Data for 2025
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025
Figures for 2025, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025 covers 78 countries. Rwanda is highest, at 4.225; Sudan is lowest, at 1.617. The middle country reads 3.246. Against 2024, 58 values changed (31 up, 27 down), 1 country joined.
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment · Data for 2025
HighestRwanda
4.225
LowestSudan
1.617Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 78 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 4.225 |
| 2 |  KosovoXKXSouthern Europe | 3.967 |
| =3 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 3.950 |
| =3 |  SamoaWSMPolynesia | 3.950 |
| 5 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 3.883 |
| 6 |  Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa | 3.875 |
| 7 |  UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 3.842 |
| 8 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 3.817 |
| 9 |  BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 3.800 |
| 10 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 3.783 |
| 11 |  Saint LuciaLCACaribbean | 3.733 |
| 12 |  GrenadaGRDCaribbean | 3.700 |
| 13 |  MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 3.650 |
| 14 |  KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 3.642 |
| 15 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 3.625 |
| 16 |  FijiFJIMelanesia | 3.567 |
| 17 |  CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 3.550 |
| 18 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 3.533 |
| =19 |  DominicaDMACaribbean | 3.508 |
| =19 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 3.508 |
| 21 |  GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 3.492 |
| 22 |  TongaTONPolynesia | 3.483 |
| 23 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 3.467 |
| 24 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | 3.458 |
| 25 |  Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean | 3.442 |
| 26 |  NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 3.367 |
| 27 |  GuineaGINWestern Africa | 3.350 |
| 28 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 3.325 |
| 29 |  BelizeBLZCentral America | 3.317 |
| =30 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 3.308 |
| =30 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 3.308 |
| =30 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 3.308 |
| 33 |  GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 3.300 |
| 34 |  TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 3.275 |
| 35 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 3.267 |
| 36 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 3.258 |
| =37 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 3.250 |
| =37 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 3.250 |
| =37 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 3.250 |
| 40 |  VanuatuVUTMelanesia | 3.242 |
| 41 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 3.183 |
| 42 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 3.175 |
| 43 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 3.133 |
| 44 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 3.125 |
| 45 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 3.108 |
| 46 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 3.083 |
| =47 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | 3.067 |
| =47 |  Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 3.067 |
| 49 |  DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | 3.058 |
| 50 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 3.042 |
| 51 |  NicaraguaNICCentral America | 3.025 |
| 52 |  SurinameSURSouth America | 3.017 |
| 53 |  LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 3.008 |
| 54 |  Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia | 2.983 |
| 55 |  MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | 2.950 |
| 56 |  São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa | 2.942 |
| 57 |  ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 2.933 |
| 58 |  KiribatiKIRMicronesia | 2.892 |
| 59 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 2.875 |
| =60 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 2.858 |
| =60 |  TuvaluTUVPolynesia | 2.858 |
| 62 |  Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia | 2.850 |
| 63 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 2.842 |
| 64 |  MicronesiaFSMMicronesia | 2.817 |
| 65 |  Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.808 |
| 66 |  Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia | 2.733 |
| 67 |  ComorosCOMEastern Africa | 2.667 |
| 68 |  Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa | 2.658 |
| 69 |  Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 2.583 |
| 70 |  HaitiHTICaribbean | 2.275 |
| 71 |  SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 2.242 |
| 72 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 1.917 |
| 73 |  YemenYEMWestern Asia | 1.817 |
| 74 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 1.767 |
| 75 |  EritreaERIEastern Africa | 1.692 |
| 76 |  SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 1.683 |
| 77 |  South SudanSSDEastern Africa | 1.625 |
| 78 | SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 1.617 |
02In 2025
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1Rwanda4.225
- 2Kosovo3.967
- 3Côte d’Ivoireshared3.950
- 3Samoashared3.950
- 5Benin3.883
Lowest
- 78Sudan1.617
- 77South Sudan1.625
- 76Syria1.683
- 75Eritrea1.692
- 74Afghanistan1.767
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.246. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032024 → 2025
Since 2024
What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −0countries joined / left
- 58values changed, of 77 in both
- 31 · 27rose · fell
- 19unchanged
Rose most
- Guyana3.225 → 3.458+0.233
- Suriname2.792 → 3.017+0.225
- Chad2.750 → 2.933+0.183
- Burkina Faso3.400 → 3.533+0.133
- Belize3.192 → 3.317+0.125
Fell most
- Sudan1.817 → 1.617−0.200
- Mozambique3.050 → 2.858−0.192
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.592 → 3.442−0.150
- Senegal3.617 → 3.508−0.108
- Malawi2.958 → 2.875−0.083
+ SyriaChanges 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.
70 distinct values among 78
Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 3 countries share 3.308. 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 78 countries has every column.
05The files
Download and cite
The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
- .csv
For a spreadsheet or code
78 rows · 3.0 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download cpia-2025-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
IQ.CPA.IRAI.XQ
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 (2025). Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cpia/2025
0621 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 202477 countries
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Country Policy and Institutional Assessment: every year21 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025: questions and answers
Which country has the highest policy and institutional rating (CPIA) in Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025?
Rwanda, at 4.225, of the 78 countries in the file.
What year does Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025 describe?
2025.
How many countries does Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025 cover?
78.
Where can I download Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, 2025 the newest?
Yes, as of 2026-09-06, when it was read from the publisher.