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Governance Factors

GOVERNANCE IMPACT FACTORS

Governance criteria assess qualities of government leadership via indexses on corruption, rule of law, press freedom and political rights. The Governance Index gives equal weight to all four criteria.

Data source: World Economics Research, London






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Index
(0-100 Index)		 Corruption
Index
(0-100 Index)		 Rule of Law
Index
(0-100 Index)		 Press Freedom
(0-100 Index)		 Political Rights
(0-100 Index)
Denmark 100.0 100.0 94.6 97.4 100.0
Norway 100.0 94.5 97.7 100.0 100.0
Finland 99.8 95.9 100.0 95.4 100.0
New Zealand 98.0 100.0 95.2 90.2 100.0
Sweden 98.0 95.9 93.3 95.9 100.0
Switzerland 95.5 95.9 93.8 89.3 97.6
Luxembourg 93.7 95.9 93.0 86.1 95.2
Netherlands 93.1 91.8 92.1 84.1 100.0
Canada 91.5 84.9 89.5 88.2 100.0
Germany 91.4 89.0 87.1 88.5 97.6
Iceland 91.2 95.9 93.1 89.2 83.3
Ireland 89.8 78.1 85.7 95.3 97.6
Estonia 89.7 82.2 82.8 95.9 95.2
Australia 89.0 84.9 89.4 79.6 100.0
United Kingdom 88.8 84.9 85.6 85.0 97.6
Austria 88.7 83.6 93.4 82.8 92.9
Taiwan 88.2 95.9 80.0 80.0 95.2
Belgium 87.6 83.6 82.5 85.1 97.6
Japan 84.1 80.8 86.3 69.5 100.0
France 83.7 74.0 81.4 84.8 95.2
Portugal 82.9 63.0 77.9 94.0 97.6
Cyprus 80.8 95.9 63.0 71.2 95.2
Malta 79.8 95.9 71.3 66.4 88.1
Lithuania 79.6 61.6 73.2 90.8 95.2
Uruguay 79.3 76.7 65.4 77.7 100.0
Bhutan 78.7 95.9 63.3 82.5 76.2
Jamaica 77.7 95.9 42.8 90.0 85.7
United States 77.3 71.2 82.4 78.5 81.0
Spain 76.7 64.4 70.9 82.8 92.9
Slovenia 75.9 61.6 75.0 74.0 97.6
Latvia 75.9 57.5 72.3 85.5 92.9
Costa Rica 75.9 57.5 62.7 92.7 95.2
Chile 75.6 71.2 75.0 65.4 95.2
Czech Republic 75.2 53.4 74.8 86.9 90.5
Korea, Rep. 74.2 63.0 77.9 77.8 83.3
Cabo Verde 72.5 58.9 60.7 81.3 95.2
Guyana 71.5 95.9 38.1 82.5 76.2
Slovak Republic 70.6 46.6 65.4 84.6 92.9
Singapore 70.3 95.9 95.1 47.7 50.0
Mauritius 70.1 52.1 71.4 71.3 92.9
North Macedonia 69.5 95.9 47.1 73.9 69.0
Israel 68.6 61.6 73.3 64.3 83.3
Moldova 68.0 95.9 38.5 79.3 66.7
Georgia 66.5 95.9 55.7 64.0 59.5
Poland 66.3 56.2 62.0 70.8 85.7
Armenia 66.1 95.9 46.6 74.4 57.1
Namibia 65.6 49.3 56.0 88.3 78.6
Italy 65.2 52.1 54.6 73.6 90.5
Hong Kong 64.8 95.9 87.9 44.9 40.5
Croatia 63.9 43.8 55.9 76.0 90.5
Serbia 63.1 95.9 44.1 66.4 57.1
Romania 62.0 39.7 57.8 73.9 88.1
Papua New Guinea 61.6 95.9 30.9 71.9 59.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.5 95.9 41.1 70.8 50.0
Greece 61.3 47.9 56.6 59.9 92.9
Liberia 61.0 95.9 23.3 67.7 69.0
Botswana 60.9 61.6 59.5 63.1 71.4
South Africa 59.4 39.7 45.8 81.6 83.3
Trinidad and Tobago 58.7 34.2 45.5 84.9 83.3
Ghana 58.4 38.4 47.7 72.8 88.1
Argentina 58.0 37.0 37.1 83.4 88.1
Tunisia 55.2 39.7 52.0 63.1 81.0
Bulgaria 54.5 39.7 46.5 63.8 83.3
Hungary 54.1 39.7 61.3 64.5 66.7
Haiti 53.3 95.9 23.1 69.7 40.5
Panama 52.6 27.4 43.5 67.8 88.1
Senegal 52.0 41.1 41.8 68.1 73.8
Malaysia 52.0 49.3 64.9 55.6 54.8
Mongolia 51.8 27.4 42.1 63.9 90.5
Brazil 49.0 31.5 44.3 59.8 78.6
Qatar 48.8 65.8 73.4 52.9 21.4
India 48.5 34.2 48.2 44.3 85.7
United Arab Emirates 48.5 76.7 71.3 48.0 16.7
Peru 48.4 31.5 40.2 66.6 73.8
Burkina Faso 48.1 34.2 38.3 78.9 59.5
Dominican Republic 47.7 17.8 42.1 83.0 66.7
Lebanon 47.3 95.9 26.3 50.3 35.7
Ecuador 46.9 32.9 35.1 69.7 69.0
Lesotho 46.7 35.6 37.4 64.1 69.0
Kyrgyzstan 46.4 95.9 25.8 69.3 14.3
Malawi 45.7 20.5 42.1 66.3 73.8
Sierra Leone 45.7 24.7 30.0 76.7 71.4
Indonesia 44.8 30.1 40.3 53.2 76.2
Albania 44.5 28.8 39.8 60.9 69.0
Gambia 44.0 30.1 39.6 74.7 52.4
El Salvador 43.0 28.8 29.9 58.4 76.2
Nepal 42.9 24.7 36.5 67.6 64.3
Zimbabwe 42.8 95.9 17.2 48.5 31.0
Paraguay 42.2 17.8 38.4 63.0 71.4
Colombia 41.8 32.9 36.5 45.8 73.8
Congo, Rep. 41.7 95.9 20.0 63.3 9.5
Cote d'Ivoire 40.9 28.8 33.8 80.4 42.9
Jordan 40.3 46.6 53.9 52.5 31.0
Sri Lanka 40.3 31.5 47.5 45.5 59.5
Niger 40.3 23.3 35.1 73.2 52.4
Ukraine 40.2 24.7 32.1 60.2 66.7
Azerbaijan 39.0 95.9 31.6 42.5 9.5
Myanmar 38.6 95.9 19.5 27.0 35.7
Rwanda 38.4 53.4 51.3 48.8 23.8
Uzbekistan 38.4 95.9 22.4 49.4 9.5
Afghanistan 38.3 95.9 4.0 41.3 35.7
Kenya 38.2 21.9 34.9 69.7 50.0
Oman 37.8 53.4 64.0 38.8 19.0
Mexico 37.6 21.9 32.1 51.3 69.0
Benin 37.2 35.6 30.7 52.2 54.8
Kuwait 37.1 37.0 56.8 40.9 38.1
Madagascar 36.9 13.7 26.8 62.6 69.0
Philippines 36.4 26.0 35.0 45.2 64.3
Zambia 36.4 24.7 33.3 59.8 52.4
Morocco 35.0 34.2 46.5 49.0 35.7
Tajikistan 34.2 95.9 18.6 43.5 4.8
Bolivia 34.2 21.9 20.2 51.4 69.0
Turkey 33.8 34.2 39.8 44.5 42.9
Mauritania 31.8 19.2 34.2 62.7 38.1
Kazakhstan 31.8 46.6 38.9 52.1 16.7
Togo 31.6 19.2 32.3 61.7 40.5
Thailand 30.9 28.8 51.6 54.1 16.7
Ethiopia 30.9 31.5 38.8 54.5 26.2
Tanzania 30.8 31.5 33.8 52.1 33.3
Saudi Arabia 30.6 52.1 54.6 36.4 7.1
Libya 30.5 95.9 0.0 46.6 7.1
Nigeria 29.9 13.7 28.6 50.5 54.8
Guatemala 28.5 13.7 22.6 51.7 54.8
Turkmenistan 28.2 95.9 13.9 27.0 4.8
Bahrain 27.9 37.0 60.8 33.4 9.5
Guinea 27.1 17.8 17.4 64.6 38.1
Uganda 27.1 16.4 40.5 50.0 31.0
Algeria 26.5 28.8 29.4 49.1 28.6
Comoros 26.3 8.2 19.0 64.9 42.9
Pakistan 26.3 21.9 31.6 41.0 40.5
Angola 25.3 16.4 24.9 61.7 28.6
Mali 25.2 20.5 25.8 58.8 26.2
Bangladesh 24.7 15.1 34.5 39.5 40.5
Guinea Bissau 24.6 5.5 14.9 63.5 45.2
Mozambique 24.6 13.7 23.4 53.8 38.1
Gabon 23.4 20.5 32.2 60.4 11.9
Honduras 23.3 12.3 25.0 37.4 50.0
Sudan 23.0 1.4 22.3 44.2 55.8
Belarus 22.0 43.8 24.1 42.8 9.5
Eswatini 21.3 24.7 35.5 50.1 7.1
Egypt 20.9 24.7 39.8 32.6 19.0
Vietnam 20.3 28.8 45.3 28.2 11.9
China 19.5 37.0 47.2 27.2 0.0
Russia 18.8 20.5 29.9 41.9 16.7
Cameroon 18.7 13.7 20.3 53.0 21.4
Cambodia 15.4 8.2 25.3 46.9 16.7
Chad 15.4 8.2 16.4 60.6 11.9
Nicaragua 15.3 9.6 18.6 40.0 28.6
Laos 15.1 19.2 27.7 39.5 9.5
Burundi 15.1 5.5 16.1 60.2 14.3
Central African Republic 14.8 15.1 6.4 61.5 11.9
Congo, Dem. Rep 9.5 4.1 4.4 51.4 16.7
Yemen, Rep. 0.0 0.0 4.8 31.5 7.1
Bahamas, The 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Suriname 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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Key:
Index numbers are all rebased and shown on a scale of 0-100.
         Governance: 100 = As good as it gets, 0 = Poor governance.
         Corruption: 100 = Low corruption, 0 = High corruption.
         Rule of Law: 100 = High rule of law, 0 = low rule of law.
         Press Freedom: 100 = High press freedom, 0 = Low press freedom.
         Political Rights: 100 = High political rights, 0 = Low political rights.


Notes: Click on each country name to see detailed governance data.
Original source data for Indexes: World Economics (Governance Index), Transparency International (Corruption Perception Index), World Bank (Rule of Law), RSF (Press Freedom), Freedom House (Political Rights)





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