Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Energy Infrastructure

Transmission & Distribution

Transmission and distribution carry high-voltage electricity from generation plants over long distances and deliver it at usable voltages to consumers, through lines, substations, transformers and cross-border interconnectors.
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World mean
10.1
of 20 · median 10.0
Range
2–19
middle half 7.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.31
round 1 ±1.29 — 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 4
Advanced 26
Established 51
Transitional 41
Foundational 44
Nascent 30
Inception 1

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 ±0.50
2 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
6 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
14 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.83
16 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.83
20 🇪🇸Spain Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
22 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇺🇸United States Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
24 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
26 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
27 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
28 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
29 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
30 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
31 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
32 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 14 Established ±0.50
33 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.50
34 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
35 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
36 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
37 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.50
38 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
39 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 14 Established ±0.43
40 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
41 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
42 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
43 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
44 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
45 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
46 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 13 Established ±1.09
47 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 13 Established ±0.50
48 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.50
49 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 13 Established ±0.43
50 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 13 Established ±0.00
51 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
52 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.00
53 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.43
54 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
55 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
56 🇲🇹Malta Europe 13 Established ±0.43
57 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 13 Established ±0.00
58 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 13 Established ±0.50
59 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 13 Established ±0.43
60 🇷🇴Romania Europe 13 Established ±0.50
61 🇷🇺Russia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
62 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 13 Established ±0.43
63 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 12 Established ±0.00
64 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.43
65 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
66 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 12 Established ±0.43
67 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.00
68 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
69 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 12 Established ±0.43
70 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
71 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
72 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 12 Established ±0.43
73 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
74 🇵🇦Panama Americas 12 Established ±0.43
75 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 12 Established ±1.48
76 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
77 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.43
78 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 12 Established ±0.00
79 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 12 Established ±0.00
80 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±0.43
81 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
82 🇦🇱Albania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
83 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
85 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
86 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
87 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
89 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
90 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
91 🇵🇪Peru Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
92 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
93 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
94 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
95 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
96 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
97 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
98 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
99 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
100 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
101 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
102 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 10 Transitional ±0.83
103 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
104 🇧🇿Belize Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
105 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
106 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.71
107 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
108 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
109 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
110 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
111 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
112 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
113 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
114 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
115 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
116 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
117 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
118 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
119 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
120 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
121 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
122 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
123 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
126 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
127 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
129 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
130 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
133 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
134 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
135 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
136 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
137 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
140 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
141 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
142 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
143 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
144 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
145 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
146 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
147 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
148 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
149 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
150 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
151 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
152 🇨🇬Congo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
154 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
155 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
156 🇱🇾Libya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
157 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
158 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
159 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
160 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
161 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
162 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
163 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
164 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
165 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
166 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
167 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
170 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
173 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
185 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
186 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
187 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
188 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
190 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
191 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
192 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
193 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
194 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
195 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 2 Inception ±2.06

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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
System Control & Dispatch9.51–19United States
Storage & Fuel Supply8.10–19United States