CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) by country

The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for...

Countries reporting
83
Highest
4.67 1=low to 6=high
Georgia
Lowest
1.5 1=low to 6=high
South Sudan
Median
3.33 1=low to 6=high
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
2,443

What the numbers show

CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 4.67 1=low to 6=high in Georgia; the lowest is 1.5 1=low to 6=high in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.33 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.26 1=low to 6=high.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 53.8%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 50.0%).

CPIA economic management cluster average: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 4.67 1=low to 6=high 2013 up 12.0% rising
2 Armenia 4.5 1=low to 6=high 2013 down 15.6% falling
4 Azerbaijan 4.33 1=low to 6=high 2010 down 3.7% flat
5 Cote d'Ivoire 4.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 18.2% rising
5 Samoa 4.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.0% rising
7 Mauritania 4.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 19.0% rising
7 Rwanda 4.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.2% rising
7 Tanzania 4.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.2% falling
7 Uzbekistan 4.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.2% rising
11 Benin 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.3% rising
11 Burkina Faso 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.3% falling
11 Grenada 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 33.3% rising
11 Guyana 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 9.1% flat
11 India 4 1=low to 6=high 2013 unchanged flat
11 Kyrgyzstan 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.3% falling
11 Cambodia 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
11 Moldova 4 1=low to 6=high 2019 up 9.1% rising
11 Togo 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 41.2% rising
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2013 unchanged flat
21 Kenya 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 11.5% falling
21 Mali 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.0% falling
21 Nicaragua 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 8.0% falling
24 Bolivia 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2015 down 8.3% falling
24 Vietnam 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2015 down 15.4% falling
26 Bhutan 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.3% falling
26 Cameroon 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.8% flat
26 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.8% rising
26 Dominica 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% flat
26 Guinea 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 10.0% rising
26 Saint Lucia 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 22.2% falling
26 Madagascar 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% flat
26 Nigeria 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.3% falling
26 Uganda 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.0% falling
35 Bangladesh 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 8.7% falling
35 Cape Verde 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.5% falling
35 Honduras 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
35 Chad 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 10.5% rising
35 Tajikistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.0% falling
40 Ethiopia 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.8% falling
40 Fiji 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.3% rising
40 Gambia 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 53.8% falling
40 Liberia 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.8% flat
40 Nepal 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.3% falling
40 Tonga 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.8% rising
40 Vanuatu 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 9.1% flat
47 Burundi 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 11.8% falling
47 Lesotho 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% falling
47 Mongolia 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2019 up 0.0% falling
47 Niger 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 17.4% flat
47 Pakistan 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.0% falling
47 Solomon Islands 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.0% flat
47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.0% falling
47 Zambia 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.6% falling
55 Angola 3 1=low to 6=high 2013 up 20.0% rising
55 Congo 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.3% flat
55 Ghana 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
55 Guinea-Bissau 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 20.0% rising
55 Laos 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 10.0% falling
55 Senegal 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 28.0% falling
61 Central African Republic 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.6% rising
61 Micronesia (country) 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 6.2% rising
61 Sri Lanka 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.0% falling
61 Sierra Leone 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 19.0% falling
61 East Timor 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 22.7% falling
61 Zimbabwe 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 6.2% rising
67 Comoros 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.9% rising
67 Djibouti 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 11.1% falling
67 Haiti 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 23.8% falling
67 Marshall Islands 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 14.3% rising
67 Papua New Guinea 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 11.1% falling
67 Tuvalu 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 6.7% rising
73 Kiribati 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 6.2% falling
73 Somalia 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 36.4% rising
73 Sao Tome and Principe 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 11.8% falling
76 Mozambique 2.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 39.1% falling
77 Myanmar 1.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 50.0% falling
78 Maldives 1.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 28.6% falling
78 Malawi 1.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 41.2% falling
78 Yemen 1.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 41.2% falling
81 Afghanistan 1.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 50.0% falling
81 Eritrea 1.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 12.5% falling
81 Sudan 1.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 35.7% falling
81 South Sudan 1.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)
Unit
1=low to 6=high
Source
CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
126 places, 2,443 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed

The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Economic Management cluster includes monetary and exchange rate policies, fiscal policy, and debt policy.