Water Supply & Treatment — 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.

safely managed drinking water coverage
non-revenue water share
treatment capacity utilisation

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5

Advanced 27

Established 39

Transitional 49

Foundational 49

Nascent 28

Inception 0

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	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
5	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
6	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
18	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.00
22	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.71
23	🇺🇸United States	Americas	16	Advanced	±1.09
24	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
25	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
26	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
27	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
28	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.83
29	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
30	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
31	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
32	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
33	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
34	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
35	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
36	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
37	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
38	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
39	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
40	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
41	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
42	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
43	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
44	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
45	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
46	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
47	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
48	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
49	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
50	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
51	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
52	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
53	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
54	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
55	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
56	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
57	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
58	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
59	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
60	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
61	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
62	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
63	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
64	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
65	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
66	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
67	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
68	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
69	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
70	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12	Established	±0.50
71	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
72	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
73	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
74	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
75	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
77	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
80	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.71
82	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
83	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
84	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
88	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
89	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
92	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
93	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
95	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
96	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
97	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
98	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
99	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
100	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
101	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
102	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
103	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
104	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
105	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
106	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
107	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
108	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
109	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
110	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
111	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
112	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
113	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	9	Transitional	±4.55
114	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
115	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
116	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
117	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
118	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
119	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
120	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
121	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
122	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
123	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
124	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
125	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
130	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
131	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
133	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
135	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
136	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
137	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
138	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
139	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
140	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
143	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
144	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
145	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
146	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
148	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
149	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
150	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
151	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
153	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
154	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
155	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
156	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
157	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
158	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
159	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
160	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
161	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
162	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
163	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
164	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
165	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
166	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
167	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
168	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
169	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
170	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
173	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
176	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
178	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
179	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
181	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
184	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
185	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
188	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
189	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
191	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
192	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
193	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
194	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
195	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
196	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
197	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43

Others in Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Dams, Reservoirs & Flood Defence	8.7	1–19	Netherlands
Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination	7.2	0–19	Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Wastewater & Sanitation	8.6	1–20	Singapore
Solid Waste & Recycling	8.3	1–19	Sweden, Switzerland