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Governance Index
EC JRC (INFORM)
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191 countries
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Data 2026 · Status unspecified
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2026
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2026
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
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Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Country
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Value
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1
Singapore
1
2
Denmark
1.1
3
Finland
1.3
4
Luxembourg
1.4
5
New Zealand
1.5
6
Liechtenstein
1.6
7
Norway
1.6
8
Switzerland
1.6
9
Sweden
1.8
10
Netherlands
1.9
11
Japan
1.9
12
Australia
1.9
13
Iceland
2
14
Canada
2
15
Ireland
2.1
16
Germany
2.2
17
Estonia
2.4
18
Austria
2.7
19
United Kingdom
2.8
20
Korea, Rep.
2.8
21
United Arab Emirates
2.9
22
United States
2.9
23
Belgium
2.9
24
France
3
25
Uruguay
3
26
Israel
3.2
27
Lithuania
3.2
28
Seychelles
3.3
29
Bhutan
3.3
30
Slovenia
3.4
31
Chile
3.4
32
Qatar
3.4
33
Czechia
3.5
34
Barbados
3.5
35
St. Kitts and Nevis
3.6
36
Spain
3.6
37
Bahamas, The
3.6
38
Brunei Darussalam
3.7
39
Portugal
3.7
40
Latvia
3.8
41
Saudi Arabia
3.8
42
Cyprus
3.9
43
Italy
4
44
Cabo Verde
4
45
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
4.1
46
Malaysia
4.1
47
Samoa
4.1
48
Antigua and Barbuda
4.1
49
Poland
4.2
50
Oman
4.2
51
Fiji
4.2
52
Mauritius
4.2
53
Botswana
4.3
54
St. Lucia
4.3
55
Costa Rica
4.3
56
Rwanda
4.3
57
Bahrain
4.3
58
Slovak Republic
4.4
59
Dominica
4.4
60
Georgia
4.4
61
Croatia
4.5
62
China
4.5
63
Malta
4.6
64
Grenada
4.7
65
Romania
4.8
66
Kuwait
4.9
67
Jordan
4.9
68
Greece
4.9
69
Montenegro
4.9
70
Naoero
5
71
Palau
5
72
Hungary
5
73
Namibia
5
74
Senegal
5
75
Albania
5.1
76
Moldova
5.1
77
Tonga
5.1
78
India
5.2
79
Jamaica
5.2
80
Bulgaria
5.3
81
Belize
5.3
82
Kazakhstan
5.4
83
Trinidad and Tobago
5.4
84
Ghana
5.4
85
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
5.4
86
Armenia
5.5
87
Morocco
5.5
88
Argentina
5.5
89
Indonesia
5.5
90
Benin
5.5
91
Cote d'Ivoire
5.6
92
Thailand
5.6
93
Viet Nam
5.6
94
Panama
5.6
95
North Macedonia
5.6
96
Marshall Islands
5.6
97
Cuba
5.7
98
South Africa
5.7
99
Colombia
5.7
100
Dominican Republic
5.7
101
Guyana
5.7
102
Philippines
5.7
103
Serbia
5.7
104
Vanuatu
5.8
105
Tanzania
5.8
106
Tunisia
5.8
107
Maldives
5.8
108
Kiribati
5.9
109
Turkiye
5.9
110
Suriname
6
111
Brazil
6
112
Sao Tome and Principe
6
113
Ecuador
6.1
114
Uzbekistan
6.1
115
Zambia
6.1
116
Algeria
6.1
117
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6.1
118
Sri Lanka
6.2
119
Kenya
6.2
120
Gambia, The
6.2
121
Peru
6.2
122
Timor-Leste
6.2
123
Solomon Islands
6.2
124
El Salvador
6.2
125
Ethiopia
6.3
126
Mongolia
6.3
127
Burkina Faso
6.3
128
Lesotho
6.3
129
Azerbaijan
6.3
130
Tuvalu
6.4
131
Mexico
6.4
132
Ukraine
6.4
133
Lao PDR
6.5
134
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.5
135
Djibouti
6.5
136
Belarus
6.6
137
Uganda
6.6
138
Niger
6.6
139
Malawi
6.6
140
Angola
6.7
141
Gabon
6.7
142
Nepal
6.7
143
Bolivia
6.7
144
Togo
6.7
145
Paraguay
6.7
146
Russian Federation
6.7
147
Sierra Leone
6.8
148
Mauritania
6.8
149
Cambodia
6.8
150
Pakistan
6.8
151
Papua New Guinea
6.9
152
Eswatini
7
153
Guinea
7
154
Mozambique
7
155
Cameroon
7
156
Bangladesh
7
157
Honduras
7
158
Madagascar
7.1
159
Iran, Islamic Rep.
7.1
160
Tajikistan
7.2
161
West Bank and Gaza
7.2
162
Guatemala
7.2
163
Kyrgyz Republic
7.2
164
Nigeria
7.2
165
Iraq
7.3
166
Liberia
7.4
167
Congo, Rep.
7.5
168
Mali
7.5
169
Zimbabwe
7.5
170
Lebanon
7.6
171
Chad
7.6
172
Turkmenistan
7.7
173
Burundi
7.7
174
Comoros
7.7
175
Guinea-Bissau
7.8
176
Central African Republic
7.9
177
Nicaragua
7.9
178
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
8
179
Equatorial Guinea
8.1
180
Congo, Dem. Rep.
8.2
181
Libya
8.3
182
Myanmar
8.3
183
Eritrea
8.3
184
Venezuela, RB
8.5
185
Syrian Arab Republic
8.6
186
Sudan
8.6
187
Afghanistan
8.6
188
Haiti
8.7
189
Yemen, Rep.
8.7
190
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
9
191
South Sudan
9.3
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