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Indice de fragilité des infrastructures

Index of transport and digital connectivity deficits, utility fragility, energy supply unreliability and realised disruption impact on a 0–10 scale, higher meaning more fragile.

Page GRX-IDX-INFEdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Indicator Standard IDX.INF.disruption.infrastructure_fragilityValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
FIG 1 · Method card
Aggregation

geometric

expert weights · floor 0.1 where geometric

Incertitude

1,000 draws

normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation

Structure

5 components

24 leaf indicators

Couverture

67% minimum

modelled share ≤ 30%

From the Indicator Standard definition of this index.
24
leaf indicators
5
components
1,000
Monte Carlo draws
10
series read it
01Construction

From indicators to the composite

Shows how likely infrastructure is to fail or isolate people under stress, and how much it already has; sub-indices stay visible beside the total.

computation
How Infrastructure fragility is computed
Graph32 nodes
Graphe
01Indicateurs
02Sub-indices
03Domain index
04Pilier
05Composite
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Liste
  1. Population rurale à moins de 2 km d'une route praticable en toute saison
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the rural population living within two kilometres (about a 20-minute walk) of a road passable in all seasons, estimated from gridded population and road-network condition data.
  2. Performance logistique
    Indicator · IND · score
    Overall score of trade logistics performance (customs, infrastructure, shipments, logistics competence, tracking, timeliness) on a 1–5 scale, as an external source series.
  3. Connectivité des transports maritimes réguliers par rapport à la frontière
    Indicator · IND · %
    Liner shipping connectivity of the economy’s ports (ship deployment, container capacity, services, companies, direct connections) as a percentage of the highest-scoring economy in the same year.
  4. Passagers aériens transportés par habitant
    Indicator · IND · passengers/a/person
    Passengers carried on domestic and international flights by carriers registered in the economy, per resident per year.
  5. Population urbaine ayant un accès pratique aux transports publics
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the urban population living within 500 m walking distance of a low-capacity public transport stop or 1 km of a high-capacity one.
  6. Personnes utilisant Internet
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of individuals who used the Internet from any location and device in the last three months.
  7. Population couverte par un réseau mobile, par technologie
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population within range of a mobile-cellular signal, reported separately for 2G, 3G, 4G/LTE and 5G; the headline value is 4G or better.
  8. Abonnements au haut débit fixe pour 100 habitants
    Indicator · IND · /10*2
    Fixed subscriptions to the public Internet at advertised download speeds of at least 256 kbit/s, per 100 inhabitants, by speed tier.
  9. Redondance des routes de connectivité internationale
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of physically diverse international connectivity routes (distinct subsea-cable landing stations and cross-border terrestrial fibre routes) serving the economy, capped at ten.
  10. Résilience du réseau électrique
    Indicator · IND · score
    Target-defined score (0–1) combining transmission N-1 compliance, share of demand restorable within 24 hours after a major event, black-start capability and hardening of critical substations against flood, wind, heat and geomagnetic stress.
  11. Résilience du réseau d'approvisionnement en eau
    Indicator · IND · score
    Target-defined score (0–1) combining non-revenue water, storage in days of average demand, source redundancy, back-up power at treatment and pumping sites, and planned restoration time after a major event.
  12. Installations critiques disposant d'une alimentation de secours de 72 heures
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of hospitals, emergency operations centres, water and wastewater plants and telecom core sites with on-site back-up power and fuel for at least 72 hours of operation.
  13. Déficit d'investissement dans les infrastructures, part du PIB
    Indicator · IND · %
    Difference between the estimated annual investment needed to meet infrastructure service and resilience needs (energy, transport, water, telecom) and current-trend investment, as a percentage of GDP.
  14. Coupures de courant subies par les entreprises au cours d'un mois type
    Indicator · IND · /mo
    Average number of electrical outages that formal private firms report in a typical month, from establishment surveys.
  15. Valeur perdue du fait des coupures de courant, part du chiffre d'affaires des entreprises
    Indicator · IND · %
    Losses that firms attribute to power outages as a percentage of annual sales, from establishment surveys.
  16. Durée moyenne des interruptions du réseau (SAIDI)
    Indicator · IND · h/a
    Total minutes of sustained supply interruption per customer served in the year, expressed in hours, as reported by distribution utilities under the IEEE 1366 convention.
  17. Fréquence moyenne des interruptions du réseau (SAIFI)
    Indicator · IND · /a
    Number of sustained supply interruptions per customer served in the year, as reported by distribution utilities under the IEEE 1366 convention.
  18. Pertes de transport et de distribution d'électricité
    Indicator · IND · %
    Electricity lost between generation and the consumer, technical and commercial, as a share of electricity output.
  19. Unités d'infrastructures critiques endommagées ou détruites par des catastrophes
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of critical infrastructure units and facilities (health, education, transport, utilities, other) damaged or destroyed by hazardous events in the year.
  20. Établissements de santé endommagés ou détruits par des catastrophes
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of health facilities damaged or destroyed by hazardous events in the year.
  21. Établissements d'enseignement endommagés ou détruits par des catastrophes
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of educational facilities damaged or destroyed by hazardous events in the year.
  22. Perturbations des services de base imputées aux catastrophes
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of disruption events to basic services (education, health, and other basic services such as water, power, transport, telecom and waste) caused by hazardous events in the year.
  23. Pertes économiques directes subies par les infrastructures critiques, part du PIB
    Indicator · IND · %
    Direct economic loss from damage to or destruction of critical infrastructure by hazardous events in the year, as a percentage of GDP.
  24. Heures de perturbation d'Internet à l'échelle nationale
    Indicator · IND · h/a
    Total hours in the year during which measured national internet connectivity fell below half of its expected level, whether from shutdowns, cable cuts, power loss or attack.
  25. Transport connectivity deficit sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 22.2%
    Composite of the lack of rural all-season road access, weak logistics performance, low liner shipping connectivity, low air connectivity and limited urban public transport, each inverted.
  26. Digital connectivity deficit sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 22.2%
    Composite of the lack of internet use, mobile coverage, fixed broadband and international route redundancy, each inverted.
  27. Utility system fragility sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 22.2%
    Composite of the lack of power-grid and water-network resilience and of back-up power at critical facilities, together with the infrastructure investment gap.
  28. Electricity supply unreliability sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 22.2%
    Composite of firm-reported outages and sales losses, SAIDI, SAIFI and network losses.
  29. Infrastructure disruption impact sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 0.5 · 11.1%
    Composite of disaster damage to critical infrastructure, health and education facilities, basic-service disruptions, economic loss to infrastructure and internet disruption hours, normalised over a ten-year rolling window.
  30. Indice de fragilité des infrastructures
    Domain index · IDX · geometric
    Index of transport and digital connectivity deficits, utility fragility, energy supply unreliability and realised disruption impact on a 0–10 scale, higher meaning more fragile.
  31. Vulnérabilité humaine et des systèmes
    Pillar · PILLAR · 8 indices
    How susceptible are people, livelihoods, ecosystems and essential systems to harm when a shock arrives?
  32. NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) Composite Risk
    Composite · COMPOSITE · four pillars
    Composite = (HTE × VUL × MSF × LCC)^(1/4), each pillar on 0–10 floored at 0.1; pillar = expert-weighted geometric mean of its domain indices
Non exécutéEn coursTerminé
FIG 2. 24 indicators, 5 components, real Indicator Standard weights (the bar under each node is its share). Select a node to trace what it feeds and what feeds it; Simulate run plays the computation in order. Schematic of the construction; source: Indicator Standard composite definitions.
02Simulator

Run this index’s own aggregation

Set each component, change the aggregation or the weight uncertainty, and watch the interval, the class probability and each component’s contribution respond.

FIG 3 · Simulator: aggregate infrastructure fragility on your numbers
Components (0 to 10)
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Contribution of each component (leave one out)
Simulator: the index’s published aggregation run on numbers you set, with 1,000 draws over weights and aggregation. The slider positions are starting points for the explainer, not NXS-GRX values. Simulated on your own inputs; not a measured result.
03Méthode

Treatment, normalisation, weighting, aggregation, uncertainty

Treatment
WINSORISE
Outlier rule
|skew| > 2, kurtosis > 3.5
Normalisation
INFORM 0–10 rescaling
Imputation
NONE
Coverage minimum
67% of components
Modelled share cap
30% of weight
Weighting
expert
Aggregation
geometric
Scale
0 to 10
Incertitude
1,000 Monte Carlo runs over normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation
Framework basis
OECD/JRC Handbook (2008); JRC COIN 10-step guide; Sendai Framework target D; UNDRR Principles for Resilient Infrastructure (2022)
Très faible0,0 à < 2,0
Faible2,0 à < 3,5
Moyen3,5 à < 5,0
Élevé5,0 à < 6,5
Très élevé6.5 à 10.0
04Composantes

5 components, 24 indicators

Transport connectivity deficit sub-index w 1

Composite of the lack of rural all-season road access, weak logistics performance, low liner shipping connectivity, low air connectivity and limited urban public transport, each inverted.

IndicateurUnitéÉléments probantsSourcesPart
Population rurale à moins de 2 km d'une route praticable en toute saisonIND.INF.transport.rural_road_access%Class Cwb-rural-access-index, openstreetmap, worldpop33.3%
Performance logistiqueIND.INF.transport.logistics_performance{score}Class Ewb-lpi22.2%
Connectivité des transports maritimes réguliers par rapport à la frontièreIND.INF.transport.liner_shipping_connectivity%Class Bunctad-lsci, wb-wdi22.2%
Passagers aériens transportés par habitantIND.INF.transport.air_passengers.pc{passengers}/a/{person}Class Bicao-air-transport-reporting, wb-wdi11.1%
Population urbaine ayant un accès pratique aux transports publicsIND.INF.transport.public_transport_access%Class Cun-habitat-urban-indicators-database, gtfs-feeds, openstreetmap11.1%

Digital connectivity deficit sub-index w 1

Composite of the lack of internet use, mobile coverage, fixed broadband and international route redundancy, each inverted.

IndicateurUnitéÉléments probantsSourcesPart
Personnes utilisant InternetIND.INF.digital.internet_users%Class Bitu-datahub, wb-wdi, national-ict-household-surveys33.3%
Population couverte par un réseau mobile, par technologieIND.INF.digital.mobile_network_coverage%Class Bitu-datahub, gsma-mobile-coverage-maps33.3%
Abonnements au haut débit fixe pour 100 habitantsIND.INF.digital.fixed_broadband/10*2Class Bitu-datahub, wb-wdi, oecd-broadband-portal16.7%
Redondance des routes de connectivité internationaleIND.INF.digital.international_connectivity_redundancy1Class Dtelegeography-submarine-cable-map, itu-broadband-maps, peeringdb16.7%

Utility system fragility sub-index w 1

Composite of the lack of power-grid and water-network resilience and of back-up power at critical facilities, together with the infrastructure investment gap.

IndicateurUnitéÉléments probantsSourcesPart
Résilience du réseau électriqueIND.INF.utilities.power_grid_resilience{score}Class Dnational-energy-regulators, transmission-system-operator-reports, entso-e-transparency25.0%
Résilience du réseau d'approvisionnement en eauIND.INF.utilities.water_network_resilience{score}Class Eibnet-water-utility-database, national-water-regulators, municipal-utility-reports25.0%
Installations critiques disposant d'une alimentation de secours de 72 heuresIND.INF.utilities.critical_facility_backup_power%Class Ewho-health-facility-assessments, national-civil-protection-inspections25.0%
Déficit d'investissement dans les infrastructures, part du PIBIND.INF.utilities.infrastructure_investment_gap.gdp%Class Cgi-hub-infrastructure-outlook, wb-ppi-database, imf-investment-and-capital-stock-dataset25.0%

Electricity supply unreliability sub-index w 1

Composite of firm-reported outages and sales losses, SAIDI, SAIFI and network losses.

IndicateurUnitéÉléments probantsSourcesPart
Coupures de courant subies par les entreprises au cours d'un mois typeIND.ENE.reliability.firm_power_outages/moClass Bwb-enterprise-surveys, wb-b-ready22.2%
Valeur perdue du fait des coupures de courant, part du chiffre d'affaires des entreprisesIND.ENE.reliability.outage_sales_loss%Class Bwb-enterprise-surveys22.2%
Durée moyenne des interruptions du réseau (SAIDI)IND.ENE.reliability.saidih/aClass Bwb-b-ready, national-energy-regulators, ceer-benchmarking-report, us-eia-86122.2%
Fréquence moyenne des interruptions du réseau (SAIFI)IND.ENE.reliability.saifi/aClass Bwb-b-ready, national-energy-regulators, ceer-benchmarking-report, us-eia-86122.2%
Pertes de transport et de distribution d'électricitéIND.ENE.reliability.td_losses%Class Biea-electricity-information, national-energy-regulators, wb-wdi11.1%

Infrastructure disruption impact sub-index w 0.5

Composite of disaster damage to critical infrastructure, health and education facilities, basic-service disruptions, economic loss to infrastructure and internet disruption hours, normalised over a ten-year rolling window.

IndicateurUnitéÉléments probantsSourcesPart
Unités d'infrastructures critiques endommagées ou détruites par des catastrophesIND.INF.disruption.critical_infrastructure_damage1Class Bundrr-sendai-framework-monitor, desinventar22.2%
Établissements de santé endommagés ou détruits par des catastrophesIND.INF.disruption.health_facilities_damaged1Class Bundrr-sendai-framework-monitor, who-health-resources-availability-monitoring11.1%
Établissements d'enseignement endommagés ou détruits par des catastrophesIND.INF.disruption.education_facilities_damaged1Class Bundrr-sendai-framework-monitor, gadrrres-comprehensive-school-safety11.1%
Perturbations des services de base imputées aux catastrophesIND.INF.disruption.basic_service_disruptions1Class Cundrr-sendai-framework-monitor22.2%
Pertes économiques directes subies par les infrastructures critiques, part du PIBIND.INF.disruption.critical_infrastructure_loss.gdp%Class Cundrr-sendai-framework-monitor, wb-gfdrr-pdna-reports22.2%
Heures de perturbation d'Internet à l'échelle nationaleIND.INF.digital.internet_disruption_hoursh/aClass Dioda-georgia-tech, cloudflare-radar, access-now-keepiton11.1%
05Domaine

Infrastructures

Critical infrastructure stock, condition, service continuity, connectivity and urban systems.

Sub-domainIndicateurs
Transport6
Digital connectivity5
Utilities7
Urban systems1
Service disruption5

Anchor frameworks (pillar structure and definitions only): Sendai D; ISO 37120 / 37122 / 37123.

06Indicateurs

All 24 infrastructure indicators

FIG 4 · Indicators in scope, by domain and sub-domain
INF · 24
Area is the number of indicator definitions; colour is the pillar the domain feeds (Macroeconomy and Space feed through their indices). Select a block to filter the table. Source: Indicator Standard Nexus Indicator Standard register.
IndicateurDomaineSub-domainComposantUnitéNiveauxCrosswalks
Population rurale à moins de 2 km d'une route praticable en toute saisonIND.INF.transport.rural_road_accessINFTransportcoping capacity%COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 9.1.1
Performance logistiqueIND.INF.transport.logistics_performanceINFTransportcoping capacity{score}COUNTRYWB_WDI LP.LPI.OVRL.XQ
Connectivité des transports maritimes réguliers par rapport à la frontièreIND.INF.transport.liner_shipping_connectivityINFTransportcoping capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ
Passagers aériens transportés par habitantIND.INF.transport.air_passengers.pcINFTransportcoping capacity{passengers}/a/{person}COUNTRYWB_WDI IS.AIR.PSGR
Population urbaine ayant un accès pratique aux transports publicsIND.INF.transport.public_transport_accessINFTransportcoping capacity%CITY, ADM1, COUNTRYSDG 11.2.1 ISO_37120 ISO 37120:2018
Réseau routier et ferroviaire en zones d'aléa élevé, partIND.INF.transport.network_exposed.shareINFTransportexposure%COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Personnes utilisant InternetIND.INF.digital.internet_usersINFDigital connectivitycoping capacity%COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYSDG 17.8.1 WB_WDI IT.NET.USER.ZS
Population couverte par un réseau mobile, par technologieIND.INF.digital.mobile_network_coverageINFDigital connectivitycoping capacity%COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 9.c.1
Abonnements au haut débit fixe pour 100 habitantsIND.INF.digital.fixed_broadbandINFDigital connectivitycoping capacity/10*2COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 17.6.1 WB_WDI IT.NET.BBND.P2
Redondance des routes de connectivité internationaleIND.INF.digital.international_connectivity_redundancyINFDigital connectivitycoping capacity1COUNTRY
Heures de perturbation d'Internet à l'échelle nationaleIND.INF.digital.internet_disruption_hoursINFDigital connectivityimpacth/aCOUNTRY
Résilience du réseau électriqueIND.INF.utilities.power_grid_resilienceINFUtilitiescoping capacity{score}COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYISO_37123 ISO 37123:2019
Résilience du réseau d'approvisionnement en eauIND.INF.utilities.water_network_resilienceINFUtilitiescoping capacity{score}COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYISO_37123 ISO 37123:2019
Installations critiques disposant d'une alimentation de secours de 72 heuresIND.INF.utilities.critical_facility_backup_powerINFUtilitiescoping capacity%COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYISO_37123 ISO 37123:2019
Actifs d'approvisionnement en eau en zones d'aléa élevé, partIND.INF.utilities.water_assets_exposed.shareINFUtilitiesexposure%COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Actifs de production et de réseau électriques en zones d'aléa élevé, partIND.INF.utilities.power_assets_exposed.shareINFUtilitiesexposure%COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Installations vitales en zones d'aléa élevé, partIND.INF.utilities.lifeline_facilities_exposed.shareINFUtilitiesexposure%COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Déficit d'investissement dans les infrastructures, part du PIBIND.INF.utilities.infrastructure_investment_gap.gdpINFUtilitiesvulnerability%COUNTRY
City electricity interruption hours per customerIND.INF.urban.power_interruption_hoursINFUrban systemsvulnerabilityh/aCITYISO_37120 ISO 37120:2018
Unités d'infrastructures critiques endommagées ou détruites par des catastrophesIND.INF.disruption.critical_infrastructure_damageINFService disruptionimpact1COUNTRY, ADM1SENDAI D-1 SDG 11.5.2
Établissements de santé endommagés ou détruits par des catastrophesIND.INF.disruption.health_facilities_damagedINFService disruptionimpact1COUNTRY, ADM1SENDAI D-2
Établissements d'enseignement endommagés ou détruits par des catastrophesIND.INF.disruption.education_facilities_damagedINFService disruptionimpact1COUNTRY, ADM1SENDAI D-3
Perturbations des services de base imputées aux catastrophesIND.INF.disruption.basic_service_disruptionsINFService disruptionimpact1COUNTRY, ADM1SENDAI D-5
Pertes économiques directes subies par les infrastructures critiques, part du PIBIND.INF.disruption.critical_infrastructure_loss.gdpINFService disruptionimpact%COUNTRY, ADM1SENDAI C-5
07Cotation

Infrastructure fragility index, world

The world reading of this index, every country as a tile and the largest movements since the previous edition.

NXS-GRX · INF · 195 profiles · 0–10 scale
Infrastructure fragility index, world
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Indicator Standard 1.0 · NXS-GRX 2026
Tirages
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Infrastructure fragility index, world, by edition

Aucune valeur publiée pour l'instant. La première édition trace ici l'historique avec sa bande d'intervalle et les bornes de classe.

The line is the point value by edition; the band is the 90% interval; dashed lines are the class bounds at 2, 3.5, 5 and 6.5.
Aucune évolution pour l'instant. Les changements depuis l'édition précédente seront listés ici à partir de la deuxième édition, avec les indicateurs qui les ont déterminés.
08Valeurs

Country values

FIG 5 · Infrastructure fragility index: countries (values when released)
Chargement de la carte
AndorreAntigua-et-BarbudaBahreïnBarbadeComoresCabo VerdeDominiqueMicronésie (États fédérés de)GrenadeKiribatiSaint-Kitts-et-NevisSainte-LucieLiechtensteinMonacoMaldivesÎles MarshallMalteMauriceNauruPalaosSingapourSaint-MarinSao Tomé-et-PrincipeSeychellesTongaTuvaluSaint-SiègeSaint-Vincent-et-les GrenadinesSamoa
Equal Earth · Natural Earth 1:110mValues when released
Until the first edition is released the map shows UN M49 regions or the Nexus Reports edition; it then shows this index’s classes with each country’s interval on hover. Countries are listed by name, never ordered by value.
Tuiles
/api/v1/public/grix/risk-products/tiles/inf/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt
Clé d'observation
nis:IDX.INF.disruption.infrastructure_fragility:{ISO3}:{YEAR}:A
09Séries

Series that read this index

GLBGlobal SystemsThe state of interdependent global risk: the twenty domain indices aggregated to the world, the five core systems (water, energy, food, health, biodiversity) and their couplings, the global tail register and the gap between perceived and measured risk. GS-09Global InfrastructureInfrastructure fragility, service continuity, interdependency of power, water, transport and telecommunications, and investment exposure. GS-10Global CitiesUrban exposure, heat, flooding, informal settlement, service dependency and the economic weight of cities at risk. SR-10Digital public infrastructureIdentity, payments and data-exchange infrastructure as public goods, and their concentration, cyber and continuity risk. XT-03Telecommunications, open radio networks and edgeTelecom resilience, open and AI-native radio access networks, private wireless, edge compute and spectrum constraints. XT-06SemiconductorsSemiconductor supply concentration, fabrication chokepoints, materials and equipment dependency and export-control exposure. XT-08Drones, robotics and autonomous systemsAutonomous and robotic systems in logistics, agriculture, industry and security: failure, misuse and safety oversight. XT-09Sensors, IoT and industrial IoTConnected sensing and control across cities, utilities and industry: attack surface, data integrity and dependency. XT-12Positioning, navigation and timingDependency of power, telecom, finance and transport on positioning and timing signals; jamming, spoofing and space weather. TH-02Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)Hazard, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, preparedness, redundancy and recovery readings for planning and learning, aligned to the Sendai Framework targets.
10Validity

Crosswalks and validity checks

Crosswalks map leaf indicators to source code lists; established indices are used for validity checks, never re-weighted as inputs.

Code systemLeaf indicators mapped
WB_WDI8
SDG6
SENDAI5
ISO_371203
ISO_371233
11Dans le Nexus

Platforms, standards and ways to take part

Field and service platforms of GCRI, GRF and GRA, the Nexus Risk Standards for this domain, learning, working groups and open calls. Every link is a live page.

12Citer

Citer et réutiliser

GCRI Canada (2026). The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX): Infrastructure fragility index (GRX-IDX-INF), Baseline Edition 2026. Preparatory working draft. https://risksindex.com/indices/infrastructure-fragility/ UNI NXS-GRX-AR-000127.

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