Transparency, Oversight & Accountability — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 17

Established 20

Transitional 45

Foundational 52

Nascent 45

Inception 16

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Transparency, Oversight & Accountability. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Transparency, Oversight & Accountability	Right to Information & Open Government	Independent Oversight & Supreme Audit	Independent Media & Journalist Safety
1	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18.0Frontier	18	17	19
2	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18.0Frontier	18	18	18
3	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17.7Advanced	17	17	19
4	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17.3Advanced	16	18	18
5	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	17.3Advanced	17	18	17
6	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17.0Advanced	16	18	17
7	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16.7Advanced	16	18	16
8	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16.7Advanced	16	18	16
9	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	16.3Advanced	17	16	16
10	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16.3Advanced	16	17	16
11	🇺🇸United States	Americas	16.3Advanced	16	18	15
12	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16.0Advanced	15	17	16
13	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15.7Advanced	15	16	16
14	🇫🇷France	Europe	15.7Advanced	15	17	15
15	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15.7Advanced	15	15	17
16	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15.7Advanced	15	16	16
17	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	15.7Advanced	13	17	17
18	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15.3Advanced	16	16	14
19	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15.0Advanced	15	15	15
20	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14.7Established	14	16	14
21	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	14.7Established	13	15	16
22	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	14.3Established	12	16	15
23	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14.3Established	14	14	15
24	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14.3Established	14	14	15
25	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14.3Established	14	14	15
26	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14.3Established	14	14	15
27	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14.0Established	14	15	13
28	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	14.0Established	14	14	14
29	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	14.0Established	14	13	15
30	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13.7Established	13	14	14
31	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13.3Established	13	15	12
32	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	13.0Established	12	13	14
33	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13.0Established	12	14	13
34	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13.0Established	13	14	12
35	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13.0Established	13	13	13
36	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12.7Established	13	14	11
37	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12.7Established	11	14	13
38	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	12.3Established	11	13	13
39	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12.0Established	12	13	11
40	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	11.7Transitional	11	12	12
41	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	11.7Transitional	12	13	10
42	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11.7Transitional	12	12	11
43	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	11.3Transitional	12	11	11
44	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11.3Transitional	13	11	10
45	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	11.0Transitional	9	11	13
46	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11.0Transitional	11	12	10
47	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11.0Transitional	12	12	9
48	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11.0Transitional	11	12	10
49	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	11.0Transitional	11	12	10
50	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	11.0Transitional	8	13	12
51	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	10.7Transitional	11	12	9
52	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10.7Transitional	10	12	10
53	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	10.7Transitional	12	13	7
54	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10.7Transitional	10	11	11
55	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10.7Transitional	12	11	9
56	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	10.7Transitional	8	11	13
57	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10.7Transitional	9	11	12
58	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	10.3Transitional	9	10	12
59	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	10.3Transitional	7	12	12
60	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	10.3Transitional	11	11	9
61	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	10.3Transitional	10	16	5
62	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	10.0Transitional	8	10	12
63	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	10.0Transitional	9	10	11
64	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10.0Transitional	10	11	9
65	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10.0Transitional	10	10	10
66	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10.0Transitional	10	10	10
67	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	10	10
68	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	10	12	8
69	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	9.7Transitional	10	10	9
70	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	9.7Transitional	6	10	13
71	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	9.7Transitional	6	12	11
72	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9.7Transitional	9	10	10
73	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9.7Transitional	9	10	10
74	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	9.7Transitional	9	10	10
75	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9.7Transitional	10	11	8
76	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9.3Transitional	10	9	9
77	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	9.3Transitional	8	12	8
78	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9.3Transitional	8	10	10
79	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	9.3Transitional	8	9	11
80	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9.3Transitional	9	10	9
81	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9.3Transitional	10	10	8
82	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	9.0Transitional	7	8	12
83	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9.0Transitional	10	9	8
84	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	9	9	9
85	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8.7Foundational	8	9	9
86	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	8.7Foundational	8	9	9
87	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8.7Foundational	10	8	8
88	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	8.7Foundational	9	11	6
89	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8.3Foundational	8	11	6
90	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8.3Foundational	8	9	8
91	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	8.0Foundational	6	7	11
92	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8.0Foundational	8	8	8
93	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	8.0Foundational	7	8	9
94	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	8.0Foundational	7	8	9
95	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	8.0Foundational	8	8	8
96	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	8.0Foundational	6	9	9
97	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	7.7Foundational	6	7	10
98	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	7.7Foundational	5	10	8
99	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	7.7Foundational	5	7	11
100	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	7.7Foundational	6	7	10
101	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7.7Foundational	7	10	6
102	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	7.7Foundational	7	7	9
103	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	7.7Foundational	5	7	11
104	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	7.7Foundational	7	8	8
105	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	7.7Foundational	5	7	11
106	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7.7Foundational	7	9	7
107	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	8	8	6
108	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	7.3Foundational	5	7	10
109	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	8	9	5
110	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	8	8	6
111	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	7.3Foundational	4	7	11
112	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	5	7	10
113	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7.3Foundational	6	9	7
114	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	7.0Foundational	6	8	7
115	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7.0Foundational	6	8	7
116	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7.0Foundational	8	7	6
117	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	7.0Foundational	6	7	8
118	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7.0Foundational	8	7	6
119	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	7	7	7
120	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7.0Foundational	8	10	3
121	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	7.0Foundational	5	6	10
122	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6.7Foundational	5	9	6
123	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	6.7Foundational	6	6	8
124	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	6.7Foundational	7	11	2
125	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	7	10	2
126	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6.3Foundational	7	6	6
127	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6.3Foundational	6	7	6
128	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	4	6	9
129	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	4	7	8
130	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	6.3Foundational	4	6	9
131	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	4	6	9
132	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	4	6	9
133	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	5	5	9
134	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6.0Foundational	5	5	8
135	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	6.0Foundational	5	6	7
136	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	4	6	8
137	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5.7Nascent	5	7	5
138	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5.7Nascent	5	6	6
139	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5.7Nascent	5	7	5
140	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	5.7Nascent	4	6	7
141	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	5.7Nascent	6	9	2
142	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	5.7Nascent	6	9	2
143	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5.3Nascent	5	6	5
144	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	5.3Nascent	4	9	3
145	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5.3Nascent	5	6	5
146	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5.3Nascent	4	7	5
147	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	5.0Nascent	4	7	4
148	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5.0Nascent	4	6	5
149	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	3	5	7
150	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	3	5	7
151	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5.0Nascent	4	6	5
152	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	3	5	7
153	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	5.0Nascent	4	8	3
154	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	5.0Nascent	5	8	2
155	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	3	5	7
156	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	5.0Nascent	5	7	3
157	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	4.7Nascent	5	6	3
158	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	4.7Nascent	4	7	3
159	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	4.7Nascent	4	5	5
160	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4.7Nascent	4	5	5
161	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	4	5	4
162	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	4.3Nascent	3	4	6
163	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4.3Nascent	3	5	5
164	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	4	7	2
165	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4.3Nascent	4	5	4
166	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	3	5	5
167	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4.3Nascent	4	5	4
168	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	4.0Nascent	3	5	4
169	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4.0Nascent	4	4	4
170	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3.7Nascent	3	6	2
171	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	5	3
172	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
173	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	4	4
174	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3.7Nascent	4	5	2
175	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	3.3Nascent	3	5	2
176	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3.3Nascent	3	5	2
177	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	4	3
178	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	3.0Nascent	2	5	2
179	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	4	3
180	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	3	4
181	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3.0Nascent	3	3	3
182	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2.7Inception	2	3	3
183	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2.7Inception	2	3	3
184	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	2.7Inception	2	4	2
185	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2.7Inception	2	4	2
186	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2.7Inception	2	3	3
187	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	2	3	2
188	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2.3Inception	1	3	3
189	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2.3Inception	2	3	2
190	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1.7Inception	1	2	2
191	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1.7Inception	1	2	2
192	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1.3Inception	1	2	1
193	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1.3Inception	1	2	1
194	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	1	2	1
195	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1.3Inception	1	2	1
196	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
197	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0