Trend · rank 39 of 250

Infrastructure ageing & maintenance backlog

Grids, pipes, bridges and water systems are operating beyond design life with deferred maintenance, and service reliability falls where inspection, repair skills and renewal investment fail to keep pace.

Strategic InfrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resilienceresiliencecitiesinstitutions

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Infrastructure ageing. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
39of 250
Sensitivity
8.3rank 138
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
46.5rank 57
Eigenvector
11.3
Betweenness
65.6
Links
20trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
34.5

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
93
Over a year
+21%Rising
Over three years
−30%
Peak
6402 Jun 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.06
Coverage
8languages · 25 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (8 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English64%108+8%
Japanese9%81−11%
Russian9%91+6%
German7%96+13%
Polish4%68+18%
Spanish3%118+48%
Italian2%104+28%
Portuguese1%133+69%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Canada

United States

Singapore

South Korea

New Zealand

Philippines

South Africa

Australia

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Vietnam

Malaysia

100

48

8

7

5

5

5

3

3

3

3

2

The 12 highest of 25 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English97+35%+9%+17%
EuropeGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in German, Italian, Polish96+18%+9%−12%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country125−13%+38%+25%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese75+7%−28%−37%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries94+43%−36%−7%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese105+21%+12%−7%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Russian78+11%−3%−47%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese109+18%+17%+3%
CanadaGoogle27+26%+35%+145%
ChinaGoogle125−13%+38%+25%
FranceGoogle125−16%+36%+74%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German99+32%+7%+9%
IndonesiaGoogle69+25%−41%−53%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian119+56%+21%+3%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese72+6%−22%−38%
South KoreaGoogle73+23%−50%−24%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian91+1%+6%−36%
TürkiyeGoogle94+48%−39%−0%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English107+41%+8%+16%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
4 · HighHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighLocal & city government capacityState capacity & governance11
4 · HighUrban population concentrationEnergy, networks & climate resilience61
4 · HighUrban cooling infrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resilience151
4 · HighResilient construction & asset adaptationEnergy, networks & climate resilience194
3 · ModeratePublic procurement capabilityState capacity & governance6
3 · ModerateOutsourcing & public-private deliveryState capacity & governance27
3 · ModerateTelecom network resilienceEnergy, networks & climate resilience35
3 · ModerateElectrification of heat & industryEnergy, networks & climate resilience70
3 · ModerateDistributed powerEnergy, networks & climate resilience81
3 · ModerateWater treatment & desalinationEnergy, networks & climate resilience89
3 · ModerateSubsea cable & pipeline dependenceEnergy, networks & climate resilience114
3 · ModerateFirm & black-start capacityEnergy, networks & climate resilience119
3 · ModerateGrid expansion & demand flexibilityEnergy, networks & climate resilience131
3 · ModerateDams, reservoirs & flood defenceEnergy, networks & climate resilience137
3 · ModerateConnected infrastructure operationEnergy, networks & climate resilience145
3 · ModerateRansomware & cyber extortionConflict & security164
3 · ModerateSatellite connectivity expansionEnergy, networks & climate resilience167
3 · ModerateReliable energy access gapsEnergy, networks & climate resilience197
3 · ModerateEarly-warning coverageEnergy, networks & climate resilience204
3 · ModerateRail & mass transit expansionEnergy, networks & climate resilience224