Quality of Government (QoG) Standard

Country ▲	Region	GDP per capita, $2015	HDI (HDI)	Life expectancy	Infant mortality	Inequality, Gini	Adult literacy, %	Internet users, %	Health spend, % GDP	Education spend, % GDP	Electoral democracy (V-Dem)	Liberal democracy (V-Dem)	Freedom House (1-3)	Anti-corruption (TI CPI)	Control of corruption (WB)	Govt effectiveness (WB)	Rule of law (WB)	Voice/accountability (WB)	Press freedom (RSF)	CO2 per capita	Arable land, %	Population
Afghanistan	South Asia	377.67	0.49	65.62	52	n/a	37.27	17.19	23.09	n/a	0.08	0.01	3	24	-1.17	-1.96	-1.86	-1.84	38.27	0.28	11.97	40,578,842
Albania	Europe/Central Asia	5,868	0.81	78.77	8.3	29.4	97.68	82.61	6.19	2.73	0.52	0.43	2	36	-0.5	0.19	-0.13	0.02	56.41	1.85	21.83	2,451,636
Algeria	Middle East/N. Africa	4,544	0.76	76.13	20	n/a	n/a	74.83	3.62	4.75	0.27	0.12	3	33	-0.64	-0.27	-0.8	-1.07	45.53	4.16	3.16	45,477,389
Andorra	Europe/Central Asia	39,780	0.89	84.02	2.6	n/a	n/a	94.49	7.54	2.65	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	1.18	1.16	1.41	0.95	68.79	n/a	1.59	79,705
Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	2,861	0.61	64.25	39.6	n/a	n/a	42.07	2.93	2.39	0.33	0.15	3	33	-0.6	-0.83	-1.16	-1.05	57.17	0.75	4.32	35,635,029
Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	17,457	0.85	77.48	7.5	n/a	n/a	77.16	5.73	2.5	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	0.24	-0.09	0.62	0.51	n/a	3.69	9.09	92,840
Argentina	Americas	13,277	0.86	75.81	8.3	40.7	99.14	88.38	9.86	4.79	0.83	0.66	1	38	-0.34	0.11	-0.29	0.5	77.28	4.3	15.75	45,407,904
Armenia	Europe/Central Asia	4,791	0.8	74.77	9.3	27.9	99.82	77.03	9.96	2.49	0.65	0.44	2	46	0.06	-0.33	-0.24	0.06	68.97	2.62	15.7	2,969,200
Australia	East Asia/Pacific	61,200	0.95	83.2	3.2	33.8	n/a	97.04	9.93	5.06	0.85	0.8	1	75	1.73	1.77	1.47	1.48	73.77	14.53	4.06	26,018,721
Austria	Europe/Central Asia	47,332	0.93	81.3	2.7	30.9	n/a	93.61	11.16	5.28	0.84	0.76	1	71	1.37	1.74	1.64	1.48	76.74	6.93	16	9,041,851
Azerbaijan	Europe/Central Asia	5,600	0.78	74.12	14.1	n/a	99.78	88	3.98	3.05	0.18	0.06	3	23	-0.83	-0.05	-0.55	-1.43	39.4	3.91	25.31	10,141,756
Bahamas (the)	Americas	32,186	0.82	74.49	11.6	n/a	n/a	94.73	7.22	2.62	n/a	n/a	1	64	1.23	0.71	0.27	0.61	n/a	3.54	0.8	397,538
Bahrain	Middle East/N. Africa	25,234	0.9	80.99	7	n/a	97.87	100	3.84	1.71	0.12	0.05	3	44	0.14	0.73	0.03	-1.32	30.97	25.47	2.66	1,524,693
Bangladesh	South Asia	1,804	0.68	74.27	24.4	30.9	79	41.62	2.39	2.09	0.26	0.1	2	25	-1.18	-0.62	-0.97	-1.07	36.63	0.71	60.78	169,384,897
Barbados	Americas	20,473	0.81	75.68	9.6	n/a	n/a	79.45	6.29	4.14	0.79	0.67	1	65	1.19	0.71	0.72	0.99	n/a	2.44	16.28	282,318
Belarus	Europe/Central Asia	6,207	0.82	74.1	2	24.4	99.87	89.51	6.66	4.63	0.17	0.04	3	39	-0.42	-0.6	-1.16	-1.64	39.62	6.06	27.62	9,228,071
Belgium	Europe/Central Asia	44,487	0.94	81.75	3.1	26.4	n/a	94.01	10.76	6.28	0.9	0.84	1	73	1.58	1.31	1.34	1.54	78.86	7.68	28.32	11,680,210
Belize	Americas	6,263	0.72	72.19	10.9	n/a	87.88	71.81	4.23	4.6	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	-0.05	-0.14	-0.44	0.11	70.67	0.88	4.38	402,733
Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,218	0.51	60.48	47.7	34.4	51.38	30.01	2.68	3.1	0.43	0.29	2	43	-0.11	-0.21	-0.47	-0.44	48.39	0.51	31.45	13,759,501
Bhutan	South Asia	3,350	0.69	72.75	19.1	28.5	64.91	86.29	4.39	7.47	0.56	0.47	2	68	1.36	0.53	0.68	0.27	76.46	1.94	2.58	780,914
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Americas	3,088	0.73	67.43	20.7	41.2	95.55	67.36	8.43	7.58	0.59	0.34	2	31	-0.98	-0.43	-1.18	-0.4	47.58	1.94	5.13	12,077,154
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe/Central Asia	6,327	0.8	76.78	5.5	n/a	n/a	78.85	8.72	2.97	0.52	0.34	2	34	-0.68	-0.75	-0.29	-0.47	65.64	6.99	7.36	3,204,802
Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	7,160	0.73	68.75	39.2	n/a	n/a	80.37	5.73	8.06	0.57	0.46	1	60	0.65	0.46	0.34	0.14	58.49	2.8	0.46	2,439,892
Brazil	Americas	9,032	0.78	74.87	12.6	52	94.39	80.53	9.14	5.62	0.7	0.55	1	38	-0.46	-0.24	-0.44	0.03	55.36	2.28	6.66	210,306,415
Brunei Darussalam	East Asia/Pacific	28,549	0.82	72.92	8.3	n/a	n/a	98.97	1.82	n/a	n/a	n/a	3	60	1.18	0.98	0.64	-0.81	42.53	20.94	0.76	455,370
Bulgaria	Europe/Central Asia	9,598	0.83	74.16	5.1	38.2	n/a	79.13	7.66	4.5	0.69	0.61	1	43	-0.14	-0.07	-0.1	0.2	59.12	7.65	31.95	6,465,097
Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	740.31	0.46	60.7	46.1	37.4	40.92	14.62	6.77	5.29	0.27	0.23	3	42	-0.23	-0.87	-0.63	-0.59	73.12	0.29	28.9	22,509,038
Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	263.59	0.44	62.88	32.4	37.5	71.41	11	8.4	4.87	0.19	0.08	3	17	-1.32	-1.18	-1.32	-1.4	55.74	0.07	50.37	13,321,097
Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	3,998	0.66	75.91	11.5	n/a	88.47	72.76	6.67	4.73	0.76	0.66	1	60	0.86	0.36	0.48	0.75	75.37	1.31	12.41	519,741
Cambodia	East Asia/Pacific	2,011	0.6	70.53	21.1	n/a	71.93	59.66	4.71	1.96	0.2	0.06	3	24	-1.11	-0.46	-1.12	-1.5	43.48	1.07	23.34	17,201,724
Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,459	0.58	62.44	42.5	42.2	n/a	41.77	4.48	2.66	0.29	0.14	3	26	-1.11	-0.78	-1.21	-1.24	49.1	0.38	13.12	27,632,771
Canada	Americas	45,678	0.94	81.25	4.5	31.1	n/a	94	11.23	4.88	0.85	0.75	1	74	1.65	1.81	1.51	1.48	81.74	14.79	4.36	38,935,934
Central African Republic (the)	Sub-Saharan Africa	398.92	0.41	18.82	189.1	43	42.44	7.51	9.96	2.12	0.33	0.17	3	24	-1.32	-1.59	-1.67	-1.26	56.96	0.06	2.89	5,098,039
Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	862.6	0.41	54.53	60.3	37.4	30.63	12.49	4.53	2.6	0.15	0.04	3	19	-1.47	-1.18	-1.38	-1.41	56.18	0.16	4.21	18,455,316
Chile	Americas	14,283	0.87	79.18	5.9	43	n/a	93.54	10.06	4.9	0.84	0.78	1	67	1.15	0.88	0.74	1.01	60.61	4.62	1.75	19,553,036
China	East Asia/Pacific	11,831	0.8	78.2	4.8	36	96.74	75.61	5.37	4	0.07	0.04	3	45	0.04	0.53	-0.56	-1.62	25.17	8.86	11.56	1,412,175,000
Colombia	Americas	6,857	0.78	76.51	11.3	54.8	95.31	72.8	7.57	5.26	0.7	0.56	1	39	-0.26	0	-0.53	0.03	42.43	1.71	2.21	51,737,944
Comoros (the)	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,368	0.6	66.48	36.8	n/a	75.83	32.77	8.38	2.43	0.28	0.11	2	19	-1.34	-1.38	-1.18	-1.29	60.16	0.52	34.93	834,188
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)	Sub-Saharan Africa	513.51	0.51	60.98	45.8	44.7	65.69	29.5	3.79	2.84	0.34	0.15	3	20	-1.51	-1.73	-1.58	-1.14	47.66	0.06	6.4	102,396,968
Congo (the)	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,686	0.64	65	28.5	n/a	n/a	37.49	2.19	2.73	0.24	0.12	3	21	-1.36	-1.13	-1.21	-1.27	58.64	1.38	1.61	6,035,104
Costa Rica	Americas	13,686	0.82	79.32	8.8	47.2	n/a	82.6	7.18	6.25	0.86	0.81	1	54	0.57	0.12	0.67	1.11	85.92	1.61	3.27	5,081,765
Croatia	Europe/Central Asia	16,618	0.89	77.58	3.9	30	n/a	82.07	7.22	4.09	0.74	0.65	1	50	0.11	0.72	0.43	0.59	70.42	4.57	15.24	3,855,641
Cuba	Americas	7,552	0.76	77.63	6.3	n/a	97.65	68.25	11.79	8.44	0.18	0.06	3	45	-0.22	0.02	-0.5	-1.23	27.32	1.79	28.02	11,059,820
Cyprus	Europe/Central Asia	31,371	0.91	80.43	2.8	31.5	n/a	89.6	8.87	4.74	0.78	0.65	1	52	0.57	0.95	0.76	0.89	65.97	5.43	10.26	1,331,370
Czechia	Europe/Central Asia	20,627	0.91	78.93	2.2	25.9	n/a	84.54	8.8	4.3	0.86	0.79	1	56	0.8	1.2	1.14	1.08	80.54	9.15	32.13	10,672,118
Côte d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	2,227	0.56	61.56	47.9	35.3	50	38.41	3.64	3.51	0.45	0.24	2	37	-0.37	-0.35	-0.6	-0.66	74.46	0.61	14.18	30,395,002
Denmark	Europe/Central Asia	59,109	0.96	81.3	3.1	29.3	n/a	97.86	9.48	6.36	0.92	0.89	1	90	2.3	2.1	2	1.91	90.27	4.83	59	5,903,037
Djibouti	Middle East/N. Africa	2,960	0.51	65.54	45.9	n/a	n/a	63.26	2.5	n/a	0.25	0.12	3	30	-0.91	-0.56	-1.02	-1.21	35.75	0.76	0.13	1,137,096
Dominica	Americas	8,591	0.76	71.08	32.7	n/a	n/a	83.31	6.32	6.04	n/a	n/a	1	55	0.4	-0.02	0.56	0.32	n/a	1.22	8	66,826
Dominican Republic (the)	Americas	8,698	0.78	74.21	29.1	37	93.7	81.51	4.57	3.61	0.68	0.44	2	32	-0.42	-0.12	-0.28	0.12	76.9	2.86	19.57	11,230,734
Ecuador	Americas	6,107	0.77	76.58	11.2	45.5	96.26	69.72	7.53	3.6	0.66	0.5	1	36	-0.66	0	-0.58	-0.09	64.61	2.48	3.92	17,823,897
Egypt	Middle East/N. Africa	4,030	0.75	71.01	16.7	28.5	79.46	72.2	4.7	n/a	0.18	0.13	3	30	-0.78	-0.14	-0.77	-1.63	30.23	2.3	3.12	112,618,250
El Salvador	Americas	4,356	0.67	71.97	9.5	38.8	89.35	65.53	9.84	3.26	0.38	0.12	2	33	-0.68	-0.39	-0.96	-0.58	54.09	1.35	34.8	6,280,319
Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	5,524	0.68	63.35	50.9	38.5	n/a	59.34	2.91	n/a	0.17	0.05	3	17	-1.52	-1.18	-1.48	-1.74	43.96	2.82	1.89	1,803,545
Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	n/a	0.5	67.79	26.4	n/a	n/a	18.71	3.87	n/a	0.07	0.01	3	22	-1.36	-1.34	-1.77	-2.12	19.62	0.22	5.69	3,409,447
Estonia	Europe/Central Asia	21,023	0.9	77.84	1.7	32.3	n/a	91.52	6.99	5.21	0.9	0.85	1	74	1.6	1.36	1.52	1.42	88.83	11.13	16.55	1,348,840
Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	3,696	0.69	63.03	44.6	n/a	90.75	57.47	7.22	5.57	0.12	0.1	3	30	-0.61	-0.63	-0.73	-1.31	46.42	0.88	10.29	1,218,917
Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	811.18	0.49	66.9	37	31.1	60.46	16.7	2.85	3.74	0.3	0.13	3	38	-0.41	-0.7	-0.92	-1.1	50.53	0.15	14.53	125,384,287
Fiji	East Asia/Pacific	5,292	0.73	67.15	23.5	30.7	n/a	78.24	4.01	3.94	0.4	0.27	2	53	0.46	0.5	0.24	0.02	56.91	1.56	4.2	919,422
Finland	Europe/Central Asia	46,016	0.95	81.19	1.8	27.9	n/a	92.99	9.66	6.38	0.87	0.83	1	87	2.19	1.9	1.99	1.91	88.42	6.68	7.37	5,556,106
France	Europe/Central Asia	38,868	0.92	82.13	3.4	31.2	n/a	85.33	11.88	5.32	0.88	0.81	1	72	1.39	1.46	1.02	1.18	78.53	4.51	31.52	68,184,457
Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	6,527	0.73	67.71	27.2	n/a	88.86	70.71	2.86	2.21	0.37	0.21	3	29	-1	-0.59	-1.09	-1.06	56	2.3	1.26	2,430,747
Gambia (the)	Sub-Saharan Africa	710.69	0.52	64.86	34.9	38.8	51.64	44.04	3.41	2.89	0.63	0.5	2	34	-0.3	-0.5	-0.36	-0.21	69.25	0.19	43.48	2,636,470
Georgia	Europe/Central Asia	5,736	0.84	74.14	8.1	33.5	99.57	78.71	7.26	3.75	0.61	0.46	2	56	0.65	0.44	0.18	-0.02	59.3	3.63	4.55	3,712,502
Germany	Europe/Central Asia	44,817	0.95	80.61	3.1	32.4	n/a	91.63	12.61	5.24	0.85	0.81	1	79	1.82	1.78	1.58	1.56	82.04	7.91	33.37	83,177,813
Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	2,067	0.62	65.25	29.2	n/a	76.49	69.36	3.7	2.91	0.66	0.56	1	43	-0.1	-0.07	0	0.17	67.43	0.72	20.7	33,149,152
Greece	Europe/Central Asia	20,552	0.9	80.79	3.3	33.4	n/a	83.17	8.5	3.38	0.76	0.61	1	52	0.32	0.56	0.49	0.79	55.52	5.28	14.44	10,436,882
Grenada	Americas	9,406	0.79	75.15	16.9	n/a	n/a	74.27	4.95	4.04	n/a	n/a	1	52	0.29	-0.04	0.47	0.24	n/a	1.45	8.82	116,913
Guatemala	Americas	4,385	0.66	71.21	18.4	45.2	83.03	55.41	7.44	3.21	0.51	0.31	2	24	-1.22	-0.88	-1.04	-0.47	47.94	1.06	14.5	17,847,877
Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	987.5	0.5	60.43	63.1	n/a	n/a	24.7	3.96	2.01	0.17	0.08	3	25	-0.97	-0.92	-1.06	-1.02	59.82	0.37	22.59	14,055,137
Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	752.9	0.51	63.6	44.3	33.4	63.93	27.57	8.11	n/a	0.38	0.15	2	21	-1.16	-1.53	-1.25	-0.59	58.79	0.16	13.8	2,105,529
Guyana	Americas	17,365	0.76	69.89	24.6	n/a	85.64	78.39	3.01	n/a	0.5	0.34	1	40	-0.23	-0.13	-0.36	-0.04	76.41	4.48	0.46	821,637
Haiti	Americas	1,257	0.55	63.95	41.5	n/a	n/a	39.26	3.21	1.03	0.21	0.14	3	17	-1.51	-2.01	-1.56	-1.22	64.55	0.29	36.47	11,503,606
Honduras	Americas	2,482	0.64	72.72	13.7	46.8	88.28	56.39	8.28	4.48	0.53	0.38	2	23	-1.03	-0.69	-1.09	-0.64	34.61	1.01	9.1	10,463,872
Hungary	Europe/Central Asia	16,488	0.87	75.87	3.2	n/a	n/a	89.14	6.69	3.81	0.45	0.34	2	42	0.04	0.66	0.24	0.04	59.8	4.95	45.56	9,605,074
Iceland	Europe/Central Asia	57,607	0.96	82.12	2	26.8	n/a	99.81	9.29	7.29	0.83	0.74	1	74	1.65	1.63	1.6	1.43	82.69	8.48	1.2	382,003
India	South Asia	2,098	0.68	71.7	25.6	25.5	76.32	55.9	3.31	4.1	0.39	0.29	2	40	-0.29	0.34	-0.11	-0.1	41	1.97	51.81	1,425,423,212
Indonesia	East Asia/Pacific	4,025	0.73	70.92	17.5	35.5	96	66.48	2.69	0.86	0.56	0.39	2	34	-0.37	0.23	-0.13	0.03	49.27	2.59	9.4	278,830,529
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Middle East/N. Africa	5,465	0.79	76.8	11	34.8	88.59	79.06	5.35	2.67	0.15	0.08	3	25	-1.13	-0.71	-1.13	-1.53	23.22	8.85	9.68	89,524,246
Iraq	Middle East/N. Africa	4,413	0.69	72.04	21.5	29.8	84.06	78.72	4.29	n/a	0.37	0.22	3	23	-1.37	-1.22	-1.46	-1.02	28.59	5.04	11.45	44,070,551
Ireland	Europe/Central Asia	97,794	0.95	82.51	3.3	29.9	n/a	96.62	6.12	2.9	0.89	0.83	1	77	1.65	1.71	1.5	1.6	88.3	6.85	6.47	5,212,836
Israel	Middle East/N. Africa	42,516	0.92	82.7	2.7	37.9	n/a	91.85	7.34	5.93	0.73	0.65	1	63	0.89	1.52	0.8	0.51	59.62	6.66	12.41	9,557,500
Italy	Europe/Central Asia	33,892	0.91	82.7	2.4	33.7	99.35	85.06	9.03	4.07	0.85	0.77	1	56	0.57	0.72	0.57	1.04	68.16	5.61	23.96	59,013,667
Jamaica	Americas	5,965	0.72	71.48	18.3	39.9	n/a	82.45	7.78	5.35	0.8	0.7	1	44	-0.08	0.25	-0.07	0.5	83.35	2.65	11.08	2,839,144
Japan	East Asia/Pacific	36,238	0.92	84	1.8	32.3	n/a	84.92	11.42	3.34	0.82	0.74	1	73	1.44	2.03	1.51	1.1	64.37	8.4	11.16	125,124,989
Jordan	Middle East/N. Africa	3,910	0.75	77.09	12.6	n/a	94.85	90.5	6.83	3.15	0.26	0.24	3	47	0.02	0.14	0.08	-0.76	48.66	2.07	2.28	11,256,263
Kazakhstan	Europe/Central Asia	11,058	0.83	73.5	7.7	29.2	n/a	92.3	3.74	4.36	0.27	0.14	3	36	-0.19	0.16	-0.44	-0.88	48.28	12.31	10.99	20,034,609
Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,748	0.63	63.55	35.8	37.7	n/a	35	4.33	4.51	0.55	0.45	2	32	-0.75	-0.33	-0.42	-0.25	64.59	0.41	11.42	54,252,461
Kiribati	East Asia/Pacific	1,948	0.64	66.27	40.6	27.8	98.63	88	10.5	14.79	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	0.33	-0.26	0.77	0.99	n/a	0.58	2.47	130,469
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)	East Asia/Pacific	n/a	n/a	73.64	14.3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.08	0.01	3	17	-1.65	-1.34	-1.49	-1.96	13.92	2.27	19.06	26,328,845
Korea (the Republic of)	East Asia/Pacific	35,809	0.93	82.68	2.4	32.9	n/a	97.17	9.43	5.81	0.81	0.73	1	63	0.82	1.48	1.17	0.95	72.11	11.87	13.52	51,672,569
Kuwait	Middle East/N. Africa	26,580	0.84	80.59	7.6	n/a	96.46	99.72	4.27	6.58	0.3	0.29	2	42	0.08	0.33	0.22	-0.55	37.87	22.36	0.45	4,589,643
Kyrgyzstan	Europe/Central Asia	1,212	0.72	72.05	15.1	26.4	n/a	82.6	4.92	7.17	0.38	0.23	3	27	-1.2	-1	-0.93	-0.64	64.25	1.51	6.71	6,975,220
Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)	East Asia/Pacific	2,589	0.61	68.72	36.4	n/a	75.64	62.7	2.02	1.46	0.13	0.1	3	31	-1	-0.71	-0.84	-1.4	36.64	3.18	5.3	7,559,007
Latvia	Europe/Central Asia	16,421	0.88	74.28	2.7	33.7	n/a	91.03	7.62	4.32	0.83	0.74	1	59	0.82	0.73	1.01	1.07	79.17	3.69	21.81	1,879,383
Lebanon	Middle East/N. Africa	5,909	0.76	78	15.1	35.3	92.01	82.8	5.74	1.33	0.41	0.26	2	24	-1.22	-1.04	-1.03	-0.78	46.58	1.82	13.34	5,744,489
Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	967.52	0.55	56.81	57.6	n/a	90.45	46.5	12.65	7.29	0.66	0.51	1	37	-0.15	-0.75	-0.47	-0.15	59.39	0.43	8.94	2,286,110
Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	638.01	0.51	61.93	53.9	n/a	n/a	21.9	13.47	2.28	0.61	0.41	2	26	-1.05	-1.33	-0.86	-0.17	62.77	0.16	5.19	5,373,294
Libya	Middle East/N. Africa	7,003	0.74	74.46	8.4	n/a	n/a	88.64	4.65	n/a	0.21	0.11	3	17	-1.53	-1.56	-1.74	-1.32	43.16	8.05	0.98	7,223,805
Liechtenstein	Europe/Central Asia	n/a	0.94	84.12	n/a	n/a	n/a	96.45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	1.76	1.52	1.73	1.34	84.03	n/a	10.81	39,493
Lithuania	Europe/Central Asia	18,885	0.89	75.64	2.9	36.6	n/a	87.72	7.24	4.25	0.8	0.74	1	62	0.86	0.94	1.23	1.18	84.14	4.65	36.62	2,831,639
Luxembourg	Europe/Central Asia	107,467	0.92	82.95	2	34.1	n/a	98.24	5.55	3.71	0.88	0.79	1	77	1.97	1.97	1.75	1.69	79.81	11.12	24.08	653,103
Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	438.52	0.48	63.07	44.7	36.8	74.69	18.55	3.25	3.07	0.5	0.25	2	26	-0.97	-0.92	-0.97	-0.53	58.02	0.14	5.16	30,437,261
Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	560.64	0.51	66.04	30.5	38.5	70.15	17.05	6.5	2.75	0.61	0.51	2	34	-0.65	-0.78	-0.22	-0.08	61.4	0.27	42.43	20,568,728
Malaysia	East Asia/Pacific	11,192	0.81	75.44	6.7	40.7	95.77	97.4	3.91	3.5	0.46	0.32	2	47	0.37	0.79	0.3	-0.15	51.55	7.98	2.51	34,695,493
Maldives	South Asia	10,940	0.76	80.76	5.3	29.3	98.21	83.91	9.65	4.67	0.58	0.43	2	40	-0.27	-0.22	0.11	-0.22	59.55	3.41	13	524,106
Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	877.82	0.42	60.03	59	35.7	n/a	34.38	3.67	4.05	0.23	0.15	3	28	-0.85	-1.21	-1.02	-0.98	54.48	0.32	6.84	23,072,640
Malta	Europe/Central Asia	31,431	0.92	82.45	5	34.6	n/a	91.54	9.52	4.72	0.78	0.63	1	51	0.45	0.91	0.85	1.02	61.55	3.38	24.38	531,113
Marshall Islands	East Asia/Pacific	5,591	0.73	66.72	24.3	35.5	95.83	64.8	11.74	7.7	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	-0.03	-0.17	0.84	0.69	n/a	0	2.78	40,077
Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,577	0.56	68.28	32	32	59.53	34.3	4.48	1.39	0.4	0.19	2	30	-0.85	-0.88	-0.85	-0.88	58.1	1.03	0.44	4,875,637
Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	10,688	0.79	73.51	13.8	n/a	94.33	75.5	5.82	4.84	0.5	0.37	1	50	0.39	0.73	0.68	0.34	66.07	3.21	37.56	1,262,523
Mexico	Americas	10,013	0.78	73.97	11.1	43.5	95.85	78.63	5.72	4.07	0.59	0.33	2	31	-0.88	-0.09	-1.08	-0.24	47.57	3.52	10.58	128,613,117
Micronesia (Federated States of)	East Asia/Pacific	2,923	0.61	66.96	21.5	n/a	n/a	39.38	10.34	11.56	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	0.3	-0.09	0.98	0.64	n/a	0	2.86	112,114
Moldova (the Republic of)	Europe/Central Asia	3,612	0.78	71.55	13.6	25.9	n/a	76.74	6.97	6.11	0.76	0.65	2	39	-0.42	-0.13	-0.19	0.09	73.47	3.28	56.75	2,528,654
Monaco	Europe/Central Asia	214,360	n/a	85.75	2.3	n/a	n/a	99.15	3.4	1.17	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	1.18	1.74	1.35	0.9	n/a	n/a	n/a	38,931
Mongolia	East Asia/Pacific	4,206	0.74	71.9	11.6	31.4	98.73	82.17	8.85	3.66	0.57	0.46	1	33	-0.66	-0.3	-0.15	0.14	59.17	7.27	0.73	3,433,748
Montenegro	Europe/Central Asia	7,774	0.85	76.19	2.2	34.3	n/a	88.22	10.92	n/a	0.52	0.41	2	45	-0.01	0.02	-0.05	0.18	66.54	n/a	0.67	623,591
Morocco	Middle East/N. Africa	3,335	0.7	75.16	16	n/a	n/a	89.9	5.68	5.91	0.26	0.25	2	38	-0.49	-0.12	-0.45	-0.7	n/a	1.94	14.51	37,329,064
Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	596.06	0.49	63.01	46.5	49.6	61.68	18.79	8.78	5.98	0.37	0.23	2	26	-0.9	-0.77	-1.07	-0.78	49.89	0.33	7.18	32,656,246
Myanmar	East Asia/Pacific	1,175	0.61	66.51	35.2	n/a	93.55	58.01	5.2	2	0.09	0.02	3	23	-1.14	-1.64	-1.66	-1.84	25.03	0.58	16.84	53,756,787
Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	3,906	0.65	64.19	39.7	n/a	87.64	61.15	9.3	9.39	0.63	0.5	1	49	0.32	0.17	0.32	0.39	81.84	1.24	0.97	2,889,662
Nauru	East Asia/Pacific	8,499	0.7	61.93	8.8	n/a	96.59	81.66	18.17	5.92	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	0.45	-0.04	0.35	0.42	n/a	0	n/a	11,801
Nepal	South Asia	1,114	0.6	70.09	24.2	30	68.71	53.89	6.66	4.14	0.63	0.5	2	34	-0.65	-0.95	-0.33	-0.1	62.67	0.51	12.58	29,715,436
Netherlands (the)	Europe/Central Asia	51,778	0.95	81.61	3.5	25.7	n/a	92.52	10.1	5.18	0.85	0.8	1	80	1.92	1.77	1.73	1.73	77.93	7.52	29.82	17,700,982
New Zealand	East Asia/Pacific	42,965	0.93	81.96	4.1	n/a	n/a	96.19	10.03	5.23	0.88	0.82	1	87	2.08	1.66	1.72	1.74	83.54	6.32	2.02	5,081,700
Nicaragua	Americas	2,176	0.7	74.46	10.7	n/a	n/a	49.13	8.95	3.8	0.16	0.03	3	19	-1.24	-0.92	-1.49	-1.47	37.09	0.78	12.49	6,730,654
Niger (the)	Sub-Saharan Africa	566.8	0.41	60.4	68.3	32.9	35.61	23.3	4.35	3.71	0.5	0.39	2	32	-0.56	-0.64	-0.67	-0.55	67.8	0.13	13.97	25,311,973
Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	2,254	0.56	54.08	61.6	33.9	63.16	37.7	4.27	0.35	0.49	0.32	2	24	-1.23	-1.06	-1	-0.77	46.79	0.58	40.48	223,150,896
North Macedonia	Europe/Central Asia	6,251	0.81	74.42	3.6	33.5	n/a	85.01	7.62	n/a	0.56	0.38	2	40	-0.33	0.01	-0.18	-0	68.44	4.48	16.49	1,831,712
Norway	Europe/Central Asia	79,620	0.97	82.51	1.9	26.9	n/a	99	7.95	5.46	0.89	0.83	1	84	2.03	1.82	1.94	1.94	92.65	7.98	2.21	5,457,127
Oman	Middle East/N. Africa	18,792	0.85	77.91	8.5	n/a	97.34	95.25	2.92	4.3	0.17	0.14	3	44	0.02	0.45	0.35	-0.8	35.99	19.68	0.27	4,730,226
Pakistan	South Asia	1,642	0.54	67.42	51.8	n/a	58.86	24.21	2.9	1.97	0.38	0.23	2	27	-0.95	-0.68	-0.91	-0.97	37.99	0.97	39.21	243,700,667
Palau	East Asia/Pacific	12,820	0.79	68.92	19.5	n/a	100	n/a	14.29	3.58	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	0.45	-0.04	1.17	1.03	n/a	78.73	0.65	17,759
Panama	Americas	15,956	0.83	79.32	11.1	48.9	96.11	77.7	8.47	3.38	0.73	0.56	1	36	-0.56	0.04	-0.21	0.45	62.78	2.6	7.62	4,400,773
Papua New Guinea	East Asia/Pacific	2,467	0.57	65.27	33	n/a	87.14	23.73	2.62	0.64	0.47	0.37	2	30	-0.59	-1.08	-0.55	-0.07	66.66	0.54	0.73	10,203,169
Paraguay	Americas	6,218	0.75	72.32	15.6	44.6	94.86	76.26	7.74	3.4	0.58	0.43	2	28	-0.95	-0.5	-0.54	-0.19	58.36	1.18	11.52	6,760,464
Peru	Americas	6,668	0.79	76.83	13.8	40.3	93.66	74.67	6.09	3.83	0.74	0.63	2	36	-0.64	-0.09	-0.49	0.14	61.75	1.9	3.06	33,475,438
Philippines (the)	East Asia/Pacific	3,578	0.71	69.47	22.4	39.3	98.47	75.21	5.16	3.58	0.43	0.29	2	33	-0.58	0.04	-0.63	-0.34	41.84	1.33	18.75	113,964,338
Poland	Europe/Central Asia	17,304	0.9	77.16	3.7	28.9	n/a	86.94	6.4	4.31	0.58	0.42	1	55	0.67	0.52	0.35	0.38	65.64	8.36	36.48	36,821,749
Portugal	Europe/Central Asia	22,043	0.88	81.63	2.6	36.3	n/a	84.5	10.47	4.55	0.84	0.76	1	62	0.79	1.02	1.13	1.31	87.07	3.8	10.18	10,434,332
Qatar	Middle East/N. Africa	64,316	0.88	81.86	5	n/a	n/a	99.65	2.18	3.23	0.09	0.08	3	58	0.82	1.19	0.6	-0.86	49.03	45.2	1.83	2,657,333
Romania	Europe/Central Asia	12,076	0.84	75.15	5.4	32.3	99.16	85.5	5.75	3.28	0.69	0.54	1	46	0.07	0.2	0.44	0.52	68.46	3.97	35.69	19,048,502
Russian Federation (the)	Europe/Central Asia	10,119	0.83	72.55	3.9	33.9	99.93	90.42	6.92	4.05	0.21	0.07	3	28	-0.77	-0.21	-1.05	-1.16	38.82	13.14	7.43	144,236,933
Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	948.41	0.57	67.53	30.8	39.4	78.76	31.23	7.88	4.75	0.22	0.11	3	51	0.53	0.37	0.01	-0.54	45.18	0.16	50.2	13,651,030
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	21,051	0.83	70.31	14.7	n/a	n/a	75.56	5.57	3.56	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	0.31	0.69	0.57	0.43	n/a	2.79	19.23	46,709
Saint Lucia	Americas	11,224	0.75	72.67	14.4	n/a	n/a	65.35	5.02	4.64	n/a	n/a	1	55	0.37	0.18	0.53	0.51	n/a	1.66	4.38	178,781
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	8,533	0.79	71.19	10.3	n/a	n/a	71.72	4.69	7.08	n/a	n/a	1	60	0.72	0.53	0.62	0.58	n/a	1.25	5.13	102,046
Samoa	East Asia/Pacific	4,095	0.7	71.55	13.1	n/a	97.99	57.33	6.3	6.16	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	0.77	0.22	1.05	1.09	71.39	1.54	4.06	215,261
San Marino	Europe/Central Asia	51,277	0.91	85.71	1.4	n/a	99.91	85.06	7.41	2.9	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	1.18	1.16	1.24	1.25	n/a	n/a	33.08	33,755
Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,403	0.64	69.24	9.8	n/a	87.44	61.55	7.46	5.19	0.68	0.56	1	45	0.14	-0.65	-0.29	0.13	n/a	0.62	4.17	226,305
Saudi Arabia	Middle East/N. Africa	26,707	0.89	77.31	5.1	n/a	97.93	100	4.62	5.11	0.01	0.05	3	51	0.28	0.51	0.04	-1.51	33.71	19.28	1.6	32,175,224
Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,433	0.53	67.79	31.4	36.2	50.36	59.22	4.06	5.99	0.69	0.54	2	43	0.02	0.12	-0.14	0.01	63.07	0.82	19.89	17,651,103
Serbia	Europe/Central Asia	7,863	0.83	75.24	4.5	32.8	99.34	83.54	9.66	3.08	0.36	0.26	2	36	-0.48	0.18	-0.16	-0.28	61.51	n/a	30.92	6,664,449
Seychelles	Sub-Saharan Africa	15,870	0.84	73.7	13.3	n/a	n/a	87.04	4.24	3.66	0.75	0.67	1	70	1.15	0.41	0.6	0.67	83.33	7.03	0.33	119,878
Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,077	0.46	61.27	58	n/a	43.58	19.23	7.95	4.91	0.56	0.43	2	34	-0.55	-0.96	-0.78	-0.31	71.03	0.18	21.95	8,276,807
Singapore	East Asia/Pacific	68,219	0.94	82.9	1.8	n/a	97.65	95.95	4.9	2.49	0.4	0.32	2	83	2.03	2.2	1.43	0.15	44.23	10	0.78	5,637,022
Slovakia	Europe/Central Asia	18,965	0.87	76.97	5	24.1	n/a	89.07	7.73	4.66	0.84	0.76	1	53	0.38	0.8	0.59	0.95	78.37	6.11	27.52	5,431,752
Slovenia	Europe/Central Asia	25,276	0.93	81.28	1.9	24.3	n/a	88.91	9.61	5.28	0.81	0.73	1	56	0.75	1.26	0.92	0.98	68.54	6.34	8.89	2,112,076
Solomon Islands	East Asia/Pacific	1,789	0.58	70.41	17	n/a	n/a	42.09	4.82	8.49	0.62	0.48	1	42	-0.18	-0.91	0.15	0.26	n/a	0.38	0.82	781,066
Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	460.05	0.39	53.93	89.9	n/a	54.12	27.6	2.62	0	0.16	0.12	3	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	44.01	0.05	1.75	17,801,897
South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	5,787	0.74	65.45	24.5	n/a	90	75.46	8.77	6.16	0.71	0.6	1	43	-0.16	-0	0.03	0.56	75.56	6.88	9.89	62,378,410
South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	n/a	0.39	57.2	72.6	n/a	n/a	9.27	6.76	n/a	0.13	0.06	3	13	-1.86	-2.22	-1.93	-1.95	47.06	n/a	3.79	11,021,177
Spain	Europe/Central Asia	28,203	0.91	83.13	2.6	33.6	99.7	94.49	9.74	4.59	0.87	0.79	1	60	0.78	1.14	0.96	1.15	76.71	4.99	23.39	47,786,102
Sri Lanka	South Asia	4,033	0.78	77.3	5.5	37.7	92.49	48.3	4.36	1.2	0.6	0.44	2	36	-0.35	-0.5	-0.33	-0.36	42.13	0.94	22.18	22,181,000
Sudan (the)	Sub-Saharan Africa	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Suriname	Americas	7,081	0.72	73.25	15.7	39.2	n/a	77.65	5.92	3.43	0.78	0.66	1	40	-0.31	-0.37	-0.22	0.11	68.95	4.59	0.31	623,164
Sweden	Europe/Central Asia	54,304	0.96	83.06	2	31.6	n/a	95.01	10.5	7.32	0.9	0.86	1	83	2.03	1.91	1.74	1.75	88.84	3.6	6.21	10,486,941
Switzerland	Europe/Central Asia	90,605	0.97	83.6	3.5	33.8	n/a	96.45	11.71	4.92	0.9	0.85	1	82	2.09	2.03	1.78	1.68	82.72	3.93	10.04	8,777,088
Syrian Arab Republic (the)	Middle East/N. Africa	712.27	0.57	72.79	19.5	26.6	94.42	34.65	4.15	n/a	0.14	0.03	3	13	-1.79	-1.61	-1.88	-1.9	28.94	1.39	23.96	22,462,173
Taiwan (Province of China)	East Asia/Pacific	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.83	0.73	1	68	1.19	1.48	1.26	1.04	74.08	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tajikistan	Europe/Central Asia	1,326	0.69	71.56	23.1	39.5	n/a	53.11	7.63	5.4	0.17	0.04	3	24	-1.12	-0.8	-1.2	-1.56	40.26	0.94	6.04	10,182,222
Tanzania, the United Republic of	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,071	0.55	66.88	31.2	n/a	78.21	22.1	3.11	3.24	0.39	0.35	2	38	-0.36	-0.43	-0.55	-0.69	48.28	0.32	15.24	64,711,821
Thailand	East Asia/Pacific	6,279	0.79	75.29	8.3	34.3	91.1	87.98	5.35	2.61	0.21	0.19	3	36	-0.4	0.23	-0.27	-0.79	50.15	3.96	31.03	71,735,329
Timor-Leste	East Asia/Pacific	1,580	0.63	67.37	36.9	n/a	72.47	34.51	14.32	5.24	0.7	0.52	1	42	-0.45	-0.76	-0.66	0.39	81.89	0.51	7.5	1,369,295
Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	861.51	0.57	62.29	36.9	37.9	72.6	35.51	6.04	3.78	0.41	0.23	2	30	-0.63	-0.97	-0.68	-0.85	57.17	0.29	48.72	9,089,738
Tonga	East Asia/Pacific	4,534	0.76	72.64	8.2	27.1	91.05	57.72	8.14	5.31	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	-0.5	-0.24	0.79	0.86	69.74	1.54	27.78	105,042
Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	15,712	0.81	73.33	17.6	n/a	n/a	84.5	6.43	2.67	0.76	0.63	1	42	-0.3	0.15	-0.25	0.44	78.68	20.87	4.87	1,365,805
Tunisia	Middle East/N. Africa	3,987	0.74	76.05	11.5	33.7	86.25	70.55	6.96	6.8	0.28	0.2	2	40	-0.2	-0.15	-0.24	-0.42	58.49	2.5	18.22	12,119,334
Turkey	Europe/Central Asia	14,274	0.85	77.59	8	44.5	97.26	83.44	3.7	3.1	0.29	0.11	3	36	-0.43	-0.02	-0.78	-1.1	41.25	5.23	26.26	84,979,913
Turkmenistan	Europe/Central Asia	7,551	0.76	69.91	32	n/a	99.9	n/a	5.37	3.58	0.15	0.03	3	19	-1.36	-0.49	-1.43	-2.03	25.01	14.01	3.43	7,230,193
Tuvalu	East Asia/Pacific	4,515	0.69	66.85	17.7	n/a	100	73.58	18.38	13.76	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	0.24	-0.41	1	0.94	n/a	0	n/a	9,992
Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	933.09	0.58	67.67	28.7	42.7	79.06	11.12	4.39	2.56	0.28	0.21	3	26	-0.99	-0.51	-0.73	-0.97	46.35	0.17	34.41	47,312,719
Ukraine	Europe/Central Asia	1,875	0.77	72.66	8	25.6	n/a	82.68	8.2	5.14	0.39	0.23	2	33	-0.68	-0.64	-0.74	-0.02	55.76	2.91	56.82	41,048,766
United Arab Emirates (the)	Middle East/N. Africa	41,829	0.92	80.49	4.2	n/a	98.29	100	4.68	3.89	0.1	0.09	3	67	1.02	1.13	0.41	-0.83	44.46	19.37	0.71	10,074,977
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)	Europe/Central Asia	48,433	0.95	81.01	3.9	32.4	n/a	96.3	11.05	5.91	0.84	0.77	1	73	1.64	1.29	1.3	1.32	78.71	4.81	24.97	67,604,000
United States of America (the)	Americas	63,886	0.93	77.43	5.5	41.7	n/a	92.2	16.5	5.42	0.83	0.76	1	69	1.2	1.47	1.05	0.92	72.74	14.42	16.57	334,017,321
Uruguay	Americas	18,228	0.85	76.47	5.6	40.6	98.85	89.87	8.95	4.51	0.82	0.75	1	74	1.61	0.9	0.98	1.2	72.03	2.39	12.09	3,390,913
Uzbekistan	Europe/Central Asia	3,577	0.74	72.15	13.1	31.2	100	83.9	7.36	5.23	0.21	0.08	3	31	-0.7	-0.38	-0.67	-1.04	45.74	3.69	9.14	34,938,955
Vanuatu	East Asia/Pacific	2,740	0.62	71.3	14.4	32.3	87.96	45.67	4.15	10.7	0.8	0.68	1	48	-0.14	-0.8	0.49	0.49	n/a	0.87	1.64	313,046
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Americas	1,380	0.71	72.57	21.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	4.55	0	0.21	0.06	3	14	-1.6	-1.5	-2.24	-1.78	37.78	3.26	2.95	28,213,017
Viet Nam	East Asia/Pacific	3,618	0.76	74.5	14.3	36.1	96.13	78.59	4.59	2.89	0.15	0.11	3	42	-0.25	-0.1	-0.34	-1.09	26.11	3.45	21.55	99,680,655
Yemen	Middle East/N. Africa	n/a	0.47	67.95	35.7	n/a	n/a	13.82	6.19	n/a	0.12	0.04	3	16	-1.67	-1.8	-1.91	-1.71	29.14	0.29	2.19	38,222,876
Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,299	0.59	65.28	32.2	51.5	79.98	15	5.26	3.66	0.52	0.44	2	33	-0.42	-0.59	-0.63	-0.39	55.4	0.52	5.11	20,152,938
Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	1,369	0.59	62.36	42.2	50.3	93.23	37.89	3.63	0.38	0.29	0.18	3	23	-1.2	-1.1	-1.3	-1.19	44.94	0.72	10.4	16,069,056

Quality of Government (QoG) Standard — version Jan26