Soft/Governance & Integrity/Government Effectiveness & Public Administration

Centre of Government & Policy Coordination

The capacity to steer the state: a centre that coordinates across ministries, drives priorities to delivery and turns decisions into implementation rather than announcements.
factbase.org/cap/GDVWXCAQ1V
World mean
9.5
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
2–19
middle half 6.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.22
round 1 ±1.04 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Singapore

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1
Advanced 24
Established 35
Transitional 49
Foundational 54
Nascent 29
Inception 5

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
3 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
5 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
22 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
24 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇺🇸United States Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
26 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.50
27 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.50
30 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.00
31 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
33 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.50
36 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.50
37 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
38 🇲🇹Malta Europe 13 Established ±0.43
39 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 13 Established ±0.00
40 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
42 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
43 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
44 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
45 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 13 Established ±0.00
46 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 12 Established ±0.43
47 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
48 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 12 Established ±0.50
49 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.50
50 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
51 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
52 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.00
53 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
54 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
55 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.50
56 🇷🇺Russia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
57 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 12 Established ±0.43
58 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 12 Established ±0.00
59 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
60 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
61 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
62 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 11 Transitional ±0.71
63 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇵🇦Panama Americas 11 Transitional ±0.87
71 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
73 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±0.87
76 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
77 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
78 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
79 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
86 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
87 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
88 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
89 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
90 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
91 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
92 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
93 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
94 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
95 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
96 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
97 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
98 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
99 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
100 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
101 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
102 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
103 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
104 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
105 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
106 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
107 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
108 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
109 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
110 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇧🇿Belize Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇧🇯Benin Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
117 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
127 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇦🇴Angola Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
132 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
133 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
134 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
135 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
136 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
137 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
140 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
141 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
142 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
143 🇹🇬Togo Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
144 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
145 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
146 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
147 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
148 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
149 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
150 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
151 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
152 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
153 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
154 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
155 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
156 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
157 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
158 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
159 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
160 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
161 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
162 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
163 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
164 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇨🇬Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
177 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
184 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
185 🇹🇩Chad Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
186 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
187 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
188 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
189 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
190 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
191 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
192 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
193 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
194 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
196 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50

Others in Government Effectiveness & Public Administration

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Civil Service & Public Workforce9.32–19Singapore
Digital Government & Service Delivery9.41–20Singapore
Legal Identity & Civil Registration11.62–19Estonia
Statistical & Data Capability10.12–18Australia, Canada, Denmark