Data for 2016

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2016

Name: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2016
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2016, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2016 covers 73 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 4.041667; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.575000. The middle country reads 3.241667. Against 2015, 59 values changed (24 up, 35 down), 3 left.

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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2016

HighestRwanda

4.041667

LowestSouth Sudan

1.575000

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

73countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
65distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.041667
2	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.000000
=3	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.775000
=3	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.775000
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.766670
6	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.733333
7	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.700000
8	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.691667
9	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.683340
10	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.683330
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.633333
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.625000
13	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.608330
14	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.583330
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.575000
16	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.566670
17	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.550000
18	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.541670
19	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.516667
20	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.491670
21	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.475000
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.466667
23	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.400000
24	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.391670
25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.383333
26	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.375000
27	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.366667
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.358333
=29	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.350000
=29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.350000
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.341667
32	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.325000
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.300000
34	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.291667
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.283333
36	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.283330
37	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.241667
=38	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.233333
=38	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.233333
=40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.208330
=40	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.208330
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.191667
=43	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.175000
=43	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.175000
45	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.150000
46	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3.116667
47	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.100000
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.075000
49	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.025000
50	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.000000
=51	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.975000
=51	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.975000
=51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.975000
=54	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.966670
=54	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.966670
56	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.950000
57	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.925000
58	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.916667
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.875000
60	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.858333
61	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	2.858330
62	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.850000
63	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.750000
64	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.741667
65	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.716670
66	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.716667
67	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.600000
68	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.466667
69	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.458333
70	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.416667
71	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.383330
72	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.850000
73	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.575000

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Rwanda4.041667
2Samoa4.000000
3Kenyashared3.775000
3Senegalshared3.775000
5Bhutan3.766670

Lowest

73South Sudan1.575000
72Eritrea1.850000
71Yemen2.383330
70Central African Republic2.416667
69Guinea-Bissau2.458333

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.241667. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −3countries joined / left
59values changed, of 73 in both
24 · 35rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Pakistan3.216667 → 3.325000+0.108333
Madagascar3.141670 → 3.233333+0.091663
Côte d’Ivoire3.275000 → 3.350000+0.075000
Bhutan3.700000 → 3.766670+0.066670
Guinea3.083330 → 3.150000+0.066670

Fell most

South Sudan1.866670 → 1.575000−0.291670
Mozambique3.483333 → 3.233333−0.250000
Yemen2.608330 → 2.383330−0.225000
Republic of the Congo3.000000 → 2.850000−0.150000
Tajikistan3.116670 → 2.966670−0.150000

− Bolivia

− Sri Lanka

− Vietnam

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

65 distinct values among 73
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 2.975000. 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 73 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

World Bank Group (2016). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2016

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