Data for 2023

Statistical Performance Indicators, 2023

Name: Statistical Performance Indicators, 2023
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2023, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Statistical Performance Indicators, 2023 covers 187 countries. Denmark is highest, at 95.256; South Sudan is lowest, at 23.841. The middle country reads 68.858. Against 2022, 187 values changed (147 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Statistical Performance Indicators · Data for 2023

HighestDenmark

95.256

LowestSouth Sudan

23.841

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

187countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	95.256
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	95.115
3	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	94.654
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94.557
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.410
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	94.325
7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	94.220
8	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	93.778
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	93.639
10	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93.481
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	93.462
12	United States`USA`Northern America	93.430
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	92.830
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	92.795
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	92.647
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.471
17	Mexico`MEX`Central America	91.638
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	91.453
19	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	91.427
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	91.416
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	91.310
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.041
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	90.944
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	90.575
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	90.293
26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	90.221
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	90.163
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.983
29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	89.768
30	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	89.268
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	89.172
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	88.941
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.903
34	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	88.866
35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	88.768
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	88.618
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	88.350
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	88.002
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	87.890
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	87.023
41	Chile`CHL`South America	86.817
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.072
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	85.656
44	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	85.077
45	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	84.959
46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	84.072
47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	83.863
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	83.578
49	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	83.365
50	Colombia`COL`South America	83.273
51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	82.805
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	82.709
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	82.704
54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	81.992
55	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	81.743
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	81.703
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	81.100
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	81.093
59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	80.946
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	80.639
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	80.088
62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	79.401
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	79.185
64	Peru`PER`South America	78.716
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	78.677
66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	78.676
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	78.475
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.452
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	78.413
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	77.867
71	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	77.787
72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	77.781
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	77.308
74	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.305
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	76.938
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	76.879
77	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	76.348
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	76.280
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	75.561
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	75.455
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.453
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	73.979
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	73.139
84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	71.944
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	71.624
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	71.618
87	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	71.482
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.372
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	70.851
90	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.638
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.403
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	70.011
93	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	68.911
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.858
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	68.776
96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68.589
97	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	68.037
98	Niger`NER`Western Africa	66.906
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.788
=100	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.786
=100	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	66.786
102	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	66.628
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	66.245
104	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	65.557
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.501
106	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	65.427
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	65.261
108	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	64.890
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.886
110	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	64.785
111	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.624
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	64.426
113	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	64.331
114	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	64.050
115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.583
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.501
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	63.378
118	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63.206
119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	62.963
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	62.835
121	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	62.674
122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.498
123	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.438
124	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61.850
125	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.801
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.647
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	61.523
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.105
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	61.019
130	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.890
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	60.830
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	60.524
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	60.318
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.124
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	59.998
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59.105
137	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	59.066
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	58.844
139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.247
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	58.048
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	57.782
142	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.596
143	Suriname`SUR`South America	57.538
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	57.363
145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	56.750
146	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	56.454
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	56.408
148	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	55.065
149	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.013
150	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	54.114
151	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.052
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	53.608
153	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.431
154	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	52.936
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	52.366
156	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	51.767
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	51.579
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.323
159	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	49.338
160	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.255
161	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	49.066
162	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	48.387
163	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	47.266
164	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.829
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	46.779
166	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	46.483
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.678
168	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	44.797
169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.245
170	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.060
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.904
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	43.281
173	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	42.689
174	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	40.982
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	39.580
176	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.393
177	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.492
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	38.161
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37.695
180	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.605
181	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	36.508
182	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	36.343
183	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.064
184	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.838
185	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31.071
186	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	30.718
187	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	23.841

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark95.256
2Finland95.115
3Poland94.654
4Norway94.557
5Sweden94.410

Lowest

187South Sudan23.841
186Turkmenistan30.718
185Equatorial Guinea31.071
184Syria31.838
183Libya33.064

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 68.858. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
147 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Libya23.498 → 33.064+9.567
Antigua and Barbuda51.640 → 60.318+8.678
Eswatini52.996 → 61.523+8.527
Saudi Arabia76.387 → 83.863+7.476
Burkina Faso67.082 → 73.979+6.897

Fell most

Venezuela48.627 → 39.393−9.234
Belarus88.459 → 79.401−9.058
Guinea59.138 → 51.323−7.815
Kyrgyzstan84.655 → 77.781−6.874
Saint Kitts and Nevis44.774 → 38.161−6.613

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 2023.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 66.786. 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 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2023). Statistical Performance Indicators, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/statistical-performance/2023

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