Data for 2018

Statistical Performance Indicators, 2018

Name: Statistical Performance Indicators, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Statistical Performance Indicators, 2018 covers 174 countries. Norway is highest, at 90.163; Turkmenistan is lowest, at 16.647. The middle country reads 61.173. Against 2017, 174 values changed (129 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Statistical Performance Indicators · Data for 2018

HighestNorway

90.163

LowestTurkmenistan

16.647

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

174countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
174distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Statistical Performance Indicators, 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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Statistical Performance Indicators, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90.163
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	88.765
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.748
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.722
5	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	88.340
6	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	88.230
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	88.188
8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	87.838
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	87.515
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	87.442
11	United States`USA`Northern America	87.250
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	87.033
13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	86.886
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	86.755
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.571
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	86.492
17	Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.432
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.298
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	86.259
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	85.959
21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	85.386
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	85.109
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	84.815
24	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.637
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	84.447
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.364
27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	84.220
28	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	83.669
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	83.500
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	83.359
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.190
32	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	83.060
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	82.338
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.188
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.690
36	Chile`CHL`South America	80.505
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	79.884
38	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	79.272
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	78.864
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	78.783
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	78.597
42	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	78.325
43	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.295
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	78.169
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	77.990
46	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	77.932
47	Brazil`BRA`South America	77.613
48	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	77.462
49	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	76.787
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	76.693
51	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	76.621
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	75.880
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	75.708
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	75.580
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	75.285
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	74.708
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.295
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	74.207
59	Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.910
60	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.759
61	Colombia`COL`South America	72.275
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	72.021
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	70.809
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	70.522
65	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	70.454
66	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.942
67	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	69.228
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	68.943
69	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	68.486
70	Peru`PER`South America	68.273
71	Uruguay`URY`South America	67.801
72	India`IND`Southern Asia	67.085
73	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	67.038
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	66.524
75	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	65.848
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	65.040
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	64.718
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.830
79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.410
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	63.133
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.128
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.908
83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	62.343
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	62.208
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.635
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	61.560
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.410
88	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.937
89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	60.929
90	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.683
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	59.650
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	59.628
93	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	59.361
94	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	59.260
95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	59.073
96	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.907
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.542
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	58.513
99	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.180
100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	57.681
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.635
102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	57.575
103	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	57.430
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57.262
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	57.058
106	Niger`NER`Western Africa	56.886
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	56.810
108	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	56.598
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	56.553
110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	56.220
111	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56.187
112	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	56.040
113	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.034
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	55.918
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.905
116	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	55.721
117	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	55.665
118	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	55.125
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.963
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	54.948
121	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	54.853
122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	54.824
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	54.572
124	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	54.426
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.240
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	53.889
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	53.833
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.588
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.380
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	53.278
131	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	53.075
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	52.800
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.521
134	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.512
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	52.348
136	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.521
137	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	51.358
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	51.200
139	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	51.135
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	50.958
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.949
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.776
143	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.543
144	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	49.935
145	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	49.103
146	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.038
147	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.926
148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.385
149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	47.868
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	47.011
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	46.017
152	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	45.261
153	Guyana`GUY`South America	44.801
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	44.433
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.801
156	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.748
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.243
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.956
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.585
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.723
161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39.499
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	37.105
163	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	36.652
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	31.917
165	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.811
166	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	28.198
167	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	28.118
168	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.572
169	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	25.376
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.989
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.566
172	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	21.290
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.679
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16.647

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway90.163
2Denmark88.765
3Finland88.748
4Sweden88.722
5Slovenia88.340

Lowest

174Turkmenistan16.647
173Somalia19.679
172Marshall Islands21.290
171Libya22.566
170Syria23.989

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.173. “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 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 174 in both
129 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus66.814 → 79.884+13.070
Lebanon37.575 → 49.103+11.528
Suriname42.126 → 53.380+11.254
Belarus66.093 → 76.787+10.694
Bahamas38.703 → 48.926+10.223

Fell most

Turkmenistan22.215 → 16.647−5.568
Republic of the Congo41.618 → 36.652−4.967
Tanzania62.477 → 57.681−4.796
Gabon31.998 → 27.572−4.426
Libya26.728 → 22.566−4.162

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. 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

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2018.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2018). Statistical Performance Indicators, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/statistical-performance/2018

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