CPIA social protection rating (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...
What the numbers show
CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 4 1=low to 6=high in Armenia; the lowest is 1 1=low to 6=high in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 3 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.1 1=low to 6=high.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 40.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 60.0%).
CPIA social protection rating: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2010 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 1 | Grenada | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 1 | Maldives | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 1 | Nigeria | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Rwanda | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tanzania | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Benin | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Bolivia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 10 | Djibouti | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Fiji | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Ghana | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 10 | Honduras | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 10 | India | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Kenya | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Kiribati | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 10 | Lesotho | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Moldova | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Mongolia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Mauritania | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Malawi | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Pakistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Senegal | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Togo | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Vietnam | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Samoa | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Zambia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 41 | Burundi | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Bhutan | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Cameroon | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 41 | Congo | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 41 | Dominica | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Guinea | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Gambia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 41 | Guyana | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Cambodia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 41 | Liberia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 41 | Madagascar | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 41 | Mali | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Mozambique | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Niger | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Nepal | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 41 | Chad | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Tonga | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 41 | Uganda | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 65 | Angola | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Comoros | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 65 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 65 | Laos | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Marshall Islands | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 65 | Papua New Guinea | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 65 | Sudan | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 65 | Somalia | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 65 | East Timor | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Tuvalu | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 77 | Central African Republic | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Eritrea | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 77 | Micronesia (country) | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Haiti | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 77 | Myanmar | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 77 | Yemen | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 83 | South Sudan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Afghanistan | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- IBRD only 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Post-demographic dividend 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- Caribbean small states 3.36 1=low to 6=high
- Late-demographic dividend 3.33 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia 3.3 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.3 1=low to 6=high
- IDA blend 3.29 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.28 1=low to 6=high
About this data
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 Social Protection criterion assesses government policies in social protection and labor market regulations that reduce the risk of becoming poor, assist those who are poor to better manage further risks, and ensure a minimal level of welfare to all people. Specifically it evaluates social protection (SP) and labor policies, namely those engaged in risk prevention by supporting savings and risk pooling through social insurance, protection against destitution through redistributive safety net programs and promotion of human capital development and income generation, including labor market programs. It also assesses the functioning of an SP system, including its effectiveness in a crisis and in providing arrangements and incentives to help beneficiaries to move from protection to promotion and prevention, including through interactions with private, informal means of SP. The criterion covers: (a) the overall SP system; (b) social safety net programs; (c) labor markets programs and policies, namely those aiming to promote employment creation and productivity growth while protecting core labor standards and ensuring adequate working conditions; (d) local service delivery and civil society participation in community development programs; and (e) pension and old age savings programs.