Trend · rank 11 of 250

Local & city government capacity

Urban growth and devolved responsibilities are placing more services and the first response to shocks on municipal and regional authorities, whose finance, staffing and coordination with central government often fall short.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governancecitiesinstitutionsresilience

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
11of 250
Sensitivity
16.7rank 34
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
58.5rank 26
Eigenvector
54.0
Betweenness
98.3
Links
20trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
55.3

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
123
Over a year
+29%Rising
Over three years
+10%
Peak
16420 Sept 2026
Sources
Bothagreement -0.37
Coverage
24languages · 46 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 (24 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English47%95−4%
French7%111+1%
German7%83−2%
Spanish5%171+143%
Italian5%87+27%
Russian4%110+15%
Turkish3%94−21%
Indonesian3%89+8%
Ukrainian3%81+11%
Polish3%61+5%
Arabic2%90−22%
Chinese2%100−6%
Japanese2%110+10%
Portuguese2%109+18%
Bengali1%128+19%
Hindi1%50−33%
Hebrew1%99+9%
Swedish1%133+70%
Persian1%110+9%
Korean1%113+34%
Thai1%77−29%
Vietnamese0%55−52%
Malay0%101+31%
Urdu0%59+0%

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.

Philippines

Kenya

United States

Canada

Nigeria

United Kingdom

South Africa

Singapore

South Korea

Australia

Pakistan

New Zealand

100

72

65

45

44

39

36

34

34

27

26

25

The 12 highest of 46 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 English93+1%−6%−18%
EuropeGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Swedish88+11%+6%−29%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 10 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Malay93+2%−12%−15%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Urdu87+14%−7%−21%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew94+19%−17%−7%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries101+7%−13%+0%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese123+8%+32%+8%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian54−22%−36%−63%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle102+6%+11%+2%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese100+6%−3%−15%
CanadaGoogle96−5%−8%−2%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French90+12%−11%−27%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German75+10%−11%−36%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali88+6%−7%−19%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian67−19%−12%−52%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian125+54%+45%0%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese105+8%+18%−6%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean153+36%+51%+71%
MexicoGoogle110−15%+12%+32%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian110+25%+15%+17%
South AfricaGoogle93−6%+14%−7%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish96+30%−23%+2%
United KingdomGoogle126+26%+32%+37%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English92+3%−6%−20%

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
4 · HighA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
2 · LowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
1 · Very lowA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
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 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 relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
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

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 · HighState capacity & deliveryState capacity & governance1
4 · HighPublic procurement capabilityState capacity & governance6
4 · HighSocial protection coverage gapsState capacity & governance13
4 · HighOutsourcing & public-private deliveryState capacity & governance27
4 · HighInfrastructure ageing & maintenance backlogEnergy, networks & climate resilience39
4 · HighUrban population concentrationEnergy, networks & climate resilience61
3 · ModerateCivil service capability & payState capacity & governance2
3 · ModerateRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
3 · ModerateExecutive overreach & emergency powersState capacity & governance4
3 · ModerateCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
3 · ModeratePublic communication in crisisInformation & trust10
3 · ModerateErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
3 · ModeratePolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
3 · ModerateOfficial statistics & data capacityState capacity & governance21
3 · ModerateCivil unrest & protest mobilisationState capacity & governance25
3 · ModerateDigital public infrastructureState capacity & governance31
3 · ModerateWhole-of-society resilienceConflict & security43
3 · ModerateUrban cooling infrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resilience151
3 · ModerateRansomware & cyber extortionConflict & security164
3 · ModerateResilient construction & asset adaptationEnergy, networks & climate resilience194