The Global Governance Index

Governance is responsible for and designs the environment in which the country’s natural, social and intellectual capital can flourish to generate new and sustain existing wealth.

The Global Governance Index evaluates the performance of a country’s regulatory framework and infrastructure environment to facilitate sustainable competitiveness, based on 33 quantitative indicators. The Governance Index does not assess the quality of regulatory frameworks itself – only the qualitative outcomes.

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Governance & Sustainable Competitiveness

Governance is responsible for and designs the environment in which the country’s natural, social and intellectual capital can flourish to generate new and sustain existing wealth.

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Achieving Sustainable Competitiveness: policies for more sustainable AND more prosperous societies: Sustainable. Competitive.

The Governance Sub-Index of the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index is based on quantitative data series – i.e. not qualitative evaluation of government systems: the Governance Index does not make political judgments. In addition, some aspects of government direction implications (such as human rights, freedom of press, etc.) are assigned to the Social Capital Index. The Governance Sub-Index aims at evaluating the suitability of a country’s regulatory framework and infrastructure environment to facilitate sustainable competitiveness. The regulatory and infrastructure framework should enable an environment in which the country’s natural, social and intellectual capital can flourish to generate new, and sustain existing wealth, for the population.

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The Global Governance Rankings 2023

The Economic Capital ranking is topped by Estonia, followed by Switzerland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden
Germany is ranked 15, France 25, the UK 41
China is ranked 51, the US 61
India is ranked 91, South Africa 88, Brazil 95, and Nigeria 161
The ranking is dominated by Central European nations, except for New Zealand (10) and Australia (19), South Korea (20), and Japan (24)
The map shows a clear north-South gap: all African countries score comparable low (except for South Africa)

2023 Governance Efficiency Ranking

Rank	Country	Score
1	Estonia	76.0
2	Switzerland	74.0
3	Norway	73.0
4	Denmark	72.4
5	Sweden	72.2
6	Ireland	72.2
7	Luxembourg	71.7
8	Netherlands	71.3
9	Finland	71.2
10	New Zealand	70.1
11	Lithuania	70.0
12	Slovenia	69.7
13	Belgium	69.2
14	Iceland	68.6
15	Germany	68.5
16	Latvia	68.5
17	Czech Republic	67.5
18	Austria	67.3
19	Australia	67.0
20	South Korea	66.3
21	Bulgaria	66.2
22	Uruguay	65.6
23	Spain	65.5
24	Japan	65.2
25	France	65.2
26	Malta	65.1
27	Singapore	64.8
28	Croatia	64.7
29	Moldova	64.6
30	Portugal	63.9
31	Seychelles	63.8
32	Canada	63.4
33	Cyprus	63.0
34	Poland	62.8
35	Greece	62.7
36	Chile	61.7
37	Romania	61.4
38	Slovakia	61.4
39	Israel	61.2
40	Italy	60.6
41	United Kingdom	59.9
42	Costa Rica	59.7
43	Bhutan	59.4
44	United Arab Emirates	59.3
45	Vietnam	59.2
46	Vanuatu	59.1
47	North Macedonia	59.0
48	Uzbekistan	59.0
49	Mongolia	58.9
50	Timor-Leste	58.7
51	China	58.5
52	Armenia	58.2
53	Montenegro	58.0
54	Serbia	57.9
55	Kazakhstan	57.6
56	Hungary	57.4
57	Georgia	56.9
58	Malaysia	56.1
59	Paraguay	55.7
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	55.5

Rank	Country	Score
61	USA	55.2
62	Botswana	55.2
63	Maldives	54.9
64	Nepal	54.9
65	Panama	54.7
66	Kiribati	54.5
67	Solomon Islands	54.4
68	Argentina	54.1
69	Indonesia	54.1
70	Albania	53.9
71	Mauritius	53.7
72	Sao Tome and Principe	53.7
73	Fiji	53.6
74	Guyana	53.4
75	Ecuador	53.4
76	Jamaica	53.0
77	Belarus	52.8
78	Trinidad and Tobago	52.6
79	Samoa	52.5
80	Russia	52.0
81	Dominican Republic	52.0
82	Laos	51.8
83	Suriname	51.8
84	Peru	51.7
85	Saudi Arabia	51.7
86	Grenada	51.6
87	Turkmenistan	51.4
88	South Africa	51.4
89	Turkey	51.0
90	Micronesia	50.9
91	India	50.7
92	Tonga	50.6
93	Colombia	50.5
94	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	50.3
95	Brazil	49.9
96	Cuba	49.8
97	Thailand	49.4
98	St. Kitts and Nevis	48.8
99	Cambodia	48.7
100	Cape Verde	48.7
101	Tajikistan	48.5
102	Morocco	48.4
103	Philippines	48.4
104	Namibia	48.2
105	Ukraine	48.0
108	Mexico	47.7
109	Qatar	47.7
111	Sri Lanka	47.6
112	Kuwait	47.5
113	Senegal	47.4
114	Iran	47.3
115	Dominica	47.3
116	Ghana	47.0
117	Brunei	47.0
118	West Bank and Gaza	47.0
119	Jordan	46.9
120	Oman	46.8

Rank	Country	Score
121	Kyrgistan	46.8
122	Bangladesh	46.6
123	Gambia	46.3
124	Kenya	45.8
125	El Salvador	45.6
126	Tunisia	45.4
127	Zambia	45.2
128	Eswatini	45.1
129	Egypt	45.0
130	Madagascar	44.9
131	Mauritania	44.8
132	Bolivia	44.8
133	Azerbaijan	44.7
134	Rwanda	44.7
135	Malawi	44.6
136	Bahamas	44.3
137	Uganda	44.2
138	Cote d'Ivoire	44.1
139	Tanzania	44.1
140	Benin	43.7
141	Honduras	43.6
142	Gabon	43.5
143	Algeria	43.5
144	Zimbabwe	43.2
145	Bahrain	43.2
146	Lesotho	43.0
147	Togo	42.6
148	Belize	42.5
149	Liberia	42.5
150	Ethiopia	41.1
151	Nicaragua	40.0
152	Niger	40.0
153	Lebanon	40.0
154	Iraq	39.9
155	Guatemala	39.7
156	Papua New Guinea	39.7
157	Pakistan	38.8
158	Djibouti	38.3
159	Burma	37.8
160	Mozambique	37.7
161	Somalia	37.7
162	Nigeria	37.5
163	Republic of Congo	37.1
164	Afghanistan	37.0
165	Venezuela	36.4
166	Sudan	36.4
167	Guinea-Bissau	36.3
168	Comoros	36.2
169	Burkina Faso	36.2
170	Chad	35.9
171	Guinea	35.2
172	Democratic Republic of Congo	34.9
173	Sierra Leone	34.6
174	Equatorial Guinea	34.4
175	Angola	33.9
176	Mali	33.8
177	Syria	33.5
178	Cameroon	33.3
179	Burundi	32.7
180	Eritrea	32.5

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