Right to Information & Open Government — 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.

right to information law strength rating
information request response rate
open data availability score

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 16

Established 26

Transitional 32

Foundational 44

Nascent 57

Inception 20

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	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.71
4	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇺🇸United States	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇫🇷France	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
16	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
18	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
19	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
20	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
21	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
22	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
23	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
24	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
25	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
26	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
27	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
29	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
30	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±1.00
31	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
32	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
33	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	13	Established	±0.83
34	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
35	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
36	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	12	Established	±2.45
37	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
38	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
39	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
40	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
41	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12	Established	±0.87
42	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12	Established	±1.09
43	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
44	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
45	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
46	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
47	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
48	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
49	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
50	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
51	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
52	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
53	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
54	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.50
55	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
56	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
58	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
59	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
61	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
63	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.71
64	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±1.78
65	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
68	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.71
69	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
70	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
71	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
72	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
75	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
76	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
78	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
80	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
81	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
82	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
83	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
84	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.66
85	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
86	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	8	Foundational	±2.29
87	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.12
88	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
89	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
90	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
91	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
92	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	8	Foundational	±2.06
93	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
94	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
95	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
96	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
97	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
99	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
100	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
101	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
103	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
104	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
105	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
106	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	7	Foundational	±1.09
107	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
108	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.83
109	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
110	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	6	Foundational	±1.48
112	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
113	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
114	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
115	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
116	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.71
118	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
119	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
120	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.71
121	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
122	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
123	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
124	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
126	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.71
127	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
128	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
129	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
130	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
131	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
132	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
133	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
135	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.50
137	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
138	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.71
141	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
142	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
143	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
144	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
145	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
147	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
148	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
149	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
150	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
151	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.50
153	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.71
154	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.71
155	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
156	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.83
157	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
160	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
163	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
164	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
165	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
166	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
170	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
172	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
173	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
174	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
175	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
176	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.83
178	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
179	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
180	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
181	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
182	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
183	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
184	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
185	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
186	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
187	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
188	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
189	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
190	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
191	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.83
192	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
193	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
194	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
196	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Transparency, Oversight & Accountability

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Independent Oversight & Supreme Audit	9.1	1–18	Australia, Canada, Denmark
Independent Media & Journalist Safety	8.4	0–19	Finland, Norway