Data for 2021

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2021

Name: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2021
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

Figures for 2021, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2021 covers 72 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 4.067; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.600. The middle country reads 3.246. Against 2020, 63 values changed (35 up, 28 down), 1 left.

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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2021

HighestRwanda

4.067

LowestSouth Sudan

1.600

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

72countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
59distinct values6 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, 2021, 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, 2021: 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	3.917
4	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.833
5	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.817
6	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.767
7	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.742
8	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.733
9	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.700
10	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.675
=11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.658
=11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3.658
13	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.650
14	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.608
15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.583
16	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.575
17	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.550
=18	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.517
=18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.517
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.500
=21	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.483
=21	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.483
23	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.433
24	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.400
=25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.392
=25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.392
=25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.392
=25	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.392
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.358
30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.333
31	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.308
32	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.292
33	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.283
34	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.267
35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.258
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.250
37	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.242
38	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.208
39	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.200
40	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.192
=41	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.117
=41	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.117
=43	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.108
=43	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.108
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.100
46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.083
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.025
=48	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3.008
=48	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.008
50	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.983
=51	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.975
=51	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.975
53	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.958
=54	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.933
=54	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.933
56	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	2.858
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.833
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.800
59	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.775
60	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.750
61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.725
62	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.650
=63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.625
=63	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.625
65	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.592
66	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.433
=67	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.267
=67	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2.267
69	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.117
70	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.892
71	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.875
72	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.600

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Rwanda4.067
2Samoa3.958
3Bhutan3.917
4Cabo Verde3.833
5Uzbekistan3.817

Lowest

72South Sudan1.600
71Yemen1.875
70Eritrea1.892
69Somalia2.117
67Sudanshared2.267

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.246. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
63values changed, of 72 in both
35 · 28rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan1.475 → 1.600+0.125
Kosovo3.633 → 3.742+0.108
Somalia2.017 → 2.117+0.100
Cambodia3.425 → 3.517+0.092
Benin3.642 → 3.733+0.092

Fell most

Myanmar3.000 → 2.267−0.733
Djibouti3.233 → 3.083−0.150
Ethiopia3.533 → 3.392−0.142
Nicaragua3.375 → 3.283−0.092
Malawi3.192 → 3.108−0.083

− Afghanistan

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

59 distinct values among 72
Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 4 countries share 3.392. 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 72 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 (2021). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2021

0621 held

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