The Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2018 Update
The Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2018 Update
The six aggregate indicators are based on over 30 underlying data sources reporting the perceptions of governance of a large
survey respondents and expert assessments worldwide. Details on the underlying data sources, the aggregation method, an
interpretation of the indicators, can be found in the WGI methodology paper:
Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi (2010). "The Worldwide Governance Indicators : A Summary of Method
and Analytical Issues". World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5430
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1682130
Full interactive access to the aggregate indicators, and the underlying source data, is available at www.govindicators.org.
Note that this Worldwide Governance Indicators update incorporates revisions to data for previous years, and so this data rele
supersedes data from all previous releases.
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countri
data are gathered from a number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international orga
and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the co
they represent. The WGI are not used by the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
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Estimate Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.21 6.00 33.33 21.39 44.28 -1.22 0.21 6.00 12.94 6.97
2000 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
22.39 -1.11 0.17 8.00 15.92 10.45 22.89 -1.17 0.16 10.00
2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
14.93 9.95 22.39 -1.14 0.15 11.00 16.83 8.17 21.63 -0.98
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.15 12.00 20.67 12.98 25.00 -0.89 0.12 15.00 24.52 18.27
2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
28.85 -0.95 0.12 15.00 21.15 15.38 25.96 -0.84 0.11 15.00
2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
25.48 18.27 28.85 -0.86 0.12 15.00 24.17 16.59 29.38 -0.80
2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.11 15.00 27.49 19.43 29.86 -0.83 0.11 16.00 25.82 19.25
2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
28.64 -0.84 0.11 16.00 24.88 16.43 27.23 -0.80 0.11 15.00
2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
25.35 19.25 28.17 -0.72 0.13 12.00 27.09 21.67 31.03 -0.72
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.13 12.00 27.09 22.66 30.54 -0.70 0.13 12.00 27.59 22.66
2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper
32.02 -0.69 0.13 12.00 28.08 22.66 32.02
Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism
Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politic
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Estimate Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.35 4.00 14.89 7.45 27.66 -1.10 0.34 4.00 15.87 6.88
2000 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
29.10 -1.64 0.32 4.00 6.35 1.06 17.46 -1.55 0.29 5.00
2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
7.54 3.02 19.10 -1.58 0.29 6.00 5.83 3.40 15.53 -1.75
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.28 6.00 5.34 0.97 11.17 -2.03 0.25 7.00 2.90 0.48
2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
8.21 -2.43 0.24 7.00 0.97 0.00 3.38 -2.57 0.25 7.00
2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
0.96 0.00 1.92 -2.64 0.25 7.00 1.42 0.00 1.90 -2.68
2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.24 7.00 0.47 0.00 1.90 -2.81 0.24 8.00 0.47 0.00
2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
1.90 -2.68 0.22 8.00 0.95 0.00 1.90 -2.60 0.23 8.00
2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
0.95 0.00 1.90 -2.40 0.20 8.00 3.33 0.00 5.24 -2.48
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.20 8.00 1.43 0.00 4.76 -2.48 0.21 8.00 1.43 0.00
2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper
4.29 -2.40 0.21 8.00 1.90 0.48 3.81
Government Effectiveness
Reflects perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from pol
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Estimate Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.21 4.00 37.31 19.69 52.33 -0.60 0.19 5.00 30.26 15.90
e credibility of the government's commitment to such policies.
2000 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
46.15 -0.41 0.17 6.00 40.82 28.06 52.55 -0.40 0.16 7.00
2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
41.33 28.57 52.55 -0.46 0.16 8.00 38.92 24.14 50.25 -0.45
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.17 8.00 39.71 26.47 49.51 -0.38 0.17 10.00 40.98 28.78
2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
54.15 -0.48 0.20 10.00 37.38 22.33 50.97 -0.72 0.20 10.00
2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
26.70 13.59 42.23 -0.80 0.20 10.00 23.44 10.53 38.76 -0.77
2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.19 10.00 25.36 13.40 39.71 -0.82 0.19 10.00 22.27 11.85
2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
38.39 -0.78 0.20 10.00 25.59 13.27 39.81 -0.79 0.19 10.00
2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
24.17 13.27 37.91 -0.76 0.20 10.00 23.08 14.90 37.98 -0.67
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.20 10.00 27.88 14.90 42.31 -0.64 0.20 10.00 28.37 16.83
2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper
40.87 -0.58 0.20 10.00 31.25 17.31 42.31
Regulatory Quality
Reflects perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit an
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Estimate Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.30 5.00 29.02 14.51 54.92 -0.76 0.28 6.00 20.00 10.77
2000 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
37.95 -0.78 0.22 7.00 21.94 12.24 37.24 -0.71 0.18 8.00
2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
22.96 16.84 39.29 -0.91 0.18 9.00 17.73 10.84 27.59 -0.64
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.16 9.00 26.47 19.61 42.65 -0.48 0.19 10.00 34.31 21.08
2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
49.51 -0.53 0.19 10.00 31.07 20.87 48.06 -0.60 0.18 10.00
2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
30.58 18.45 44.66 -0.58 0.17 10.00 30.62 22.01 43.06 -0.60
2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.16 10.00 29.67 21.53 41.63 -0.63 0.16 11.00 28.91 20.85
2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
37.44 -0.72 0.17 11.00 25.59 17.54 36.02 -0.70 0.17 11.00
2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
26.07 17.54 36.02 -0.68 0.18 11.00 28.37 16.83 39.42 -0.63
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.18 11.00 28.85 16.35 42.31 -0.64 0.19 11.00 27.40 15.87
2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper
40.87 -0.59 0.18 11.00 29.33 16.35 40.87
Rule of Law
Reflects perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the qu
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Estimate Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institutes, think
private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countrie
allocate resources.
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Legend
Estimate Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.22 5.00 13.92 1.03 31.44 -0.84 0.22 6.00 24.37 6.60
2000 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
36.04 -0.91 0.20 6.00 21.21 5.56 32.83 -0.76 0.18 9.00
2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
25.76 11.11 39.39 -1.08 0.17 11.00 13.17 5.37 22.93 -1.05
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.16 11.00 14.15 5.37 22.93 -0.81 0.15 14.00 21.95 14.15
2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
34.63 -0.82 0.16 14.00 20.87 12.62 34.47 -0.90 0.16 14.00
2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
18.93 10.68 31.07 -1.07 0.16 14.00 14.83 3.83 22.01 -1.09
2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.16 14.00 13.81 3.33 20.95 -1.08 0.15 15.00 14.69 4.74
2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
20.85 -1.06 0.14 15.00 14.22 4.74 21.33 -0.96 0.14 14.00
2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015
Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate
17.54 9.95 26.07 -0.83 0.14 13.00 22.12 13.46 31.73 -0.81
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower
0.14 13.00 21.63 13.46 31.73 -0.88 0.14 13.00 17.31 12.02
2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc Rank Lower Upper
31.25 -0.78 0.13 13.00 22.60 14.90 31.73
Year Voice and Accountability Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism
1996 31.50 14.36
1998 33.33 14.89
2000 12.94 15.87
2002 15.92 6.35
2003 14.93 7.54
2004 16.83 5.83
2005 20.67 5.34
2006 24.52 2.90
2007 21.15 0.97
2008 25.48 0.96
2009 24.17 1.42
2010 27.49 0.47
2011 25.82 0.47
2012 24.88 0.95
2013 25.35 0.95
2014 27.09 3.33
2015 27.09 1.43
2016 27.59 1.43
2017 28.08 1.90
Gpvernment Effectivness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption
31.69 28.80 31.66 7.53
37.31 29.02 25.50 13.92
30.26 20.00 21.78 24.37
40.82 21.94 26.24 21.21
41.33 22.96 25.74 25.76
38.92 17.73 19.62 13.17
39.71 26.47 22.01 14.15
40.98 34.31 22.97 21.95
37.38 31.07 21.05 20.87
26.70 30.58 17.79 18.93
23.44 30.62 21.80 14.83
25.36 29.67 27.49 13.81
22.27 28.91 19.72 14.69
25.59 25.59 21.13 14.22
24.17 26.07 22.07 17.54
23.08 28.37 25.00 22.12
27.88 28.85 24.52 21.63
28.37 27.40 20.19 17.31
31.25 29.33 24.04 22.60
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