GINC Infrastructure
5 archetypes

Signature

A signature is the make-up of a nation’s strongest 200 assets: the share of their score that each capability group carries. Nations are grouped by the shape of that signature, not by region or income, and the grouping is a clustering of the signatures themselves.

Nations
196
Archetypes
5
Capability groups
10
Assets behind them
51,160

Archetypes

Each is named from what lifts it above the global mean, never from a region. The exemplars are the nations closest to its centre.

Extractive states

63 nations · mean 12.5/25

Stands out for Resource, and is lightest on Financial.

Closest to the centre: Angola, Kyrgyzstan, Yemen, Cote d'Ivoire, Armenia, Tunisia

Strategic and extractive economies

59 nations · mean 16.3/25

Stands out for Defence & space, Resource, Financial, and is lightest on Social.

Closest to the centre: United Arab Emirates, Romania, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Switzerland

Service-led states, light on resource

48 nations · mean 11.8/25

Stands out for Social, and is lightest on Resource.

Closest to the centre: Kenya, Cambodia, Benin, Burundi, Paraguay, Bhutan

Service-led and corridor states

14 nations · mean 11.0/25

Stands out for Social, Transport, Agri-food, and is lightest on Resource.

Closest to the centre: Kiribati, Tonga, Maldives, Vanuatu, Gambia, Micronesia

Service-led and networked states

12 nations · mean 10.9/25

Stands out for Social, Digital, and is lightest on Resource.

Closest to the centre: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Monaco, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, Haiti, Samoa

By nation

Each bar is one nation's signature: the ten capability groups, in the share of score they carry.

  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Agriculture & Food
  • Communications & Digital
  • Energy
  • Financial
  • Resource
  • Social
  • Space, Aerospace & Defence
  • Transport
  • Water, Sanitation & Waste
NationSignatureArchetypeTop-100 mean
United States
Strategic and extractive economies23.99
China
Strategic and extractive economies23.58
Japan
Strategic and extractive economies23.35
United Kingdom
Strategic and extractive economies23.30
France
Strategic and extractive economies23.21
South Africa
Strategic and extractive economies22.91
Korea (Republic)
Strategic and extractive economies22.88
India
Strategic and extractive economies22.86
Germany
Strategic and extractive economies22.85
Russia
Strategic and extractive economies22.77
Australia
Strategic and extractive economies22.68
Saudi Arabia
Strategic and extractive economies22.56
Turkiye
Strategic and extractive economies22.48
Brazil
Extractive states22.39
Canada
Strategic and extractive economies22.35
Mexico
Extractive states22.01
Italy
Strategic and extractive economies21.93
Indonesia
Strategic and extractive economies21.84
Argentina
Strategic and extractive economies21.29
Netherlands
Strategic and extractive economies18.14
Singapore
Strategic and extractive economies18.05
Norway
Strategic and extractive economies17.98
Belgium
Strategic and extractive economies17.74
Switzerland
Strategic and extractive economies17.71
Sweden
Strategic and extractive economies17.67
Iran
Strategic and extractive economies17.51
Poland
Strategic and extractive economies17.45
Pakistan
Strategic and extractive economies17.43
Egypt
Strategic and extractive economies17.24
Qatar
Extractive states17.24
Austria
Strategic and extractive economies17.20
Thailand
Strategic and extractive economies17.15
Vietnam
Strategic and extractive economies17.11
Peru
Extractive states17.10
Spain
Strategic and extractive economies17.07
Philippines
Strategic and extractive economies17.02
Ukraine
Strategic and extractive economies17.01
Romania
Strategic and extractive economies16.97
Algeria
Strategic and extractive economies16.90
United Arab Emirates
Strategic and extractive economies16.86