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