions they carry.
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World mean
9.5
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
1–19
middle half 5.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.27
round 1 ±1.27 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
United States

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 27
Established 41
Transitional 35
Foundational 39
Nascent 44
Inception 6

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 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.50
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
6 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇪🇸Spain Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 16 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
24 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
26 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
27 🇵🇱Poland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
28 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
29 🇷🇺Russia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
30 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
31 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
32 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.71
33 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 14 Established ±0.50
35 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
36 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
37 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 14 Established ±0.00
38 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.00
39 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
40 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.00
41 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
42 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
43 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
44 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
45 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 14 Established ±0.50
46 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.00
47 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 13 Established ±0.00
48 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
49 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 13 Established ±0.00
50 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.00
51 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
52 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
53 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 13 Established ±0.00
54 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 13 Established ±0.43
55 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
56 🇵🇪Peru Americas 13 Established ±0.43
57 🇷🇴Romania Europe 13 Established ±0.00
58 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
59 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.43
60 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 13 Established ±0.71
61 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 12 Established ±0.50
62 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
63 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 12 Established ±0.00
64 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.83
65 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
66 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
67 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
68 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
69 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.43
70 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.00
71 🇵🇦Panama Americas 12 Established ±0.00
72 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
73 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
74 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
75 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
77 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
78 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
79 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
80 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
83 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
85 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
86 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.83
87 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
88 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
89 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
90 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
91 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
92 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
93 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
94 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
95 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
96 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
97 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
98 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
99 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
100 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.71
101 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
102 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
103 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
104 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
105 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
106 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
107 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
108 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
109 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
111 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
115 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
116 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
121 🇦🇴Angola Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
124 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
126 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
127 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
129 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
130 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
131 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 7 Foundational ±0.71
132 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
133 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
134 🇧🇿Belize Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
135 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
136 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
137 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
140 🇱🇾Libya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
141 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
142 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
143 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
144 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
145 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
146 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
147 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
148 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇨🇬Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
165 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
174 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
185 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
186 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
187 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
190 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
191 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
192 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
194 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
195 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
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
Renewable Generation7.41–20China
Transmission & Distribution10.12–19China
Storage & Fuel Supply8.10–19United States