Civil Service & Public Workforce — National Capability Index

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.

civil service effectiveness ranking
merit-based recruitment score
public sector employment share

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 23

Established 26

Transitional 52

Foundational 58

Nascent 33

Inception 3

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.

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

Others in Government Effectiveness & Public Administration

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Centre of Government & Policy Coordination	9.5	2–19	Singapore
Digital Government & Service Delivery	9.4	1–20	Singapore
Legal Identity & Civil Registration	11.6	2–19	Estonia
Statistical & Data Capability	10.1	2–18	Australia, Canada, Denmark