Data for 2020

Statistical Performance Indicators, 2020

Name: Statistical Performance Indicators, 2020
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2020, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Statistical Performance Indicators, 2020 covers 181 countries. Finland is highest, at 90.7908; Libya is lowest, at 23.4146. The middle country reads 62.9104. Against 2019, 174 values changed (134 up, 40 down), 7 countries joined.

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Statistical Performance Indicators · Data for 2020

HighestFinland

90.7908

LowestLibya

23.4146

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

181countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
181distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Statistical Performance Indicators, 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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Statistical Performance Indicators, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	90.7908
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90.4683
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	90.2588
4	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89.9004
5	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89.7871
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.4592
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	88.7046
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	88.6167
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	88.4525
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	87.9963
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	87.9338
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	87.8921
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	87.8063
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	87.7600
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	87.5467
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.4367
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	87.4200
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	87.1496
19	United States`USA`Northern America	86.8983
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	86.5463
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	86.5013
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	86.4963
23	Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.3304
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	86.2604
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	86.0938
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	85.9521
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	85.0863
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	84.9171
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	84.4579
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	84.0692
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	83.7279
32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	83.6713
33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	83.6496
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.5500
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	83.3829
36	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	83.1846
37	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	82.9383
38	Chile`CHL`South America	82.6421
39	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.2883
40	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	82.2613
41	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	82.0150
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.9613
43	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	81.5338
44	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	81.3175
45	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	80.8621
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	80.5750
47	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.9417
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	79.2775
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	79.1708
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	79.1521
51	Colombia`COL`South America	79.0683
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	78.5183
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	78.1458
54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	77.8550
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	77.7221
56	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	77.1892
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	76.7917
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	76.3425
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.0133
60	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	76.0125
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	75.4975
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	74.4925
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	74.2008
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	74.0888
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.0792
66	India`IND`Southern Asia	73.4888
67	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	73.1921
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	72.1175
69	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	70.8671
70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	70.7771
71	Uruguay`URY`South America	70.6458
72	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	69.8221
73	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	69.7550
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	69.5029
75	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	68.6954
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	68.2858
77	Peru`PER`South America	68.2463
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.9742
79	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	67.8033
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.6288
81	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67.3304
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	66.4808
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	66.4396
84	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	66.1742
85	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	65.7396
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65.6671
87	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.3875
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	65.0771
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	64.9525
90	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.9729
91	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	62.9104
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.8283
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	62.7071
94	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	62.4088
95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	62.2371
96	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	62.2271
97	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	61.8517
98	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.5308
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	61.5004
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.3158
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.3096
102	Niger`NER`Western Africa	60.7879
103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	60.7713
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	60.7004
105	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.6846
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.4417
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	60.3592
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	60.1775
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	59.5925
110	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	59.1700
111	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.8300
112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	58.7908
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.7238
114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	58.4325
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.0446
116	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	57.4775
117	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	57.2054
118	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	57.1933
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	56.7992
120	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.6971
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	56.6800
122	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.2629
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	55.9313
124	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	55.8683
125	Suriname`SUR`South America	55.8667
126	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	55.5600
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.4608
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	55.4504
129	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	55.1713
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	54.9700
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	54.8354
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	54.7638
133	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.6188
134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.4138
135	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	54.3458
136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	54.0613
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	53.8479
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.7463
139	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	53.6696
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.6433
141	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	53.6304
142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	52.1721
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	52.0150
144	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	51.7250
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	51.4563
146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.9650
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.9508
148	Guyana`GUY`South America	50.1738
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	50.1438
150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	50.0063
151	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.1746
152	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.4733
153	Venezuela`VEN`South America	47.9463
154	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.6696
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.2075
156	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.5363
157	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	44.4721
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.4421
159	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	43.6317
160	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	43.1771
161	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.8221
162	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.9579
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	41.1738
164	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.8379
165	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	40.5429
166	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	39.9571
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.2521
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.3325
169	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.0954
170	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	35.9771
171	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	35.6083
172	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	35.4596
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.9908
174	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.9471
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	32.2329
176	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.7329
177	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	29.8546
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	29.0867
179	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26.8413
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.1108
181	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.4146

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Finland90.7908
2Norway90.4683
3Sweden90.2588
4Poland89.9004
5Slovenia89.7871

Lowest

181Libya23.4146
180Syria25.1108
179Turkmenistan26.8413
178Yemen29.0867
177South Sudan29.8546

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 62.9104. “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.

+7 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 174 in both
134 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kiribati28.4975 → 42.8221+14.3246
Marshall Islands21.5204 → 35.4596+13.9392
Uzbekistan53.9100 → 67.8033+13.8933
DR Congo30.4233 → 43.1771+12.7538
São Tomé and Príncipe42.6308 → 54.4138+11.7829

Fell most

Fiji60.2608 → 54.6188−5.6421
Guinea-Bissau37.7325 → 32.2329−5.4996
Iran57.3583 → 52.1721−5.1863
Algeria58.3225 → 53.7463−4.5762
Yemen33.5946 → 29.0867−4.5079

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Brunei

+ Dominica

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Palau

+ Tonga

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

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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 2020.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 181 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2020). Statistical Performance Indicators, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/statistical-performance/2020

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