Independent Oversight & Supreme Audit — 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.

supreme audit institution independence score
audit coverage of public expenditure
audit recommendations implemented

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 7

Advanced 18

Established 30

Transitional 46

Foundational 53

Nascent 35

Inception 8

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

Others in Transparency, Oversight & Accountability

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Right to Information & Open Government	7.7	0–18	Finland, Sweden
Independent Media & Journalist Safety	8.4	0–19	Finland, Norway