Dimension 3.4: Institutional Statistics by country

Average score for Goal 16-17 indicators. See 3.1.

Countries reporting
214
Highest
0.9665
Costa Rica
Lowest
0.0335
Saint Martin (French part)
Median
0.7928
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
4,300

What the numbers show

Dimension 3.4: Institutional Statistics is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 0.9665 in Costa Rica; the lowest is 0.0335 in Saint Martin (French part).

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7928, and the mean is 0.7351.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.

Over the past decade 203 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in New Caledonia (up 443.0%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 18.2%).

Dimension 3.4: Institutional Statistics: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Costa Rica 0.9665 2023 up 10.5% rising
1 Indonesia 0.9665 2023 up 40.6% rising
1 Mexico 0.9665 2023 up 28.9% rising
1 North Macedonia 0.9665 2023 up 40.6% rising
1 Nepal 0.9665 2023 up 40.6% rising
1 Peru 0.9665 2023 up 40.6% rising
1 El Salvador 0.9665 2023 up 40.6% rising
1 Vietnam 0.9665 2023 up 71.8% rising
9 Austria 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Belgium 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Bangladesh 0.9335 2023 up 35.8% rising
9 Czechia 0.9335 2023 up 86.7% rising
9 Germany 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Denmark 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Spain 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Estonia 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Finland 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 France 0.9335 2023 up 273.4% rising
9 Hungary 0.9335 2023 up 86.7% rising
9 Ireland 0.9335 2023 up 148.9% rising
9 Italy 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Lithuania 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Luxembourg 0.9335 2023 up 148.9% rising
9 Latvia 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Netherlands 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Portugal 0.9335 2023 up 113.4% rising
9 Serbia 0.9335 2023 up 52.4% rising
9 Slovakia 0.9335 2023 up 86.7% rising
9 Slovenia 0.9335 2023 up 86.7% rising
9 Sweden 0.9335 2023 up 86.7% rising
31 Turkey 0.9285 2023 up 14.3% rising
32 Gambia 0.9 2023 up 67.4% rising
32 India 0.9 2023 up 30.9% rising
32 Russia 0.9 2023 up 30.9% rising
32 Sierra Leone 0.9 2023 up 46.9% rising
32 Tanzania 0.9 2023 up 30.9% rising
37 Albania 0.895 2023 up 30.2% rising
37 Argentina 0.895 2023 up 17.1% rising
37 Armenia 0.895 2023 up 19.3% rising
37 Azerbaijan 0.895 2023 up 30.2% rising
37 Burkina Faso 0.895 2023 up 30.2% falling
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.895 2023 up 19.3% rising
37 Cote d'Ivoire 0.895 2023 up 71.8% rising
37 Dominican Republic 0.895 2023 up 10.2% rising
37 Ecuador 0.895 2023 up 35.1% rising
37 Fiji 0.895 2023 up 46.1% rising
37 Georgia 0.895 2023 up 30.2% rising
37 Ghana 0.895 2023 up 35.1% rising
37 Honduras 0.895 2023 up 8.3% rising
37 Kazakhstan 0.895 2023 up 30.2% rising
37 Kenya 0.895 2023 up 59.1% rising
37 Kyrgyzstan 0.895 2023 up 30.2% rising
37 Morocco 0.895 2023 up 43.2% rising
37 Moldova 0.895 2023 up 19.3% rising
37 Mongolia 0.895 2023 up 19.3% rising
37 Malawi 0.895 2023 up 43.2% rising
37 Panama 0.895 2023 up 30.2% rising
37 Philippines 0.895 2023 up 38.5% rising
37 Paraguay 0.895 2023 up 19.3% rising
37 Rwanda 0.895 2023 up 66.5% rising
37 Thailand 0.895 2023 up 30.2% rising
37 Ukraine 0.895 2023 up 19.3% rising
37 Uzbekistan 0.895 2023 up 98.9% rising
37 South Africa 0.895 2023 up 30.2% rising
65 Bulgaria 0.8665 2023 up 38.6% rising
65 Romania 0.8665 2023 up 54.0% rising
67 Australia 0.862 2023 up 72.4% rising
67 Canada 0.862 2023 up 72.4% rising
67 Greece 0.862 2023 up 97.0% rising
67 Iceland 0.862 2023 up 97.0% rising
67 Japan 0.862 2023 up 72.4% rising
67 Madagascar 0.862 2023 up 53.2% rising
67 Malaysia 0.862 2023 up 53.2% rising
67 Norway 0.862 2023 up 72.4% rising
67 New Zealand 0.862 2023 up 97.0% rising
67 Poland 0.862 2023 up 72.4% rising
77 Cyprus 0.8335 2023 up 122.3% rising
77 Croatia 0.8335 2023 up 66.7% rising
77 Malta 0.8335 2023 up 122.3% rising
80 Switzerland 0.8285 2023 up 65.7% rising
80 Guyana 0.8285 2023 up 25.1% rising
80 Niger 0.8285 2023 up 25.1% rising
80 Tunisia 0.8285 2023 up 50.6% rising
80 United States 0.8285 2023 up 47.3% rising
80 Zimbabwe 0.8285 2023 up 69.9% rising
86 Belarus 0.8235 2023 up 19.8% rising
86 Brazil 0.8235 2023 up 19.8% rising
86 Botswana 0.8235 2023 up 31.8% rising
86 Colombia 0.8235 2023 up 19.8% rising
86 Guatemala 0.8235 2023 up 27.5% rising
86 Jamaica 0.8235 2023 up 1.4% rising
86 Jordan 0.8235 2023 up 19.8% rising
86 Cambodia 0.8235 2023 up 46.4% rising
86 Sri Lanka 0.8235 2023 up 9.8% rising
86 Senegal 0.8235 2023 up 42.8% rising
86 Eswatini 0.8235 2023 up 68.9% rising
86 Tajikistan 0.8235 2023 up 24.3% rising
86 Uganda 0.8235 2023 up 31.8% rising
86 Samoa 0.8235 2023 up 79.0% rising
100 Benin 0.795 2023 up 15.6% rising
100 Lebanon 0.795 2023 up 6.0% rising
100 Liberia 0.795 2023 up 29.8% rising
100 Montenegro 0.795 2023 up 17.8% rising
100 Nigeria 0.795 2023 up 52.6% rising
100 Pakistan 0.795 2023 up 41.3% rising
100 Saudi Arabia 0.795 2023 up 159.0% rising
100 Singapore 0.795 2023 up 81.7% rising
108 Central African Republic 0.7905 2023 up 59.9% rising
108 United Kingdom 0.7905 2023 up 110.8% rising
108 South Korea 0.7905 2023 up 80.7% rising
108 Nicaragua 0.7905 2023 up 5.4% rising
108 Palestine 0.7905 2023 up 90.5% rising
108 Togo 0.7905 2023 up 15.0% rising
108 East Timor 0.7905 2023 up 62.2% rising
108 Vanuatu 0.7905 2023 up 26.5% rising
116 Seychelles 0.762 2023 up 46.3% rising
117 Angola 0.757 2023 up 21.1% rising
117 Belize 0.757 2023 up 10.1% rising
117 Bolivia 0.757 2023 up 26.2% rising
117 Algeria 0.757 2023 up 12.1% rising
117 Egypt 0.757 2023 up 10.1% rising
117 Guinea 0.757 2023 up 64.6% rising
117 Israel 0.757 2023 up 73.0% rising
117 Chad 0.757 2023 up 95.4% rising
117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.757 2023 up 10.1% flat
126 Burundi 0.752 2023 up 36.7% rising
126 China 0.752 2023 up 20.3% rising
126 Lesotho 0.752 2023 up 20.3% rising
126 Maldives 0.752 2023 up 54.3% rising
126 Myanmar 0.752 2023 up 43.9% rising
126 Mozambique 0.752 2023 up 54.3% rising
126 Mauritius 0.752 2023 up 0.3% flat
126 Sao Tome and Principe 0.752 2023 up 9.4% rising
126 Zambia 0.752 2023 up 20.3% rising
135 Andorra 0.7285 2023 up 103.5% rising
135 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7285 2023 down 2.9% rising
137 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7235 2023 up 44.7% rising
137 Chile 0.7235 2023 up 15.8% rising
137 Hong Kong 0.7235 2023 up 92.9% rising
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.7235 2023 up 15.8% falling
137 Mauritania 0.7235 2023 up 48.4% rising
137 Uruguay 0.7235 2023 up 15.8% rising
137 Yemen 0.7235 2023 up 15.8% rising
144 Bhutan 0.719 2023 up 15.0% rising
144 Cameroon 0.719 2023 up 17.4% rising
144 Ethiopia 0.719 2023 up 27.8% rising
144 Gabon 0.719 2023 down 0.8% rising
144 Iraq 0.719 2023 up 66.4% rising
144 Tonga 0.719 2023 up 17.4% rising
150 Afghanistan 0.6905 2023 up 32.5% rising
150 Bahamas 0.6905 2023 up 57.8% rising
152 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6855 2023 up 49.0% rising
152 Dominica 0.6855 2023 down 0.3% rising
152 Grenada 0.6855 2023 down 0.3% flat
152 Kiribati 0.6855 2023 up 56.7% rising
152 Saint Lucia 0.6855 2023 down 15.6% flat
152 Palau 0.6855 2023 up 97.6% rising
152 Papua New Guinea 0.6855 2023 up 44.3% rising
152 Suriname 0.6855 2023 up 21.9% rising
160 Congo 0.681 2023 up 23.8% rising
160 Cape Verde 0.681 2023 down 9.2% rising
162 Barbados 0.657 2023 down 12.4% rising
162 Kuwait 0.657 2023 up 50.2% rising
164 Comoros 0.652 2023 up 18.5% rising
164 Iran 0.652 2023 up 18.5% rising
166 Laos 0.648 2023 up 3.7% rising
166 Mali 0.648 2023 up 3.7% rising
166 Namibia 0.648 2023 up 3.7% rising
166 Solomon Islands 0.648 2023 up 52.5% rising
170 Liechtenstein 0.6285 2023 up 235.2% volatile
171 United Arab Emirates 0.619 2023 up 76.9% rising
171 Cuba 0.619 2023 up 29.6% rising
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.619 2023 up 55.7% rising
171 Haiti 0.619 2023 up 34.6% rising
175 Somalia 0.6145 2023 up 145.8% rising
176 Venezuela 0.5905 2023 down 3.6% rising
177 Bahrain 0.5855 2023 up 73.5% rising
177 Brunei 0.5855 2023 up 73.5% rising
177 Qatar 0.5855 2023 up 26.6% rising
177 Tuvalu 0.5855 2023 up 80.2% rising
181 Nauru 0.581 2023 up 70.1% rising
181 Sudan 0.581 2023 up 46.2% rising
183 San Marino 0.557 2023 up 139.1% rising
184 Equatorial Guinea 0.548 2023 up 46.1% rising
184 Marshall Islands 0.548 2023 up 57.9% rising
186 South Sudan 0.519 2023 up 129.6% rising
187 Micronesia (country) 0.5145 2023 up 24.0% rising
187 Libya 0.5145 2023 up 105.8% rising
187 Oman 0.5145 2023 up 2.9% rising
190 Macao 0.5095 2023 up 63.0% rising
191 Monaco 0.4905 2023 up 96.2% rising
192 Turkmenistan 0.4855 2023 up 49.4% rising
193 North Korea 0.448 2023 up 43.4% rising
193 Syria 0.448 2023 up 27.1% falling
195 Eritrea 0.4145 2023 up 22.8% rising
196 Puerto Rico 0.343 2023 up 58.8% rising
197 Guam 0.2765 2023 up 231.1% rising
198 Bermuda 0.2715 2023 up 36.4% rising
198 New Caledonia 0.2715 2023 up 443.0% volatile
200 Cayman Islands 0.2665 2023 up 64.0% rising
201 Faroe Islands 0.2335 2023 up 156.6% rising
201 French Polynesia 0.2335 2023 up 133.5% rising
203 Northern Mariana Islands 0.205 2023 up 166.2% volatile
203 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.205 2023 up 103.0% rising
205 Aruba 0.2 2023 down 18.2% falling
205 Curacao 0.2 2023 up 139.5% volatile
207 British Virgin Islands 0.1665 2023 up 83.0% rising
208 Gibraltar 0.1335 2023 up 246.8% volatile
208 Greenland 0.1335 2023 up 193.4% volatile
210 Isle of Man 0.105 2023 up 68.0% rising
211 American Samoa 0.1 2023 up 29.9% rising
211 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.1 2023 up 159.7% volatile
211 United States Virgin Islands 0.1 2023 down 3.8% flat
214 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0335 2023 volatile

About this data

Indicator
Dimension 3.4: Institutional Statistics
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Average score for Goal 16-17 indicators. See 3.1.