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Annual change in Checks on Government Index (IDEA)

Percentage points · higher is better · 153 countries

Gapminder (CC BY 4.0); some upstream series are third-partyCC BY 4.0updated 2021
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League table

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  1. 1Burundi8.1
  2. 2Lao PDR7.6
  3. 3Qatar6.5
  4. 4Moldova5.1
  5. 5Kenya4.7
  6. 6Iraq4.4
  7. 7India4
  8. 8Sri Lanka3.5
  9. 9Dominican Republic3.1
  10. 10Portugal2.8
  11. 11Bulgaria2.7
  12. 12Austria2.5
  13. 13Maldives2.4
  14. 14Brazil2.4
  15. 15Cambodia2.3
  16. 16Lesotho2.1
  17. 17Bangladesh2
  18. 18New Zealand2
  19. 19Argentina1.9
  20. 20Kazakhstan1.9
  21. 21Tajikistan1.8
  22. 22Barbados1.8
  23. 23Botswana1.8
  24. 24Norway1.8
  25. 25Malawi1.7
  26. 26Canada1.5
  27. 27Chile1.4
  28. 28Syrian Arab Republic1.3
  29. 29Honduras1.2
  30. 30China1.2
  31. 31Czechia1.2
  32. 32Latvia1.1
  33. 33Senegal1.1
  34. 34Singapore1.1
  35. 35Suriname0.93
  36. 36Equatorial Guinea0.86
  37. 37Cameroon0.84
  38. 38Algeria0.84
  39. 39Israel0.81
  40. 40West Bank and Gaza0.75
  41. 41Azerbaijan0.74
  42. 42Jordan0.67
  43. 43Nepal0.58
  44. 44Bahrain0.54
  45. 45Cote d'Ivoire0.51
  46. 46Tanzania0.5
  47. 47Japan0.48
  48. 48Slovak Republic0.44
  49. 49Paraguay0.43
  50. 50Estonia0.38
  51. 51Saudi Arabia0.36
  52. 52Oman0.35
  53. 53Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.26
  54. 54Philippines0.22
  55. 55Cuba0.22
  56. 56Djibouti0.17
  57. 57Montenegro0.16
  58. 58Netherlands0.15
  59. 59Slovenia0.12
  60. 60Panama0.1
  61. 61Lebanon0.05
  62. 62Morocco0.05
  63. 63Italy0.05
  64. 64Denmark0.05
  65. 65Luxembourg0.05
  66. 66Lithuania0.02
  67. 67Papua New Guinea0.01
  68. 68Benin-0
  69. 69Hungary-0.01
  70. 70Solomon Islands-0.02
  71. 71Malta-0.04
  72. 72Malaysia-0.07
  73. 73Kuwait-0.08
  74. 74Colombia-0.12
  75. 75Mexico-0.13
  76. 76Guinea-Bissau-0.13
  77. 77Egypt, Arab Rep.-0.15
  78. 78Somalia, Fed. Rep.-0.18
  79. 79France-0.2
  80. 80South Africa-0.21
  81. 81Gambia, The-0.25
  82. 82Comoros-0.25
  83. 83Korea, Rep.-0.27
  84. 84Ireland-0.28
  85. 85Serbia-0.32
  86. 86Switzerland-0.33
  87. 87Haiti-0.34
  88. 88Finland-0.39
  89. 89Belgium-0.42
  90. 90Rwanda-0.44
  91. 91Ghana-0.45
  92. 92Gabon-0.49
  93. 93Pakistan-0.51
  94. 94Mozambique-0.57
  95. 95Libya-0.58
  96. 96Russian Federation-0.59
  97. 97Burkina Faso-0.63
  98. 98Sweden-0.72
  99. 99Costa Rica-0.75
  100. 100Liberia-0.9
  101. 101Eritrea-0.9
  102. 102Spain-0.93
  103. 103Albania-0.97
  104. 104Sierra Leone-1.1
  105. 105Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.1
  106. 106Fiji-1.1
  107. 107Armenia-1.2
  108. 108North Macedonia-1.3
  109. 109Taiwan-1.3
  110. 110Eswatini-1.4
  111. 111Madagascar-1.4
  112. 112Greece-1.4
  113. 113Mauritius-1.5
  114. 114Poland-1.5
  115. 115Congo, Rep.-1.5
  116. 116Mauritania-1.5
  117. 117Indonesia-1.6
  118. 118Niger-1.6
  119. 119Namibia-1.6
  120. 120Iceland-1.6
  121. 121Croatia-1.7
  122. 122Cabo Verde-1.7
  123. 123Georgia-1.9
  124. 124Jamaica-2.1
  125. 125Bolivia-2.2
  126. 126Australia-2.2
  127. 127Nicaragua-2.3
  128. 128Congo, Dem. Rep.-2.4
  129. 129Mongolia-2.4
  130. 130Germany-2.6
  131. 131Belarus-3.1
  132. 132Kyrgyz Republic-3.4
  133. 133Angola-3.7
  134. 134Cyprus-3.7
  135. 135Bhutan-3.8
  136. 136Nigeria-4.1
  137. 137Guyana-4.1
  138. 138Peru-4.2
  139. 139Guatemala-4.5
  140. 140Iran, Islamic Rep.-4.7
  141. 141Sudan-5.3
  142. 142South Sudan-5.3
  143. 143Ethiopia-5.5
  144. 144Romania-5.7
  145. 145Ecuador-5.7
  146. 146Central African Republic-6.5
  147. 147Guinea-11.8
  148. 148Chad-11.8
  149. 149Mali-13.7
  150. 150El Salvador-15.7
  151. 151Afghanistan-30.1
  152. 152Myanmar-38.5

Annual change in Checks on Government Index (IDEA)