Data for 2018

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2018

Name: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2018, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2018 covers 73 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 4.042; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.475. The middle country reads 3.242. Against 2017, 54 values changed (26 up, 28 down), 1 left.

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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2018

HighestRwanda

4.042

LowestSouth Sudan

1.475

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

73countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
62distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: 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	3.900
4	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.767
5	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.742
6	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.717
7	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.692
8	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.675
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.617
=10	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.583
=10	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.583
=12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.567
=12	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.567
=12	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.567
15	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.533
16	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.525
17	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.508
=18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.492
=18	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.492
20	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.483
21	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.475
22	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.467
=23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.450
=23	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.450
=23	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.450
26	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.408
27	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.400
=28	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.375
=28	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.375
=28	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.375
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.367
32	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.317
33	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.300
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.275
35	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.267
36	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.250
37	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.242
38	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.208
=39	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.200
=39	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.200
=41	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.192
=41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.192
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.175
44	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.167
45	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.158
46	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.133
47	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.108
48	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3.075
49	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.050
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.017
51	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.000
52	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.975
53	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.942
54	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.933
55	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.925
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.908
57	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.900
58	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	2.875
=59	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.808
=59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.808
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.792
62	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.775
63	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.750
64	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.725
65	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.700
66	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.675
67	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.600
68	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.575
69	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.450
70	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.275
71	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.042
72	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.967
73	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.475

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Rwanda4.042
2Samoa4.000
3Bhutan3.900
4Cabo Verde3.767
5Moldova3.742

Lowest

73South Sudan1.475
72Eritrea1.967
71Yemen2.042
70Sudan2.275
69Guinea-Bissau2.450

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

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
54values changed, of 73 in both
26 · 28rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti2.967 → 3.108+0.142
Eritrea1.850 → 1.967+0.117
DR Congo2.833 → 2.942+0.108
Togo3.133 → 3.242+0.108
Central African Republic2.483 → 2.575+0.092

Fell most

Liberia3.125 → 2.900−0.225
Tanzania3.650 → 3.483−0.167
Nicaragua3.617 → 3.508−0.108
Sudan2.383 → 2.275−0.108
Senegal3.825 → 3.717−0.108

− 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

62 distinct values among 73
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 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 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.

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

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2018). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2018

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