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Countries With the Highest Infrastructure Scores

Every country with a figure for infrastructure score, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Gibraltar (1.92), Monaco (1.87) and Andorra (1.78). The middle country of the 210 has 0.943.

What this measures

Infrastructure score, in typical gaps (standard deviations). Source: PlaceStats. For this measure, higher is better.

The average of 5 measures from 1 publisher. Each measure is first put on a common scale: 0 is the average country in an average year, and 1 is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation). Each is turned so that higher is better. Measures are averaged within each publisher first, so a publisher with many measures does not count for more. Members: Electricity access, Slum share of urban population, Mobile subscriptions, Fixed broadband, Internet users.

A standard deviation is a typical gap between places.

This measure mostly follows how rich a country is, so this ranking is close to a ranking by national income. Each country’s page also ranks it against countries with similar incomes, which is often the fairer comparison.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2022–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

RankCountryInfrastructure scoreYearRegion
1Gibraltar1.922022Europe & Central Asia
2Monaco1.872024Europe & Central Asia
3Andorra1.782024Europe & Central Asia
4Liechtenstein1.762024Europe & Central Asia
5Korea, Rep.1.722024East Asia & Pacific
6Switzerland1.72024Europe & Central Asia
7France1.72024Europe & Central Asia
8Bermuda1.682024North America
9Norway1.682024Europe & Central Asia
10Saudi Arabia1.672024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
11China1.662024East Asia & Pacific
12Denmark1.652024Europe & Central Asia
13Germany1.652024Europe & Central Asia
14Belgium1.642024Europe & Central Asia
15Malta1.632024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
16Netherlands1.632024Europe & Central Asia
17United Arab Emirates1.612024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
18Portugal1.62024Europe & Central Asia
19United Kingdom1.62024Europe & Central Asia
20Luxembourg1.592024Europe & Central Asia
21Cayman Islands1.582022Latin America & Caribbean
22Greece1.572024Europe & Central Asia
23Sweden1.572024Europe & Central Asia
24Hong Kong SAR, China1.572024East Asia & Pacific
25Canada1.562024North America
26Spain1.552024Europe & Central Asia
27Iceland1.532024Europe & Central Asia
28United States1.532024North America
29New Zealand1.512024East Asia & Pacific
30Hungary1.52024Europe & Central Asia
31Australia1.52024East Asia & Pacific
32San Marino1.52022Europe & Central Asia
33Belarus1.482024Europe & Central Asia
34Finland1.482024Europe & Central Asia
35Czechia1.482024Europe & Central Asia
36Cyprus1.472024Europe & Central Asia
37Japan1.452023East Asia & Pacific
38Romania1.452024Europe & Central Asia
39Estonia1.452024Europe & Central Asia
40Ireland1.432024Europe & Central Asia
41Slovenia1.422024Europe & Central Asia
42Uzbekistan1.422024Europe & Central Asia
43Uruguay1.412024Latin America & Caribbean
44Slovak Republic1.42024Europe & Central Asia
45Serbia1.382024Europe & Central Asia
46Austria1.372024Europe & Central Asia
47Montenegro1.372024Europe & Central Asia
48Italy1.362024Europe & Central Asia
49North Macedonia1.362024Europe & Central Asia
50Seychelles1.352024Sub-Saharan Africa
51Macao SAR, China1.332024East Asia & Pacific
52Singapore1.332024East Asia & Pacific
53French Polynesia1.322023East Asia & Pacific
54Russian Federation1.322024Europe & Central Asia
55Barbados1.312022Latin America & Caribbean
56Israel1.312024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
57Faroe Islands1.32022Europe & Central Asia
58Georgia1.292024Europe & Central Asia
59Bosnia and Herzegovina1.292024Europe & Central Asia
60Lithuania1.292024Europe & Central Asia
61Croatia1.282024Europe & Central Asia
62Latvia1.282024Europe & Central Asia
63Chile1.252024Latin America & Caribbean
64Bulgaria1.252024Europe & Central Asia
65Bahamas, The1.252024Latin America & Caribbean
66Argentina1.252024Latin America & Caribbean
67Poland1.242024Europe & Central Asia
68Greenland1.242022Europe & Central Asia
69Moldova1.232024Europe & Central Asia
70Brunei Darussalam1.222024East Asia & Pacific
71Trinidad and Tobago1.222024Latin America & Caribbean
72St. Vincent and the Grenadines1.222024Latin America & Caribbean
73Turkiye1.192024Europe & Central Asia
74St. Kitts and Nevis1.192023Latin America & Caribbean
75Costa Rica1.192024Latin America & Caribbean
76Azerbaijan1.192024Europe & Central Asia
77Brazil1.182024Latin America & Caribbean
78Curacao1.182023Latin America & Caribbean
79Viet Nam1.172024East Asia & Pacific
80Bahrain1.172024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
81Mauritius1.172024Sub-Saharan Africa
82Albania1.142024Europe & Central Asia
83Puerto Rico (US)1.142024Latin America & Caribbean
84Mexico1.132024Latin America & Caribbean
85Maldives1.112024South Asia
86Malaysia1.092024East Asia & Pacific
87Kazakhstan1.092024Europe & Central Asia
88Armenia1.092024Europe & Central Asia
89Grenada1.092022Latin America & Caribbean
90Thailand1.062024East Asia & Pacific
91Qatar1.062024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
92Jamaica1.062024Latin America & Caribbean
93Iraq1.042024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
94Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1.042022Latin America & Caribbean
95Mongolia1.032024East Asia & Pacific
96Oman1.032024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
97Colombia1.012024Latin America & Caribbean
98British Virgin Islands1.012024Latin America & Caribbean
99Dominica1.012022Latin America & Caribbean
100Ecuador0.9892024Latin America & Caribbean
101Ukraine0.972024Europe & Central Asia
102Iran, Islamic Rep.0.972024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
103Dominican Republic0.9562024Latin America & Caribbean
104Tunisia0.9562024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
105Kyrgyz Republic0.9432024Europe & Central Asia
106Algeria0.9322024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
107Paraguay0.9282023Latin America & Caribbean
108Morocco0.9282024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
109Panama0.9272023Latin America & Caribbean
110Aruba0.9172022Latin America & Caribbean
111Peru0.9072024Latin America & Caribbean
112Suriname0.9012024Latin America & Caribbean
113New Caledonia0.9012022East Asia & Pacific
114Bolivia0.8862024Latin America & Caribbean
115St. Lucia0.8812022Latin America & Caribbean
116Kuwait0.8782023Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
117Naoero0.8722022East Asia & Pacific
118Palau0.8652023East Asia & Pacific
119Egypt, Arab Rep.0.8642024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
120Antigua and Barbuda0.8592022Latin America & Caribbean
121Bhutan0.8472024South Asia
122El Salvador0.8222024Latin America & Caribbean
123Guyana0.8092022Latin America & Caribbean
124Cabo Verde0.8062024Sub-Saharan Africa
125Jordan0.7762024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
126West Bank and Gaza0.7742023Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
127Venezuela, RB0.7482024Latin America & Caribbean
128Indonesia0.7422024East Asia & Pacific
129Lebanon0.7312022Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
130Virgin Islands (U.S.)0.7212022Latin America & Caribbean
131South Africa0.7092024Sub-Saharan Africa
132Philippines0.6962024East Asia & Pacific
133Cambodia0.6892024East Asia & Pacific
134Sri Lanka0.6692024South Asia
135Gabon0.6652024Sub-Saharan Africa
136Fiji0.6652024East Asia & Pacific
137Bangladesh0.6492024South Asia
138Nepal0.6162024South Asia
139Tonga0.5952022East Asia & Pacific
140Ghana0.592024Sub-Saharan Africa
141Guatemala0.5762024Latin America & Caribbean
142Nicaragua0.5742024Latin America & Caribbean
143Belize0.5732022Latin America & Caribbean
144Cameroon0.5572024Sub-Saharan Africa
145Eswatini0.5342024Sub-Saharan Africa
146Cuba0.5312024Latin America & Caribbean
147India0.5272024South Asia
148Libya0.5122022Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
149Botswana0.52024Sub-Saharan Africa
150Kiribati0.4852024East Asia & Pacific
151Senegal0.4822024Sub-Saharan Africa
152Honduras0.4172024Latin America & Caribbean
153Marshall Islands0.4062022East Asia & Pacific
154Lao PDR0.3992023East Asia & Pacific
155Tajikistan0.3892023Europe & Central Asia
156Timor-Leste0.3892024East Asia & Pacific
157Pakistan0.3862024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
158Congo, Rep.0.3122024Sub-Saharan Africa
159Guam0.3072022East Asia & Pacific
160Myanmar0.2982024East Asia & Pacific
161Turkmenistan0.2942022Europe & Central Asia
162Syrian Arab Republic0.272023Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
163Comoros0.2592023Sub-Saharan Africa
164Kenya0.222024Sub-Saharan Africa
165Gambia, The0.2152024Sub-Saharan Africa
166Tuvalu0.2082022East Asia & Pacific
167Cote d'Ivoire0.2072024Sub-Saharan Africa
168Namibia0.2032024Sub-Saharan Africa
169Sao Tome and Principe0.1872024Sub-Saharan Africa
170Guinea0.1562023Sub-Saharan Africa
171Afghanistan0.1162024Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
172Solomon Islands0.09412022East Asia & Pacific
173Zimbabwe0.08632024Sub-Saharan Africa
174Rwanda0.06622024Sub-Saharan Africa
175Samoa0.05912022East Asia & Pacific
176Djibouti0.01052023Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
177Benin0.005372024Sub-Saharan Africa
178Mauritania0.00182024Sub-Saharan Africa
179Lesotho-0.01872024Sub-Saharan Africa
180Togo-0.02742024Sub-Saharan Africa
181Vanuatu-0.04442023East Asia & Pacific
182Tanzania-0.07412024Sub-Saharan Africa
183Nigeria-0.08612024Sub-Saharan Africa
184Micronesia, Fed. Sts.-0.1012022East Asia & Pacific
185Angola-0.1522024Sub-Saharan Africa
186Guinea-Bissau-0.1582024Sub-Saharan Africa
187Zambia-0.1612024Sub-Saharan Africa
188Burkina Faso-0.2452024Sub-Saharan Africa
189Equatorial Guinea-0.2692022Sub-Saharan Africa
190Ethiopia-0.3092024Sub-Saharan Africa
191Yemen, Rep.-0.312022Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
192Haiti-0.3122022Latin America & Caribbean
193Uganda-0.3192024Sub-Saharan Africa
194Korea, Dem. People's Rep.-0.3282022East Asia & Pacific
195Sierra Leone-0.3362022Sub-Saharan Africa
196Somalia, Fed. Rep.-0.3952023Sub-Saharan Africa
197Madagascar-0.4342023Sub-Saharan Africa
198Eritrea-0.4752022Sub-Saharan Africa
199Mali-0.4952022Sub-Saharan Africa
200Sudan-0.5722022Sub-Saharan Africa
201Mozambique-0.5922024Sub-Saharan Africa
202Papua New Guinea-0.6112024East Asia & Pacific
203Congo, Dem. Rep.-0.6722024Sub-Saharan Africa
204Malawi-0.6722024Sub-Saharan Africa
205Niger-0.72024Sub-Saharan Africa
206Chad-0.722024Sub-Saharan Africa
207Liberia-0.7672022Sub-Saharan Africa
208Burundi-0.8352023Sub-Saharan Africa
209Central African Republic-1.012022Sub-Saharan Africa
210South Sudan-1.062023Sub-Saharan Africa

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