Data for 2020

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2020

Name: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2020
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2020, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2020 covers 73 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 4.067; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.475. The middle country reads 3.250. Against 2019, 55 values changed (30 up, 25 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2020

HighestRwanda

4.067

LowestSouth Sudan

1.475

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

73countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.067
2	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.958
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.875
4	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.792
5	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.742
6	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.717
7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.708
8	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.692
9	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.675
10	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.650
=11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.642
=11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.642
13	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.633
14	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.592
15	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.583
16	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.575
=17	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.542
=17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.542
19	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.533
20	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.483
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.475
22	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.425
=23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.417
=23	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.417
=25	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.400
=25	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.400
27	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.392
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.375
29	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.367
30	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.342
31	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.325
32	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.308
=33	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.292
=33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.292
35	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.283
36	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.267
37	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.250
38	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.233
39	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.225
40	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.200
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.192
42	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.142
=43	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.117
=43	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.117
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.108
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.075
47	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.025
48	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.008
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.000
=50	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.983
=50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.983
52	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.975
53	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.967
54	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.950
=55	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.933
=55	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.933
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.833
58	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	2.808
59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.800
60	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.775
61	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.750
62	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.717
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.700
64	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.683
65	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.658
66	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.600
67	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.550
68	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.450
69	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.233
70	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.017
71	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.917
72	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.875
73	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.475

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Rwanda4.067
2Samoa3.958
3Bhutan3.875
4Cabo Verde3.792
5Uzbekistan3.742

Lowest

73South Sudan1.475
72Yemen1.875
71Eritrea1.917
70Somalia2.017
69Sudan2.233

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.250. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
55values changed, of 72 in both
30 · 25rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Togo3.342 → 3.475+0.133
Côte d’Ivoire3.500 → 3.583+0.083
Uzbekistan3.675 → 3.742+0.067
Ethiopia3.467 → 3.533+0.067
Guinea3.217 → 3.283+0.067

Fell most

Papua New Guinea2.950 → 2.800−0.150
Mali3.408 → 3.292−0.117
Uganda3.675 → 3.592−0.083
Maldives3.308 → 3.225−0.083
Yemen1.958 → 1.875−0.083

+ Fiji

− Sri Lanka

− Moldova

− Mongolia

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

65 distinct values among 73
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 3.642. 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 (2020). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2020

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How it has moved, charted by country

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