Public Investment Management — 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.

public investment to GDP
public investment management assessment scores
project cost and time overrun rates

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 20

Established 27

Transitional 40

Foundational 56

Nascent 43

Inception 10

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	18	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
3	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.87
4	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.71
8	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.83
9	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.83
16	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.50
17	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇺🇸United States	Americas	15	Advanced	±1.66
22	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14	Established	±0.83
23	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14	Established	±0.71
24	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
25	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
26	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
27	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
28	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
29	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
30	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
31	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
32	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
33	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
34	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
35	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
36	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
37	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
38	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
39	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	12	Established	±0.87
40	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
41	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
42	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
43	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
44	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
45	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
46	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
47	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12	Established	±0.83
48	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
50	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
51	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
53	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
54	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
56	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.71
57	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.87
58	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.50
59	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
61	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±1.00
62	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
63	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
65	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
66	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
68	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
70	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
71	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
75	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
78	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
79	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
80	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
81	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.50
83	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
86	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
88	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
89	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
90	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
92	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
93	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
94	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
95	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
96	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
97	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
99	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
105	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
106	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.87
107	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
109	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
110	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
112	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
113	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
114	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
115	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
116	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
117	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.50
119	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
121	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
122	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
123	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
124	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
127	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.50
128	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
129	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
130	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
133	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
134	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
135	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
136	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
137	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
139	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
140	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
141	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
143	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
144	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
145	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
147	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
149	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
151	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
153	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
155	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
157	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
158	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
159	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
160	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
161	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
162	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
163	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
164	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
166	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
168	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
170	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
173	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
174	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
178	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
179	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
180	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
183	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.71
184	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
186	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
188	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
189	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
190	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
191	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
192	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
194	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
196	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.71
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00

Others in Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Revenue Mobilisation & Tax Administration	9.3	1–18	Finland, Singapore, Sweden
Public Expenditure & Budget Management	9.3	2–18	Australia, Denmark, Norway
Sovereign Debt & Treasury Management	8.2	0–19	Germany, United States