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Central Bank Independence Index, 2007

Figures for 2007, as Ana Carolina Garriga published them · stored as published, never rewritten

The Central Bank Independence Index reads each country’s central bank law and scores how far it shields the bank from the government, from 0 to 1. Coded by Ana Carolina Garriga at the University of Essex on the standard Cukierman–Webb–Neyapti scheme, it covers nearly every country back to 1970.

Central Bank Independence Index, 2007 covers 189 countries on 2 measures. Bosnia and Herzegovina is highest, at 0.974; Tuvalu is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.530. Against 2006, 8 values changed (6 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.

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Central Bank Independence Index · Data for 2007

HighestBosnia and Herzegovina

0.974

LowestTuvalu

0.006

Shaded 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, 2007, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 189 countries · select a heading to sort

Central Bank Independence Index, 2007: every country, as published by Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex.
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe0.9740.979
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia0.9040.896
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia0.8890.847
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.8790.846
HungaryHUNEastern Europe0.8770.912
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.8610.899
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe0.8430.894
PolandPOLEastern Europe0.8330.875
LatviaLVANorthern Europe0.8300.887
EcuadorECUSouth America0.8270.882
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.8170.790
PeruPERSouth America0.8110.798
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.8070.841
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe0.8050.872
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa0.8030.731
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.7960.857
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.7960.857
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.7960.857
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.7960.857
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.7960.857
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.7960.857
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.7960.857
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.7960.857
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.7960.857
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.7960.857

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina0.974
  2. Indonesia0.904
  3. Armenia0.889
  4. Romania0.879
  5. Hungary0.877

Lowest

  1. Tuvalu0.006
  2. Thailand0.077
  3. Bermuda0.100
  4. Brazil0.145
  5. Vietnam0.150

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 8values changed, of 189 in both
  • 6 · 2rose · fell
  • 181unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Rwanda0.709 → 0.601−0.108
  • Kenya0.530 → 0.430−0.100

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.

How values are stored

  • 137 distinct values among 189

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 14 countries share 0.796. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 189 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC0 1.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex (2007). Central Bank Independence Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/central-bank-independence/2007

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