Data for 1991
Central Bank Independence Index, 1991
Figures for 1991, as Ana Carolina Garriga published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Central Bank Independence Index, 1991 covers 148 countries on 2 measures. Belarus is highest, at 0.769; Tuvalu is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.392. Against 1990, 4 values changed (4 up, 0 down), 9 countries joined.
Central Bank Independence Index · Data for 1991
HighestBelarus
0.769LowestTuvalu
0.006Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Central Bank Independence Index, 1991, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 148 countries · select a heading to sort
BLREastern Europe | 0.769 | 0.728 |
DEUWestern Europe | 0.742 | 0.695 |
CHLSouth America | 0.733 | 0.819 |
HUNEastern Europe | 0.694 | 0.625 |
SLVCentral America | 0.683 | 0.789 |
AIACaribbean | 0.633 | 0.642 |
ATGCaribbean | 0.633 | 0.642 |
DMACaribbean | 0.633 | 0.642 |
GRDCaribbean | 0.633 | 0.642 |
MSRCaribbean | 0.633 | 0.642 |
KNACaribbean | 0.633 | 0.642 |
LCACaribbean | 0.633 | 0.642 |
VCTCaribbean | 0.633 | 0.642 |
LKASouthern Asia | 0.614 | 0.576 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 0.608 | 0.501 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 0.608 | 0.501 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 0.608 | 0.501 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 0.608 | 0.501 |
GABMiddle Africa | 0.608 | 0.501 |
COGMiddle Africa | 0.608 | 0.501 |
AUTWestern Europe | 0.596 | 0.614 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 0.574 | 0.556 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 0.567 | 0.594 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 0.566 | 0.555 |
POLEastern Europe | 0.562 | 0.462 |
MNGEastern Asia | 0.549 | 0.406 |
GTMCentral America | 0.526 | 0.684 |
TURWestern Asia | 0.526 | 0.468 |
JORWestern Asia | 0.514 | 0.483 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 0.506 | 0.496 |
NGAWestern Africa | 0.503 | 0.528 |
BLZCentral America | 0.500 | 0.471 |
SLBMelanesia | 0.499 | 0.481 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 0.497 | 0.409 |
FJIMelanesia | 0.491 | 0.435 |
MUSEastern Africa | 0.488 | 0.552 |
BGREastern Europe | 0.479 | 0.477 |
HTICaribbean | 0.476 | 0.376 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 0.475 | 0.503 |
VUTMelanesia | 0.472 | 0.533 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 0.470 | 0.407 |
COMEastern Africa | 0.463 | 0.527 |
CODMiddle Africa | 0.461 | 0.431 |
NLDWestern Europe | 0.453 | 0.419 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.450 | 0.395 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 0.450 | 0.442 |
PRYSouth America | 0.449 | 0.375 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.448 | 0.398 |
UKREastern Europe | 0.442 | 0.303 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 0.441 | 0.493 |
PERSouth America | 0.439 | 0.432 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 0.437 | 0.363 |
OMNWestern Asia | 0.435 | 0.460 |
CHEWestern Europe | 0.435 | 0.532 |
SAUWestern Asia | 0.429 | 0.582 |
ISRWestern Asia | 0.427 | 0.463 |
AREWestern Asia | 0.425 | 0.448 |
PNGMelanesia | 0.423 | 0.409 |
SOMEastern Africa | 0.421 | 0.409 |
CANNorthern America | 0.417 | 0.451 |
BRBCaribbean | 0.415 | 0.386 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 0.413 | 0.440 |
UZBCentral Asia | 0.413 | 0.388 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 0.409 | 0.319 |
SURSouth America | 0.407 | 0.472 |
SLEWestern Africa | 0.405 | 0.463 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 0.403 | 0.328 |
KWTWestern Asia | 0.400 | 0.410 |
TZAEastern Africa | 0.396 | 0.439 |
TTOCaribbean | 0.396 | 0.431 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 0.395 | 0.392 |
BENWestern Africa | 0.392 | 0.452 |
BFAWestern Africa | 0.392 | 0.452 |
CIVWestern Africa | 0.392 | 0.452 |
MLIWestern Africa | 0.392 | 0.452 |
NERWestern Africa | 0.392 | 0.452 |
SENWestern Africa | 0.392 | 0.452 |
TGOWestern Africa | 0.392 | 0.452 |
USANorthern America | 0.391 | 0.475 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 0.389 | 0.344 |
MRTWestern Africa | 0.389 | 0.393 |
BHSCaribbean | 0.388 | 0.399 |
DOMCaribbean | 0.383 | 0.371 |
HNDCentral America | 0.381 | 0.364 |
VENSouth America | 0.379 | 0.415 |
JAMCaribbean | 0.377 | 0.383 |
RUSEastern Europe | 0.376 | 0.386 |
ARGSouth America | 0.372 | 0.400 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.372 | 0.347 |
BOLSouth America | 0.372 | 0.302 |
BHRWestern Asia | 0.370 | 0.401 |
CRICentral America | 0.370 | 0.400 |
GHAWestern Africa | 0.369 | 0.325 |
KENEastern Africa | 0.363 | 0.432 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 0.363 | 0.344 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 0.360 | 0.359 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 0.356 | 0.304 |
ABWCaribbean | 0.355 | 0.379 |
TJKCentral Asia | 0.355 | 0.279 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 0.353 | 0.301 |
ROUEastern Europe | 0.351 | 0.295 |
KOREastern Asia | 0.346 | 0.278 |
LUXWestern Europe | 0.342 | 0.308 |
WSMPolynesia | 0.340 | 0.331 |
SWENorthern Europe | 0.326 | 0.330 |
LBNWestern Asia | 0.323 | 0.375 |
ETHEastern Africa | 0.322 | 0.362 |
NICCentral America | 0.321 | 0.417 |
MWIEastern Africa | 0.318 | 0.356 |
BWASouthern Africa | 0.317 | 0.357 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 0.308 | 0.319 |
FINNorthern Europe | 0.306 | 0.256 |
UGAEastern Africa | 0.306 | 0.315 |
TONPolynesia | 0.305 | 0.249 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.298 | 0.268 |
MEXCentral America | 0.297 | 0.362 |
FRAWestern Europe | 0.276 | 0.257 |
TWNEastern Asia | 0.273 | 0.194 |
IRQWestern Asia | 0.271 | 0.316 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 0.268 | 0.245 |
INDSouthern Asia | 0.264 | 0.295 |
QATWestern Asia | 0.263 | 0.200 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 0.255 | 0.265 |
PANCentral America | 0.254 | 0.183 |
ITASouthern Europe | 0.251 | 0.250 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.251 | 0.233 |
DZANorthern Africa | 0.249 | 0.183 |
TKMCentral Asia | 0.245 | 0.176 |
COLSouth America | 0.210 | 0.267 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 0.210 | 0.251 |
CHNEastern Asia | 0.204 | 0.161 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 0.199 | 0.135 |
JPNEastern Asia | 0.194 | 0.173 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 0.187 | 0.298 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 0.186 | 0.169 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 0.185 | 0.269 |
SYCEastern Africa | 0.182 | 0.224 |
NORNorthern Europe | 0.179 | 0.138 |
MDGEastern Africa | 0.161 | 0.122 |
URYSouth America | 0.152 | 0.168 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 0.150 | 0.174 |
BRASouth America | 0.145 | 0.243 |
BELWestern Europe | 0.133 | 0.157 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 0.131 | 0.111 |
MARNorthern Africa | 0.114 | 0.140 |
BMUNorthern America | 0.100 | 0.060 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 0.077 | 0.135 |
TUVPolynesia | 0.006 | 0.011 |
02In 1991
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Belarus0.769
Germany0.742
Chile0.733
Hungary0.694
El Salvador0.683
Lowest
Tuvalu0.006
Thailand0.077
Bermuda0.100
Morocco0.114
San Marino0.131
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.392. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
031990 → 1991
Since 1990
What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +9 / −0countries joined / left
- 4values changed, of 139 in both
- 4 · 0rose · fell
- 135unchanged
Rose most
Hungary0.272 → 0.694+0.422
El Salvador0.446 → 0.683+0.237
Nigeria0.390 → 0.503+0.113
Romania0.267 → 0.351+0.084
Fell most
- None.
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
116 distinct values among 148
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 8 countries share 0.633. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 148 countries has every column.
05The files
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex (1991). Central Bank Independence Index, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/central-bank-independence/1991
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07Questions
Central Bank Independence Index, 1991: questions and answers
Which country has the highest central bank independence in Central Bank Independence Index, 1991?
Belarus, at 0.769, of the 148 countries in the file.
What year does Central Bank Independence Index, 1991 describe?
1991.
How many countries does Central Bank Independence Index, 1991 cover?
148.
Where can I download Central Bank Independence Index, 1991?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Central Bank Independence Index, 1991 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Central Bank Independence Index, 2023.