Soft/Governance & Integrity/Government Effectiveness & Public Administration

Statistical & Data Capability

The capacity of the state to know its own country: an independent national statistical system, sound data governance and the measurement base on which every other capability's indicators, and this framework itself, depend.
pending/cap/statistical-data-capability
World mean
10.1
of 20 · median 10.0
Range
2–18
middle half 7.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.30
round 1 ±1.00 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Australia, Canada, Denmark

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.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 12
Advanced 18
Established 41
Transitional 49
Foundational 47
Nascent 28
Inception 2

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.

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

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CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Centre of Government & Policy Coordination9.52–19Singapore
Civil Service & Public Workforce9.32–19Singapore
Digital Government & Service Delivery9.41–20Singapore
Legal Identity & Civil Registration11.62–19Estonia