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CPIA structural policies 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
5 1=low to 6=high
Georgia
Lowest
1.17 1=low to 6=high
Eritrea
Median
3.33 1=low to 6=high
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
2,443

What the numbers show

CPIA structural policies cluster average (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 5 1=low to 6=high in Georgia; the lowest is 1.17 1=low to 6=high in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.33 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.21 1=low to 6=high.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 36.4%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 37.5%).

CPIA structural policies cluster average: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 5 1=low to 6=high 2013 up 36.4% rising
2 Armenia 4.33 1=low to 6=high 2013 up 8.3% rising
3 Rwanda 4.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.0% rising
5 Cape Verde 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.3% flat
6 Benin 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 9.5% flat
6 Fiji 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 9.5% rising
6 Kenya 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.0% flat
6 Nepal 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 9.5% rising
6 Senegal 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.2% flat
6 Togo 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 21.1% rising
12 Cote d'Ivoire 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 10.0% rising
12 Dominica 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.3% falling
12 Ghana 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% falling
12 Kyrgyzstan 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.3% falling
12 Saint Lucia 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.3% falling
12 Moldova 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2019 down 4.3% flat
12 Pakistan 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 10.0% falling
12 Samoa 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.3% falling
12 Zambia 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% rising
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.67 1=low to 6=high 2013 down 4.3% flat
22 Azerbaijan 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2010 unchanged rising
22 Grenada 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 8.7% falling
22 India 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2013 down 4.5% falling
22 Cambodia 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
22 Sri Lanka 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.5% falling
22 Lesotho 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.0% rising
22 Tonga 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
22 Uganda 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% falling
22 Uzbekistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 23.5% rising
22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 8.7% falling
22 Vietnam 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2015 up 5.0% rising
33 Burundi 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% rising
33 Burkina Faso 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.8% flat
33 Bhutan 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.3% rising
33 Cameroon 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.3% flat
33 Guinea 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 11.1% flat
33 Guyana 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.0% falling
33 Honduras 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 9.1% falling
33 Laos 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% rising
33 Madagascar 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 11.1% falling
33 Maldives 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.8% falling
33 Mauritania 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.3% falling
33 Malawi 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.3% flat
33 Nigeria 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.8% flat
33 Papua New Guinea 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.8% flat
33 Tanzania 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 9.1% falling
33 Vanuatu 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.0% flat
49 Bolivia 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2015 down 13.0% falling
50 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.6% rising
50 Djibouti 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% falling
50 Ethiopia 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% flat
50 Gambia 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.0% falling
50 Mali 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 9.5% falling
50 Mongolia 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2019 down 5.0% falling
50 Solomon Islands 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% rising
50 Sao Tome and Principe 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.0% flat
58 Comoros 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
58 Liberia 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
58 Mozambique 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.3% falling
58 Niger 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.3% flat
58 Tajikistan 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.9% falling
58 East Timor 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
58 Zimbabwe 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 12.5% rising
65 Micronesia (country) 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.0% flat
65 Guinea-Bissau 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.6% falling
65 Sierra Leone 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 10.5% falling
68 Bangladesh 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 11.1% falling
68 Congo 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 11.1% falling
68 Kiribati 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.9% falling
68 Marshall Islands 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.0% falling
68 Nicaragua 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 27.3% falling
68 Tuvalu 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.9% flat
74 Angola 2.67 1=low to 6=high 2013 down 5.9% falling
75 Central African Republic 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 7.1% falling
76 Haiti 2.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 22.2% falling
76 Chad 2.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% falling
78 Afghanistan 2.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 18.8% falling
78 Somalia 2.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 30.0% rising
80 South Sudan 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 7.7% falling
80 Yemen 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 20.0% falling
82 Myanmar 1.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 35.3% falling
83 Sudan 1.67 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 37.5% falling
84 Eritrea 1.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% 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 structural policies 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 Structural Policies cluster includes trade, financial sector, and business regulatory environment.