Data for 2019

Statistical Performance Indicators, 2019

Name: Statistical Performance Indicators, 2019
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2019, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Statistical Performance Indicators, 2019 covers 174 countries. Norway is highest, at 90.094; Marshall Islands is lowest, at 21.520. The middle country reads 61.193. Against 2018, 174 values changed (94 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Statistical Performance Indicators · Data for 2019

HighestNorway

90.094

LowestMarshall Islands

21.520

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

174countries
1measure
2019the 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, 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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Statistical Performance Indicators, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90.094
2	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89.071
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	88.882
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.864
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.848
6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	88.601
7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	88.524
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	88.199
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	87.828
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.466
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	87.378
12	United States`USA`Northern America	87.257
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	87.143
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.793
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	86.731
16	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	86.414
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	86.259
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	86.233
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	86.182
20	Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.170
21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.778
22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	85.595
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	85.361
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84.944
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.834
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	84.617
27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	84.266
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.242
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	83.504
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	83.389
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.038
32	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.805
33	Chile`CHL`South America	82.437
34	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	82.227
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.993
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	81.730
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.473
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	80.806
39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	80.323
40	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	79.801
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	79.618
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	79.257
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.178
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	78.899
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	78.671
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	78.471
47	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.353
48	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	78.109
49	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	77.283
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	76.121
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	76.043
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	75.850
53	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	75.793
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	75.538
55	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	75.393
56	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.718
57	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	74.401
58	Colombia`COL`South America	74.095
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	73.638
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	72.699
61	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	72.567
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.447
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	72.144
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	71.873
65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	70.794
66	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.463
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.439
68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	68.890
69	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	68.471
70	India`IND`Southern Asia	68.380
71	Peru`PER`South America	68.013
72	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	67.738
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.992
74	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	66.763
75	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	65.900
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.689
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	65.683
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	64.901
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	64.835
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.585
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	64.323
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.166
83	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.763
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.792
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	62.536
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	61.568
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	61.210
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.176
89	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	61.005
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.261
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.188
92	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	59.909
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	59.844
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59.719
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	59.555
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.380
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	59.243
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59.230
99	Bolivia`BOL`South America	58.986
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	58.962
101	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	58.643
102	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58.323
103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.307
104	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	58.235
105	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	58.050
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.009
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.953
108	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	57.673
109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57.358
110	Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.356
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	56.915
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.765
113	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	56.665
114	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	56.535
115	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56.430
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.379
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.196
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	55.530
119	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.518
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.387
121	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	55.215
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	54.803
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	54.457
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.399
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.910
126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53.693
127	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	53.289
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.153
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	52.889
130	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	52.771
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	52.602
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	52.383
133	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	51.988
134	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	51.930
135	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	51.824
136	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.778
137	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.655
138	Suriname`SUR`South America	51.473
139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	51.243
140	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.180
141	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	51.144
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.039
143	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	50.940
144	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.870
145	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.211
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	50.093
147	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.650
148	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.230
149	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	48.125
150	Venezuela`VEN`South America	47.865
151	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	45.454
152	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.543
153	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42.682
154	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.631
155	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	41.325
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.506
157	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.491
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.883
159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	38.276
160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.733
161	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	36.237
162	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.965
163	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.680
164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.595
165	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.055
166	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	31.169
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.423
168	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	28.498
169	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	27.901
170	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.948
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.114
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.141
173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.231
174	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	21.520

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway90.094
2Poland89.071
3Denmark88.882
4Sweden88.864
5Finland88.848

Lowest

174Marshall Islands21.520
173Libya22.231
172Turkmenistan23.141
171Syria24.114
170Somalia25.948

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.193. “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.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 174 in both
94 · 80rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea42.801 → 51.039+8.237
Qatar47.868 → 55.518+7.650
Chad31.917 → 38.883+6.967
Turkmenistan16.647 → 23.141+6.494
Lebanon49.103 → 55.530+6.428

Fell most

DR Congo40.956 → 30.423−10.533
São Tomé and Príncipe51.135 → 42.631−8.504
Guinea-Bissau46.017 → 37.733−8.284
Eswatini58.542 → 51.180−7.362
Haiti41.243 → 34.680−6.563

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 2019.
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 (2019). Statistical Performance Indicators, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/statistical-performance/2019

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