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Rigorous and impartial public administration

Name: Rigorous and impartial public administration by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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· higher is better · 175 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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174 countries · 2025

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Rigorous and impartial public administration league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Germany	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Switzerland	3.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Latvia	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Australia	3.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Estonia	3.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Taiwan	3.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	Czechia	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Denmark	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Luxembourg	3.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Singapore	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	Sweden	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Belgium	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Namibia	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Finland	2.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	New Zealand	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	Seychelles	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
17	Costa Rica	2.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
18	Korea, Rep.	2.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
19	France	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Norway	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Ireland	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Iceland	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Jamaica	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Austria	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Panama	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
26	Botswana	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
27	Maldives	2	South Asia	Upper middle income
28	Spain	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Canada	1.9	North America	High income
30	Netherlands	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Sao Tome and Principe	1.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Benin	1.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Japan	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
34	Gabon	1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
35	Sierra Leone	1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Uruguay	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
37	Israel	1.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
38	Slovenia	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Bhutan	1.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
40	United Kingdom	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Brazil	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Chile	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
43	Poland	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Cyprus	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Malta	1.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
46	Montenegro	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
47	Togo	1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Vanuatu	1.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
49	Italy	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Honduras	1.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
51	Barbados	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
52	United States	1.2	North America	High income
53	Greece	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	South Africa	1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
55	Mauritius	1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
56	Jordan	1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
57	Portugal	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Malawi	1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Lithuania	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Gambia, The	0.97	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	United Arab Emirates	0.85	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
62	Sri Lanka	0.81	South Asia	Upper middle income
63	Suriname	0.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Serbia	0.79	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
65	Qatar	0.79	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
66	Lesotho	0.75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Timor-Leste	0.75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
68	Trinidad and Tobago	0.74	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
69	Moldova	0.71	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Guatemala	0.66	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Cabo Verde	0.65	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
72	Nepal	0.65	South Asia	Lower middle income
73	Albania	0.65	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
74	Senegal	0.64	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
75	Kyrgyz Republic	0.63	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
76	Colombia	0.63	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Solomon Islands	0.62	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
78	Croatia	0.62	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Fiji	0.58	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
80	Argentina	0.52	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Kenya	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	Dominican Republic	0.44	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Oman	0.44	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
84	Kuwait	0.42	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
85	Romania	0.42	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Armenia	0.36	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Tanzania	0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Burkina Faso	0.32	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
89	Bolivia	0.31	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
90	Peru	0.31	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Slovak Republic	0.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Hungary	0.26	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Zambia	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.22	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	Ukraine	0.22	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	Angola	0.21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
97	Syrian Arab Republic	0.17	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
98	Papua New Guinea	0.14	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
99	Djibouti	0.12	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
100	Mongolia	0.09	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
101	Uganda	0.08	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Bulgaria	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Paraguay	0.06	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Ghana	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
105	Rwanda	-0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Equatorial Guinea	-0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
107	Guyana	-0.02	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
108	Liberia	-0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.12	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Tunisia	-0.18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
111	Cote d'Ivoire	-0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
112	Georgia	-0.27	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Mexico	-0.29	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Congo, Rep.	-0.29	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Thailand	-0.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
116	Niger	-0.32	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
117	Morocco	-0.36	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
118	Malaysia	-0.39	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
119	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-0.45	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	Belarus	-0.48	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Uzbekistan	-0.52	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
122	North Macedonia	-0.53	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
123	Comoros	-0.53	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
124	Iran, Islamic Rep.	-0.57	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
125	Kazakhstan	-0.58	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
126	Saudi Arabia	-0.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
127	Mali	-0.64	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
128	China	-0.68	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
129	Indonesia	-0.75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	Bangladesh	-0.77	South Asia	Lower middle income
131	Nigeria	-0.77	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Viet Nam	-0.78	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
133	Lao PDR	-0.79	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
134	Algeria	-0.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
135	Zimbabwe	-0.85	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
136	Bahrain	-0.86	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
137	Mauritania	-0.92	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Iraq	-0.93	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
139	Philippines	-0.93	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
140	Azerbaijan	-0.94	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
141	Ecuador	-0.94	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
142	Egypt, Arab Rep.	-0.99	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
143	Ethiopia	-1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Lebanon	-1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
145	Russian Federation	-1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Eswatini	-1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Mozambique	-1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Burundi	-1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Guinea-Bissau	-1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
150	Haiti	-1.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
151	El Salvador	-1.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
152	Pakistan	-1.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
153	Myanmar	-1.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
154	Sudan	-1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Madagascar	-1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
156	India	-1.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
157	Turkiye	-1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	Cameroon	-1.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
159	Eritrea	-1.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Cuba	-1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
161	Guinea	-1.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	-1.9	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
163	Cambodia	-1.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
164	Turkmenistan	-2.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
165	Congo, Dem. Rep.	-2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Central African Republic	-2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Libya	-2.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
168	Tajikistan	-2.4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
169	Venezuela, RB	-2.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
170	South Sudan	-2.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Yemen, Rep.	-3.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
172	Chad	-3.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Afghanistan	-3.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
174	Nicaragua	-3.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income

Rigorous and impartial public administration