Legal Identity & Civil Registration — 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.

birth registration coverage
population with legal identity
death registration completeness

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 8

Advanced 44

Established 61

Transitional 32

Foundational 40

Nascent 11

Inception 1

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	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.87
2	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
4	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
6	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
7	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
8	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
9	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.50
13	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.50
21	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
22	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
23	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
25	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
26	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
27	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
28	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
29	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
30	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
31	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
32	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
33	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
34	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
35	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
36	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
37	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.50
38	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.50
39	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
40	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.00
41	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.50
42	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
43	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
44	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	15	Advanced	±0.00
45	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
46	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
47	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
48	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
49	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
50	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
51	🇺🇸United States	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
52	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.50
53	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
54	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	14	Established	±0.83
55	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
56	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
57	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
58	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
59	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
60	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	14	Established	±0.83
61	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
62	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
63	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
64	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
65	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
66	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
67	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
68	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
69	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
70	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
71	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	14	Established	±0.43
72	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
73	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
74	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
75	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	13	Established	±0.00
76	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
77	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
78	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
79	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
80	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
81	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
82	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
83	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
84	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
85	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
86	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
87	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
88	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
89	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
90	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
91	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
92	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
93	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
94	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
95	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
96	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
97	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
98	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
99	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
100	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
101	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
102	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±1.09
103	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
104	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
105	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
106	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
107	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
108	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
109	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
110	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
111	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
112	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
113	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
114	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
115	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
116	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
117	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
118	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
119	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
120	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
121	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.87
122	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
123	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
124	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
125	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
126	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
127	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
128	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
129	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
130	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
131	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
132	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
133	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
134	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
135	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
136	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
137	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
138	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
139	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
140	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±2.87
141	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
142	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
143	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
144	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
145	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
146	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
148	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
149	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
150	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
151	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
153	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
154	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
155	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
156	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
157	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
158	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
159	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
160	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
161	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
162	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
163	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
164	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
165	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
166	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
167	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
168	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
169	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
170	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
171	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
172	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
173	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
174	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
175	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
176	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.83
177	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
178	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	6	Foundational	±1.50
179	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
180	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
181	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
182	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
183	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
184	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
185	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
186	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
187	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
188	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
189	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
190	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
191	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.83
192	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.83
193	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
194	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.71
195	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
197	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	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
Civil Service & Public Workforce	9.3	2–19	Singapore
Digital Government & Service Delivery	9.4	1–20	Singapore
Statistical & Data Capability	10.1	2–18	Australia, Canada, Denmark