Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure

Wastewater & Sanitation

Wastewater and sanitation covers the collection and treatment of wastewater and faecal sludge, including treatment plants, sewer networks, pumping stations and public sanitation facilities.
pending/cap/wastewater-sanitation
World mean
8.6
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
1–20
middle half 5.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.27
round 1 ±0.95 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
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 8
Advanced 20
Established 25
Transitional 36
Foundational 40
Nascent 60
Inception 8

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 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 20 Frontier ±0.50
2 🇦🇹Austria Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
5 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±1.00
6 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 18 Frontier ±0.71
7 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
8 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
9 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±1.12
12 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.83
14 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 17 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
16 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.83
17 🇺🇸United States Americas 17 Advanced ±1.12
18 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇪🇸Spain Europe 16 Advanced ±0.83
20 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
24 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
25 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
26 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.71
27 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
28 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
29 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.00
30 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
31 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 14 Established ±0.00
33 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.71
35 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.00
36 🇲🇹Malta Europe 14 Established ±0.00
37 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
38 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
39 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
40 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
41 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.83
42 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
43 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
44 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
45 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
46 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.43
47 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
48 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
49 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
50 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 13 Established ±0.83
51 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 13 Established ±0.50
52 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 12 Established ±0.00
53 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 12 Established ±0.71
54 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
62 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
63 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇷🇺Russia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
66 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
69 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
71 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
75 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
76 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
77 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇦🇱Albania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
84 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
85 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
86 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
87 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
89 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
90 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
92 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
110 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
111 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇧🇿Belize Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
116 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
117 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
130 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
131 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
135 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
136 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
138 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
139 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇱🇾Libya Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
142 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 4 Nascent ±2.74
160 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
166 🇹🇬Togo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇲🇱Mali Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
184 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
185 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
186 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
187 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
190 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
192 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
193 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
194 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
197 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43

Others in Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure

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
Solid Waste & Recycling8.31–19Sweden, Switzerland