Data for 2009

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2009

Name: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2009
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2009, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2009 covers 77 countries. Georgia is highest, at 4.417; Zimbabwe is lowest, at 1.858. The middle country reads 3.392. Against 2008, 73 values changed (38 up, 35 down), 2 countries joined.

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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2009

HighestGeorgia

4.417

LowestZimbabwe

1.858

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

77countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
69distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2009, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Showing 25 of 77 countries · select a heading to sort

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.417
2	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4.242
3	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4.158
4	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.100
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.892
6	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.858
=7	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.842
=7	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.842
=7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.842
10	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.833
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.817
12	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.808
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.792
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.783
15	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.775
=16	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.767
=16	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.767
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.742
19	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.717
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3.708
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.700
22	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.692
23	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.683
=24	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.658
=24	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.658
26	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.650
27	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.542
28	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.525
29	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.517
=30	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.508
=30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.508
=32	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.483
=32	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.483
34	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.458
35	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.433
36	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.425
37	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.408
38	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.400
39	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.392
40	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.383
41	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.367
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.350
43	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.342
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.333
45	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.300
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.292
47	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.258
48	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.250
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.225
=50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.208
=50	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.208
52	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.200
53	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.192
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.183
55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.167
56	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.150
57	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.125
58	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.058
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.933
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.925
61	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.917
=62	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.825
=62	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.825
64	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.817
65	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.792
66	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.783
67	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.775
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.758
69	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.750
70	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.667
71	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.642
72	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.608
73	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.500
74	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.483
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.458
76	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.208
77	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.858

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Georgia4.417
2Armenia4.242
3Cabo Verde4.158
4Samoa4.100
5Bhutan3.892

Lowest

77Zimbabwe1.858
76Eritrea2.208
75Sudan2.458
74Chad2.483
73Comoros2.500

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.392. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
73values changed, of 75 in both
38 · 35rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe1.400 → 1.858+0.458
Tonga3.200 → 3.458+0.258
Comoros2.300 → 2.500+0.200
Afghanistan2.600 → 2.750+0.150
Central African Republic2.500 → 2.642+0.142

Fell most

Guinea3.000 → 2.817−0.183
Madagascar3.700 → 3.517−0.183
Armenia4.400 → 4.242−0.158
Honduras3.700 → 3.542−0.158
Benin3.600 → 3.483−0.117

+ Liberia

+ Kosovo

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

69 distinct values among 77
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 3.842. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 77 countries has every column.

05The files

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The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
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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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2009). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2009

0621 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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