Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) by country

The data use overall score is a composite score measuring the demand side of the statistical system. The data use pillar is segmented by five types of users: (i) the legislature, (ii) the executive branch, (iii) civil society (including sub-national actors), (iv) academia and (v) international bodies. Each...

Countries reporting
215
Highest
100 scale 0-100
Albania
Lowest
10 scale 0-100
North Korea
Median
80 scale 0-100
Years covered
21
2004–2024
Data points
4,593

What the numbers show

Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 100 scale 0-100 in Albania; the lowest is 10 scale 0-100 in North Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 80 scale 0-100, and the mean is 74.8 scale 0-100.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 185 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in New Caledonia (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 50.0%).

Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Austria 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Belgium 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Bulgaria 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Canada 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Switzerland 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Chile 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Costa Rica 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Cyprus 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Czechia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Germany 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Denmark 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Dominican Republic 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Ecuador 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Spain 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Estonia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Finland 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 France 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 United Kingdom 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Georgia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Greece 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Croatia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Indonesia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Ireland 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Iceland 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 150.0% volatile
1 Israel 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Italy 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Jamaica 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 150.0% rising
1 Japan 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Kazakhstan 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Kyrgyzstan 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 South Korea 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Lithuania 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Luxembourg 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 150.0% volatile
1 Latvia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Moldova 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Mexico 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 North Macedonia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Mali 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Malta 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% volatile
1 Nigeria 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
1 Norway 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 New Zealand 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Panama 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Peru 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Philippines 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Poland 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Portugal 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Romania 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Senegal 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 150.0% volatile
1 Singapore 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Serbia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Slovenia 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Sweden 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Thailand 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Ukraine 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Uruguay 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 United States 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Vietnam 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
1 Zimbabwe 100 scale 0-100 2024 up 233.3% volatile
61 United Arab Emirates 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 125.0% volatile
61 Argentina 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
61 Armenia 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
61 Benin 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% volatile
61 Burkina Faso 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% volatile
61 Ethiopia 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 80.0% rising
61 Gambia 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% volatile
61 Guatemala 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 80.0% rising
61 Honduras 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 80.0% rising
61 Hungary 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
61 Kenya 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% volatile
61 Laos 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 125.0% rising
61 Sri Lanka 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
61 Montenegro 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
61 Mongolia 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
61 Mozambique 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% rising
61 Mauritius 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 80.0% volatile
61 Niger 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% volatile
61 Pakistan 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
61 Rwanda 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 125.0% rising
61 El Salvador 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 80.0% rising
61 Slovakia 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
61 Seychelles 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 350.0% volatile
61 Tunisia 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 80.0% rising
61 Uzbekistan 90 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
61 Zambia 90 scale 0-100 2024 up 80.0% rising
87 Belarus 86.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 73.2% rising
88 Brazil 83.4 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.8% rising
89 Antigua and Barbuda 80 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
89 Australia 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 33.3% rising
89 Azerbaijan 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
89 Bangladesh 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% rising
89 Belize 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
89 Bolivia 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% rising
89 Barbados 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
89 Brunei 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
89 Cote d'Ivoire 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% rising
89 Colombia 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 33.3% rising
89 Comoros 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
89 Cape Verde 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
89 Egypt 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 33.3% rising
89 Fiji 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% rising
89 Guinea-Bissau 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
89 Grenada 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
89 India 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
89 Jordan 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% rising
89 Lebanon 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 166.7% volatile
89 Saint Lucia 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
89 Lesotho 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
89 Mauritania 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% rising
89 Malawi 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% volatile
89 Malaysia 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 33.3% rising
89 Netherlands 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
89 Qatar 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
89 Saudi Arabia 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
89 Eswatini 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
89 Togo 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 166.7% volatile
89 Tajikistan 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
89 East Timor 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% rising
89 Tonga 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
89 Tanzania 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% rising
89 Samoa 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.0% rising
89 South Africa 80 scale 0-100 2024 up 33.3% rising
124 Russia 76.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 27.7% rising
125 China 73.4 scale 0-100 2024 up 46.8% rising
126 Bahamas 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 75.0% rising
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 40.0% rising
126 Bhutan 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 40.0% rising
126 Cameroon 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 75.0% rising
126 Ghana 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 75.0% rising
126 Madagascar 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.7% rising
126 Maldives 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 133.3% volatile
126 Myanmar 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 133.3% volatile
126 Nauru 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 133.3% rising
126 Oman 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 133.3% rising
126 Palau 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 133.3% volatile
126 Paraguay 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 133.3% rising
126 Palestine 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 75.0% rising
126 Sierra Leone 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 40.0% volatile
126 San Marino 70 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
126 Trinidad and Tobago 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 75.0% rising
126 Uganda 70 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.7% rising
143 Afghanistan 66.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 122.0% volatile
143 Guinea 66.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.5% volatile
143 Iran 66.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 11.0% rising
146 Chad 63.4 scale 0-100 2024 up 111.3% rising
147 Angola 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% rising
147 Andorra 60 scale 0-100 2024 rising
147 Bahrain 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
147 Curacao 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% volatile
147 Algeria 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
147 Gabon 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
147 Guyana 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% volatile
147 Iraq 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
147 Cambodia 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
147 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
147 Kuwait 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
147 Liberia 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% volatile
147 Morocco 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 20.0% rising
147 Monaco 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% rising
147 New Caledonia 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 500.0% volatile
147 Nicaragua 60 scale 0-100 2024 unchanged rising
147 Nepal 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% rising
147 Solomon Islands 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% rising
147 Somalia 60 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
147 Sao Tome and Principe 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% volatile
147 Turkmenistan 60 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
147 Venezuela 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% rising
147 British Virgin Islands 60 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% volatile
171 Vanuatu 56.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 88.7% rising
172 Burundi 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 25.0% rising
172 Botswana 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 25.0% rising
172 Central African Republic 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 150.0% rising
172 Dominica 50 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
172 Kiribati 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
172 Papua New Guinea 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 400.0% volatile
172 Puerto Rico 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 150.0% volatile
172 Turks and Caicos Islands 50 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
172 Turkey 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 150.0% rising
172 Tuvalu 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 66.7% rising
172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50 scale 0-100 2024 up 150.0% rising
183 Sudan 46.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.5% rising
183 Suriname 46.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 133.0% rising
183 Yemen 46.6 scale 0-100 2024 down 6.8% volatile
186 Aruba 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
186 American Samoa 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
186 Bermuda 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
186 Democratic Republic of Congo 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 33.3% rising
186 Cuba 40 scale 0-100 2024 unchanged rising
186 Djibouti 40 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
186 Faroe Islands 40 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
186 Gibraltar 40 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
186 Greenland 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
186 Guam 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 100.0% volatile
186 Hong Kong 40 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
186 Haiti 40 scale 0-100 2024 down 20.0% rising
186 Isle of Man 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
186 Liechtenstein 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
186 Macao 40 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
186 Saint Martin (French part) 40 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
186 Northern Mariana Islands 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
186 Namibia 40 scale 0-100 2024 down 20.0% rising
186 French Polynesia 40 scale 0-100 2024 up 300.0% volatile
186 United States Virgin Islands 40 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
207 Congo 30 scale 0-100 2024 down 40.0% volatile
207 Cayman Islands 30 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.0% volatile
207 Marshall Islands 30 scale 0-100 2024 up 200.0% rising
207 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 30 scale 0-100 2024 volatile
211 Syria 26.6 scale 0-100 2024 down 46.8% falling
212 Micronesia (country) 20 scale 0-100 2024 down 33.3% rising
212 Libya 20 scale 0-100 2024 down 50.0% rising
212 South Sudan 20 scale 0-100 2024 falling
215 Eritrea 16.6 scale 0-100 2024 down 17.0% rising
216 Equatorial Guinea 10 scale 0-100 2024 down 50.0% volatile
216 North Korea 10 scale 0-100 2024 volatile

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
Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100)
Unit
scale 0-100
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
221 places, 4,593 data points, 2004–2024
Last refreshed

The data use overall score is a composite score measuring the demand side of the statistical system. The data use pillar is segmented by five types of users: (i) the legislature, (ii) the executive branch, (iii) civil society (including sub-national actors), (iv) academia and (v) international bodies. Each dimension would have associated indicators to measure performance. A mature system would score well across all dimensions whereas a less mature one would have weaker scores along certain dimensions. The gaps would give insights into prioritization among user groups and help answer questions as to why the existing services are not resulting in higher use of national statistics in a particular segment. Currently, the SPI only features indicators for one of the five dimensions of data use, which is data use by international organizations. Indicators on whether statistical systems are providing useful data to their national governments (legislature and executive branches), to civil society, and to academia are absent. Thus the dashboard does not yet assess if national statistical systems are meeting the data needs of a large swathe of users.