- Assets
- 235of 237 records
- Top-100 mean
- 16.86of 25
- Scoring a full 25
- 0
- Leading group
- 20%Resource
Where the top 100 are74 located
A larger circle is a higher score. A fainter one marks the place an asset is in, or a point standing for a network, not the asset's own site.
The shape of the register
How the nation's strategic weight and its assets are spread across the ten capability groups, and how its scores are distributed.
Signature
Each capability group's share of the score carried by the nation's 200 highest-scoring assets.
Transport
Resource
Energy
Social
Space, Aerospace & Defence
Financial
Communications & Digital
Advanced Manufacturing
Water, Sanitation & Waste
Agriculture & Food
15.7%
14.8%
13.2%
10.1%
9.6%
9.3%
9.1%
8.7%
7.2%
2.4%
Assets by capability group
Every discrete asset on the register, and how many of each group reach the national top 100.
Score distribution
The number of assets at each score from 0 to 25.
Source National Infrastructure Index, Strategic Infrastructure schema v1.1. An asset's score is the sum of five dimensions, each judged from 0 to 5; individual scores are approximate.
Not yet or no longer operating: 9 under construction.
National top 100
Every asset competes on its score, with no quota by sector. The five dimensions are each judged from 0 to 5.
| # | Asset | Flow | Reach | Centrality | Substitutability | Throughput | Score | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dubai International Airport (DXB)Transport · Air Infrastructure · Dubai | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 2 | Jebel Ali PortTransport · Seaports & Terminals · Jebel Ali, Dubai | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | high |
| 3 | Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (Habshan-Fujairah)Resource · Storage, Transport & Export · Habshan to Fujairah | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | high |
| 4 | Habshan Gas Processing ComplexResource · Processing & Refining · Habshan, Abu Dhabi | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | high |
| 5 | Ruwais Refinery ComplexResource · Processing & Refining · Ruwais, Abu Dhabi | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | high |
| 6 | Fujairah Cable Landing Stations (FLAG, SEA-ME-WE, AAE-1)Communications & Digital · Subsea Cables & International Gateways · Fujairah | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | high |
| 7 | Upper Zakum Offshore Oilfield FacilitiesResource · Oil & Gas Extraction · Offshore Abu Dhabi | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | high |
| 8 | Jebel Ali Power and Desalination ComplexWater, Sanitation & Waste · Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination · Jebel Ali, Dubai | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | high |
| 9 | Barakah Nuclear Power PlantEnergy · Nuclear Generation · Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | high |
| 10 | Das Island Oil and Gas TerminalResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Das Island, Abu Dhabi | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | high |
| 11 | Bu Hasa oil fieldResource · Oil & Gas Extraction · Abu Dhabi desert | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | high |
| 12 | Port of FujairahResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Fujairah | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | high |
| 13 | Emirates Global Aluminium Al Taweelah SmelterAdvanced Manufacturing · Materials & Inputs · Taweelah, Abu Dhabi | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | high |
| 14 | Dolphin Gas Pipeline and Taweelah Receiving FacilityEnergy · Storage & Fuel Supply · Taweelah, Abu Dhabi | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | high |
| 15 | Shah Sour Gas PlantResource · Processing & Refining · Shah, Abu Dhabi | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | high |
| 16 | Central Bank of the UAE and the UAE Funds Transfer SystemFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · Abu Dhabi | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | medium |
| 17 | Dubai Internet City and Datamena Data Centre ClusterCommunications & Digital · Data Centres, Compute & Cloud · Dubai | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | medium |
| 18 | Abu Dhabi Transmission Grid and GCC Interconnector SubstationsEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Al Sila and Abu Dhabi | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | medium |
| 19 | Borouge Petrochemical ComplexAdvanced Manufacturing · Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry · Ruwais, Abu Dhabi | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | high |
| 20 | Abu Dhabi Investment AuthorityFinancial · Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions · Corniche, Abu Dhabi | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | high |
| 21 | Bab oil and gas fieldResource · Oil & Gas Extraction · Abu Dhabi desert | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | high |
| 22 | Jebel Dhanna Crude Oil Export TerminalResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Jebel Dhanna, Al Dhafra | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | high |
| 23 | Sheikh Zayed Air Navigation CentreTransport · Air Navigation & Traffic Management · Abu Dhabi | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | high |
| 24 | Al Dhafra Air BaseSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Military Bases & Installations · Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | high |
| 25 | Zayed International AirportTransport · Air Infrastructure · Abu Dhabi | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | high |