Data for 2019

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2019

Name: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2019
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2019, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2019 covers 75 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 4.042; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.433. The middle country reads 3.267. Against 2018, 59 values changed (28 up, 31 down), 2 countries joined.

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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2019

HighestRwanda

4.042

LowestSouth Sudan

1.433

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

75countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
67distinct 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, 2019, 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 75 countries · select a heading to sort

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.042
2	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.983
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.875
4	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.767
5	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.717
6	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.717
7	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.692
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.683
=9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.675
=9	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.675
11	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.650
12	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.642
=13	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.633
=13	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.633
15	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.600
16	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.575
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.542
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.500
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.492
20	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.483
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.467
=22	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.458
=22	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.458
24	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.442
25	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.408
=26	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.400
=26	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.400
=26	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.400
29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.392
30	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.367
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.367
32	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.358
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.342
=34	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.308
=34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.308
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.300
37	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.292
38	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.267
39	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.250
40	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.217
41	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.200
42	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.192
43	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.158
44	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.150
45	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.142
46	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.117
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.100
48	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.092
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.017
50	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3.008
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.983
=52	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.975
=52	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.975
54	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.967
55	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.950
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.942
57	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.933
=58	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.908
=58	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.908
60	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	2.875
61	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.833
62	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.792
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.767
64	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.758
65	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.725
66	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.708
67	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.700
68	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.600
69	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.550
70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.450
71	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.233
72	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.975
73	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.958
74	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.942
75	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.433

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Rwanda4.042
2Samoa3.983
3Bhutan3.875
4Cabo Verde3.767
5Moldova3.717

Lowest

75South Sudan1.433
74Eritrea1.942
73Yemen1.958
72Somalia1.975
71Sudan2.233

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.267. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
59values changed, of 73 in both
28 · 31rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe2.792 → 2.983+0.192
Grenada3.492 → 3.642+0.150
Maldives3.167 → 3.308+0.142
Benin3.492 → 3.600+0.108
Pakistan3.200 → 3.308+0.108

Fell most

Laos3.192 → 2.967−0.225
Zambia3.250 → 3.150−0.100
Bangladesh3.192 → 3.100−0.092
Yemen2.042 → 1.958−0.083
Burkina Faso3.567 → 3.492−0.075

+ Sri Lanka

+ 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

67 distinct values among 75
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 3.400. 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 75 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 (2019). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2019

0621 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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