Data for 2017

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2017

Name: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2017
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2017, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2017 covers 74 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 4.042; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.525. The middle country reads 3.242. Against 2016, 60 values changed (26 up, 34 down), 1 country joined.

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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2017

HighestRwanda

4.042

LowestSouth Sudan

1.525

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

74countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
60distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.042
2	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.000
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.850
4	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.825
=5	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.742
=5	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.742
7	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.733
8	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.650
9	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.642
10	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.625
11	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.617
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.575
=13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.567
=13	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.567
=13	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.567
=13	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.567
=17	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.558
=17	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.558
19	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.517
20	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.508
21	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.492
22	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.467
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.425
24	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.400
=25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.392
=25	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.392
27	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.383
=28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.375
=28	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.375
30	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.367
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.358
32	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.300
=33	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.292
=33	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.292
=35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.275
=35	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.275
=37	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.242
=37	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.242
=37	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.242
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.233
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.200
42	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.175
=43	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.167
=43	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.167
=43	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.167
46	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.133
47	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.125
48	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3.117
49	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.033
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.000
51	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.992
=52	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.967
=52	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.967
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.958
55	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.933
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.908
57	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	2.900
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.875
59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.850
60	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.833
61	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.808
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.783
63	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.750
64	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.700
65	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.675
66	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.658
67	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.600
68	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.483
69	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.450
70	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.383
71	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.108
72	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.850
73	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.825
74	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.525

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Rwanda4.042
2Samoa4.000
3Bhutan3.850
4Senegal3.825
5Cabo Verdeshared3.742

Lowest

74South Sudan1.525
73Somalia1.825
72Eritrea1.850
71Yemen2.108
70Sudan2.383

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.242. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
60values changed, of 73 in both
26 · 34rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Togo3.025 → 3.133+0.108
Mongolia3.208 → 3.292+0.083
Benin3.383 → 3.467+0.083
Cameroon3.192 → 3.275+0.083
Uzbekistan3.475 → 3.558+0.083

Fell most

Yemen2.383 → 2.108−0.275
Republic of the Congo2.850 → 2.700−0.150
Timor-Leste2.975 → 2.850−0.125
DR Congo2.917 → 2.833−0.083
Sudan2.467 → 2.383−0.083

+ Somalia

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

60 distinct values among 74
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 4 countries share 3.567. 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 74 countries has every column.

05The files

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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 (2017). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2017

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