Data for 2012

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2012

Name: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2012
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2012, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2012 covers 80 countries. Georgia is highest, at 4.442; Eritrea is lowest, at 2.075. The middle country reads 3.379. Against 2011, 62 values changed (32 up, 30 down), 2 countries joined.

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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2012

HighestGeorgia

4.442

LowestEritrea

2.075

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

80countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
66distinct 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, 2012, 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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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.442
2	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4.133
3	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.058
4	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.917
5	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.858
6	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.842
=7	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.817
=7	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.817
9	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.800
10	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.775
=11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.767
=11	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.767
=13	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.750
=13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.750
=15	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.725
=15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.725
17	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.717
18	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.708
19	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.700
20	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.683
21	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.650
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3.642
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.625
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.592
25	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.542
26	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.533
27	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.508
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.492
29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.483
30	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.475
31	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.467
=32	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.458
=32	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.458
34	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.450
=35	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.442
=35	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.442
=35	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.442
38	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.400
=39	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.383
=39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.383
41	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.375
42	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.350
43	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.325
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.300
=45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.283
=45	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.283
=47	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.267
=47	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.267
49	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.242
=50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.225
=50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.225
52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.158
53	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.092
=54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.067
=54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.067
56	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.058
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3.050
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.042
59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.017
60	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.000
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.992
=62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.967
=62	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.967
64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.958
65	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.900
66	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.883
67	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.783
68	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	2.767
=69	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.708
=69	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.708
71	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.692
72	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.683
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.675
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.667
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.617
76	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.508
77	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.317
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.233
79	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.117
80	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.075

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Georgia4.442
2Armenia4.133
3Samoa4.058
4Cabo Verde3.917
5Kenya3.858

Lowest

80Eritrea2.075
79South Sudan2.117
78Zimbabwe2.233
77Sudan2.317
76Chad2.508

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.379. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
62values changed, of 78 in both
32 · 30rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Côte d’Ivoire2.867 → 3.067+0.200
Burundi3.108 → 3.242+0.133
Comoros2.650 → 2.783+0.133
Guinea2.858 → 2.967+0.108
Nigeria3.425 → 3.533+0.108

Fell most

Mali3.642 → 3.383−0.258
Guinea-Bissau2.825 → 2.617−0.208
Madagascar3.233 → 3.042−0.192
Bhutan3.850 → 3.683−0.167
Kiribati3.033 → 2.883−0.150

+ South Sudan

+ Tuvalu

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

66 distinct values among 80
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 3.442. 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 80 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 (2012). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2012

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