Government Effectiveness & Public Administration

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 27

Established 40

Transitional 44

Foundational 46

Nascent 34

Inception 5

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Government Effectiveness & Public Administration. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Government Effectiveness & Public Administration	Centre of Government & Policy Coordination	Civil Service & Public Workforce	Digital Government & Service Delivery	Legal Identity & Civil Registration	Statistical & Data Capability
1	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	18.6Frontier	19	19	20	18	17
2	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17.8Advanced	17	17	19	18	18
3	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17.8Advanced	17	18	18	18	18
4	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17.6Advanced	17	17	18	18	18
5	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17.6Advanced	17	17	18	18	18
6	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	17.4Advanced	16	16	19	19	17
7	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17.2Advanced	17	17	17	18	17
8	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17.2Advanced	17	17	17	17	18
9	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17.2Advanced	16	16	19	18	17
10	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17.0Advanced	16	17	17	17	18
11	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	17.0Advanced	17	17	17	17	17
12	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17.0Advanced	17	17	16	17	18
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17.0Advanced	16	17	18	16	18
14	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16.8Advanced	16	17	16	17	18
15	🇫🇷France	Europe	16.8Advanced	16	17	16	17	18
16	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16.6Advanced	17	17	14	17	18
17	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16.4Advanced	16	16	17	17	16
18	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16.2Advanced	16	16	16	17	16
19	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15.8Advanced	15	15	16	17	16
20	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	15.8Advanced	16	16	16	16	15
21	🇺🇸United States	Americas	15.8Advanced	15	15	16	15	18
22	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15.6Advanced	15	15	15	17	16
23	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15.6Advanced	15	15	16	16	16
24	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15.6Advanced	14	15	16	16	17
25	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15.4Advanced	14	15	16	16	16
26	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	15.2Advanced	15	14	17	16	14
27	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	15.0Advanced	16	14	16	15	14
28	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	15.0Advanced	14	14	16	16	15
29	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14.8Established	14	14	15	16	15
30	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14.4Established	14	13	15	16	14
31	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	14.4Established	13	14	14	16	15
32	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14.2Established	14	13	14	16	14
33	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	14.2Established	13	13	15	16	14
34	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14.0Established	13	13	14	16	14
35	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14.0Established	13	12	14	16	15
36	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	14.0Established	14	14	13	16	13
37	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14.0Established	13	13	15	15	14
38	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14.0Established	14	11	16	15	14
39	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13.8Established	13	12	15	15	14
40	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	13.8Established	13	13	14	15	14
41	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13.6Established	13	13	14	15	13
42	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13.4Established	12	13	13	15	14
43	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13.2Established	12	12	14	14	14
44	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13.2Established	13	11	13	15	14
45	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	13.2Established	13	13	12	15	13
46	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	13.2Established	13	11	14	15	13
47	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	13.0Established	12	11	14	14	14
48	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	13.0Established	12	12	13	15	13
49	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	13.0Established	13	13	13	16	10
50	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	12.8Established	12	12	13	15	12
51	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12.8Established	12	11	13	14	14
52	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12.8Established	12	12	13	14	13
53	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	12.6Established	11	12	12	15	13
54	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12.6Established	12	13	14	12	12
55	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12.6Established	11	11	12	14	15
56	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	12.6Established	12	12	12	15	12
57	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	12.4Established	12	10	14	15	11
58	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12.4Established	12	11	13	14	12
59	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12.4Established	12	10	14	14	12
60	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12.4Established	11	11	13	14	13
61	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	12.2Established	11	11	13	14	12
62	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12.2Established	11	11	12	14	13
63	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	12.2Established	11	10	15	14	11
64	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12.0Established	10	10	12	15	13
65	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12.0Established	10	10	13	14	13
66	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	12.0Established	11	10	14	14	11
67	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12.0Established	11	11	11	13	14
68	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12.0Established	12	11	11	13	13
69	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11.8Transitional	10	10	12	14	13
70	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11.8Transitional	11	11	12	12	13
71	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	11.4Transitional	11	11	11	14	10
72	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	11.2Transitional	12	11	9	14	10
73	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	11.2Transitional	11	12	9	13	11
74	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	11.2Transitional	11	10	10	13	12
75	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11.2Transitional	11	10	11	13	11
76	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11.2Transitional	9	10	11	14	12
77	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	11.2Transitional	12	11	11	12	10
78	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	11.2Transitional	11	11	9	14	11
79	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	11.0Transitional	10	9	12	13	11
80	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	11.0Transitional	11	10	10	13	11
81	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	11.0Transitional	10	9	12	14	10
82	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	11.0Transitional	10	10	11	13	11
83	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10.8Transitional	10	9	11	13	11
84	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10.8Transitional	10	10	10	12	12
85	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	10.8Transitional	10	10	11	13	10
86	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10.8Transitional	10	10	10	13	11
87	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10.8Transitional	10	10	10	12	12
88	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10.8Transitional	10	11	9	13	11
89	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10.8Transitional	10	10	10	13	11
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10.6Transitional	10	8	12	13	10
91	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	10.4Transitional	10	10	10	12	10
92	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10.4Transitional	9	9	11	13	10
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10.2Transitional	8	8	10	13	12
94	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	10.2Transitional	9	9	10	13	10
95	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	10	8	14	8
96	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	8	10	11	11
97	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	9	9	9	13	10
98	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	9	9	12	10
99	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	10.0Transitional	9	10	8	12	11
100	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	8	9	9	13	11
101	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9.8Transitional	9	9	10	10	11
102	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9.8Transitional	9	9	11	10	10
103	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	9.6Transitional	9	8	8	13	10
104	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	9.6Transitional	9	9	7	14	9
105	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9.6Transitional	10	9	9	9	11
106	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	9.6Transitional	9	8	10	12	9
107	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	9.4Transitional	9	7	9	12	10
108	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	9.4Transitional	9	7	9	12	10
109	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	9.2Transitional	9	10	7	11	9
110	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	9.2Transitional	8	8	9	13	8
111	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	8	8	9	10	10
112	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	8	8	8	11	10
113	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	8.8Foundational	9	8	7	13	7
114	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8.8Foundational	7	8	8	12	9
115	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	8.8Foundational	7	7	9	12	9
116	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	8.4Foundational	8	8	7	12	7
117	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	8.4Foundational	8	8	7	12	7
118	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	8.4Foundational	7	7	9	11	8
119	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	8.2Foundational	8	8	6	11	8
120	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8.2Foundational	7	7	7	11	9
121	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8.2Foundational	7	6	8	11	9
122	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8.2Foundational	8	8	8	8	9
123	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8.2Foundational	7	8	8	9	9
124	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8.2Foundational	8	9	7	7	10
125	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	8.0Foundational	8	7	8	8	9
126	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	8.0Foundational	8	8	6	12	6
127	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	8.0Foundational	8	8	6	12	6
128	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	8.0Foundational	8	8	7	8	9
129	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	7.8Foundational	8	7	7	9	8
130	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	7.8Foundational	7	7	7	10	8
131	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	7.8Foundational	7	8	7	9	8
132	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	7.8Foundational	8	8	5	12	6
133	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7.6Foundational	8	6	8	8	8
134	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	7.6Foundational	7	7	6	11	7
135	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	7.4Foundational	6	6	7	10	8
136	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	7.4Foundational	7	7	6	10	7
137	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7.4Foundational	8	7	6	7	9
138	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	7.2Foundational	7	5	6	11	7
139	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	7.2Foundational	7	7	5	10	7
140	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	7.0Foundational	5	6	6	10	8
141	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	6	7	5	10	7
142	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6.8Foundational	8	7	6	6	7
143	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6.8Foundational	6	6	6	9	7
144	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6.8Foundational	7	6	6	8	7
145	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6.6Foundational	6	6	6	8	7
146	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6.4Foundational	7	6	6	6	7
147	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	6.4Foundational	6	5	6	8	7
148	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	6.4Foundational	6	6	5	9	6
149	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6.2Foundational	6	5	6	8	6
150	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6.2Foundational	6	6	5	8	6
151	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6.2Foundational	5	5	6	9	6
152	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	6.2Foundational	6	6	5	8	6
153	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	6.2Foundational	6	6	4	10	5
154	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	6.2Foundational	6	6	5	7	7
155	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	6.2Foundational	6	6	3	11	5
156	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6.0Foundational	6	5	5	7	7
157	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6.0Foundational	6	6	4	7	7
158	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6.0Foundational	6	6	5	6	7
159	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5.8Nascent	5	5	5	7	7
160	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5.8Nascent	6	5	5	7	6
161	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5.8Nascent	5	6	5	7	6
162	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	5.8Nascent	6	6	4	7	6
163	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	5.6Nascent	9	7	4	6	2
164	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	5.6Nascent	5	6	3	8	6
165	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	5.6Nascent	8	6	2	9	3
166	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5.6Nascent	5	6	4	7	6
167	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	5.6Nascent	5	6	3	9	5
168	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	5.6Nascent	5	6	4	7	6
169	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	5.6Nascent	5	5	4	9	5
170	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5.4Nascent	6	5	4	7	5
171	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	5.4Nascent	5	5	3	9	5
172	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5.4Nascent	6	5	4	6	6
173	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5.2Nascent	5	5	4	7	5
174	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	5.2Nascent	5	5	4	6	6
175	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5.2Nascent	5	5	4	6	6
176	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5.2Nascent	5	5	3	8	5
177	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	5.2Nascent	5	5	3	9	4
178	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	5.0Nascent	5	5	3	6	6
179	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4.8Nascent	5	4	4	6	5
180	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4.8Nascent	5	4	4	6	5
181	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4.8Nascent	6	5	3	5	5
182	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4.6Nascent	5	4	3	6	5
183	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	4.4Nascent	4	4	3	6	5
184	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4.4Nascent	5	4	3	6	4
185	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	4.2Nascent	3	3	4	7	4
186	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4.0Nascent	4	4	3	5	4
187	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3.6Nascent	4	4	2	4	4
188	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3.6Nascent	4	3	2	5	4
189	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3.6Nascent	2	4	2	6	4
190	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3.4Nascent	3	4	2	5	3
191	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	3.2Nascent	4	3	1	4	4
192	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3.0Nascent	4	3	1	5	2
193	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2.8Inception	2	3	2	3	4
194	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2.8Inception	2	2	2	5	3
195	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2.4Inception	2	3	1	3	3
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2.4Inception	2	2	1	4	3
197	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2.2Inception	3	2	1	2	3