Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score by country
Central estimate of the extent to which public officials respect the law, and administer it without arbitrariness and bias.
Countries reporting
176
Highest
3.99
Germany
Lowest
-3.55
Nicaragua
Median
0.3175
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,350
What the numbers show
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 3.99 in Germany; the lowest is -3.55 in Nicaragua.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3175, and the mean is 0.3405.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 3,688.2%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 14,445.5%).
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3.99 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3.58 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 3 | Latvia | 3.53 | 2025 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia | 3.32 | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Estonia | 3.32 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 6 | Taiwan | 3.25 | 2025 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Czechia | 3.24 | 2025 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Denmark | 3.2 | 2025 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 3.12 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 10 | Singapore | 3.11 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Sweden | 2.86 | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Belgium | 2.85 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Namibia | 2.73 | 2025 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Finland | 2.71 | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 15 | New Zealand | 2.69 | 2025 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 16 | Seychelles | 2.65 | 2025 | up 198.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 2.65 | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 18 | South Korea | 2.57 | 2025 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 19 | France | 2.5 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Norway | 2.49 | 2025 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 21 | Ireland | 2.48 | 2025 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Iceland | 2.41 | 2025 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Jamaica | 2.21 | 2025 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Austria | 2.15 | 2025 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 2.03 | 2025 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Botswana | 2 | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Maldives | 2 | 2025 | up 236.6% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 1.97 | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Canada | 1.88 | 2025 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 1.87 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.82 | 2025 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Benin | 1.69 | 2025 | up 316.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Gabon | 1.64 | 2025 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Japan | 1.64 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 1.63 | 2025 | up 324.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Uruguay | 1.59 | 2025 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Israel | 1.58 | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Slovenia | 1.47 | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Bhutan | 1.46 | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 1.45 | 2025 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 1.43 | 2025 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Chile | 1.41 | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Poland | 1.33 | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Cyprus | 1.32 | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Malta | 1.3 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 46 | Montenegro | 1.29 | 2025 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Togo | 1.29 | 2025 | up 3,688.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 1.29 | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 49 | Italy | 1.28 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Honduras | 1.27 | 2025 | up 968.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Barbados | 1.23 | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 52 | United States | 1.22 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Greece | 1.21 | 2025 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 54 | South Africa | 1.19 | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Mauritius | 1.14 | 2025 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Jordan | 1.1 | 2025 | up 263.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Portugal | 1.1 | 2025 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Malawi | 1.06 | 2025 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Lithuania | 0.982 | 2025 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Gambia | 0.97 | 2025 | up 175.8% | volatile |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 0.853 | 2025 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 0.808 | 2025 | up 265.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Suriname | 0.799 | 2025 | up 739.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Qatar | 0.786 | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Serbia | 0.786 | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Lesotho | 0.753 | 2025 | up 1,294.4% | volatile |
| 67 | East Timor | 0.745 | 2025 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.743 | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 69 | Moldova | 0.711 | 2025 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Guatemala | 0.66 | 2025 | up 383.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Cape Verde | 0.651 | 2025 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Nepal | 0.65 | 2025 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Albania | 0.646 | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Senegal | 0.636 | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.628 | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Colombia | 0.627 | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Solomon Islands | 0.623 | 2025 | up 719.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Croatia | 0.616 | 2025 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Fiji | 0.58 | 2025 | up 353.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Argentina | 0.519 | 2025 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Kenya | 0.5 | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 0.443 | 2025 | up 247.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Oman | 0.439 | 2025 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Kuwait | 0.423 | 2025 | up 280.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Romania | 0.417 | 2025 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Armenia | 0.358 | 2025 | up 340.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Tanzania | 0.343 | 2025 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 0.322 | 2025 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Bolivia | 0.313 | 2025 | up 377.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | 0.311 | 2025 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Slovakia | 0.298 | 2025 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Hungary | 0.255 | 2025 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Zambia | 0.251 | 2025 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Hong Kong | 0.218 | 2025 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Ukraine | 0.215 | 2025 | up 128.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Angola | 0.212 | 2025 | up 119.3% | rising |
| 97 | Syria | 0.173 | 2025 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 0.142 | 2025 | up 138.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Djibouti | 0.119 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Mongolia | 0.09 | 2025 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Uganda | 0.084 | 2025 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 0.075 | 2025 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Paraguay | 0.061 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Ghana | 0.015 | 2025 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | -0.006 | 2025 | down 100.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.01 | 2025 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Guyana | -0.02 | 2025 | down 101.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Palestine | -0.029 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Liberia | -0.059 | 2025 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.124 | 2025 | down 285.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Tunisia | -0.182 | 2025 | down 142.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Cote d'Ivoire | -0.199 | 2025 | down 113.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Georgia | -0.268 | 2025 | down 117.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Mexico | -0.285 | 2025 | down 670.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Congo | -0.289 | 2025 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Thailand | -0.296 | 2025 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 117 | Niger | -0.323 | 2025 | down 132.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Morocco | -0.364 | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 119 | Malaysia | -0.388 | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Somalia | -0.454 | 2025 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Belarus | -0.478 | 2025 | down 271.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | -0.524 | 2025 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 123 | North Macedonia | -0.526 | 2025 | down 395.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Comoros | -0.528 | 2025 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Iran | -0.568 | 2025 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | -0.583 | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Saudi Arabia | -0.597 | 2025 | down 605.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Mali | -0.64 | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 129 | China | -0.684 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 130 | Indonesia | -0.75 | 2025 | down 313.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Bangladesh | -0.766 | 2025 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Nigeria | -0.77 | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 133 | Vietnam | -0.781 | 2025 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 134 | Laos | -0.792 | 2025 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 135 | Algeria | -0.801 | 2025 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | -0.848 | 2025 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahrain | -0.858 | 2025 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Mauritania | -0.918 | 2025 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Iraq | -0.928 | 2025 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Philippines | -0.93 | 2025 | down 631.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Azerbaijan | -0.936 | 2025 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Ecuador | -0.941 | 2025 | down 299.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Egypt | -0.992 | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Ethiopia | -1.01 | 2025 | down 693.0% | rising |
| 145 | Vatican | -1.03 | 1870 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Lebanon | -1.04 | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 147 | Russia | -1.05 | 2025 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Eswatini | -1.13 | 2025 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 149 | Mozambique | -1.21 | 2025 | down 219.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Burundi | -1.25 | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | -1.25 | 2025 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Haiti | -1.29 | 2025 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 153 | El Salvador | -1.33 | 2025 | down 409.2% | rising |
| 154 | Pakistan | -1.34 | 2025 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Myanmar | -1.6 | 2025 | down 14,445.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Sudan | -1.6 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Madagascar | -1.62 | 2025 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 158 | India | -1.63 | 2025 | down 241.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Turkey | -1.69 | 2025 | down 137.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Cameroon | -1.7 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 161 | Eritrea | -1.72 | 2025 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Cuba | -1.76 | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Guinea | -1.81 | 2025 | down 126.7% | volatile |
| 164 | North Korea | -1.85 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 165 | Cambodia | -1.86 | 2025 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | -2.14 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 167 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -2.16 | 2025 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Central African Republic | -2.19 | 2025 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Libya | -2.37 | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 170 | Tajikistan | -2.44 | 2025 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 171 | South Sudan | -2.63 | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Venezuela | -2.63 | 2025 | down 164.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Yemen | -3.06 | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Chad | -3.11 | 2025 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Afghanistan | -3.19 | 2025 | down 301.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Nicaragua | -3.55 | 2025 | down 382.6% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which public officials respect the law, and administer it without arbitrariness and bias.