CPIA debt policy rating (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...
What the numbers show
CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 5 1=low to 6=high in Georgia; the lowest is 1 1=low to 6=high in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 3 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.26 1=low to 6=high.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 50.0%).
CPIA debt policy rating: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Kosovo | 5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 4 | Bolivia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 4 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 4 | Guyana | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Madagascar | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Rwanda | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 14 | Armenia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Bhutan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Fiji | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 14 | Honduras | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 14 | India | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 14 | Moldova | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Mali | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Nigeria | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 14 | Nepal | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 14 | Togo | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Uganda | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 14 | Samoa | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 30 | Burundi | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 30 | Cameroon | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Guinea | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 30 | Grenada | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 30 | Lesotho | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 30 | Mauritania | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 30 | Pakistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 30 | Solomon Islands | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Chad | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | East Timor | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 30 | Vietnam | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 43 | Angola | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 43 | Dominica | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Micronesia (country) | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 43 | Ghana | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 43 | Gambia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 43 | Kenya | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 43 | Liberia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 43 | Myanmar | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 43 | Mongolia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 43 | Tonga | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 43 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 43 | Zambia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 63 | Comoros | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 63 | Ethiopia | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Kiribati | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 63 | Niger | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 63 | Senegal | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 63 | Somalia | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 72 | Congo | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 72 | Djibouti | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 72 | Haiti | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 72 | Laos | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 72 | Maldives | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 72 | Mozambique | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 72 | Malawi | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 72 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 72 | Tuvalu | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Afghanistan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 81 | Eritrea | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 81 | South Sudan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Yemen | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 85 | Sudan | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- High income 4.5 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 4.25 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia 4.25 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.25 1=low to 6=high
- Post-demographic dividend 4 1=low to 6=high
- Late-demographic dividend 3.67 1=low to 6=high
- IBRD only 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia 3.4 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.4 1=low to 6=high
- Caribbean Small States 3.36 1=low to 6=high
- IDA blend 3.34 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Western and Central 3.33 1=low to 6=high
- Lower middle income 3.31 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean 3.3 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.3 1=low to 6=high
- Middle income 3.26 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.17 1=low to 6=high
- Upper middle income 3.16 1=low to 6=high
- IDA & IBRD total 3.12 1=low to 6=high
- IDA total 3.12 1=low to 6=high
- World 3.12 1=low to 6=high
- Early-demographic dividend 3.12 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 3.11 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific 3.11 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.11 1=low to 6=high
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.11 1=low to 6=high
- Low & middle income 3.1 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.09 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.09 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.09 1=low to 6=high
- Small states 3.06 1=low to 6=high
- Pre-demographic dividend 3.06 1=low to 6=high
- Pacific island small states 3.06 1=low to 6=high
- IDA only 3.05 1=low to 6=high
- Least developed countries 2.99 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.85 1=low to 6=high
- Other small states 2.81 1=low to 6=high
- Low income 2.75 1=low to 6=high
- Arab World 2 1=low to 6=high
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.9 1=low to 6=high
About this data
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 Debt Policy and Management criterion assesses whether the country’s debt management strategy is conducive to ensure medium-term debt sustainability and minimize budgetary risks. The criterion covers: (a) the extent to which external and domestic debt is contracted with a view to achieving/maintaining debt sustainability; and (b) the effectiveness of debt management functions (including the degree of coordination between debt management and other macroeconomic policies, the effectiveness of the debt management unit, and the existence of a debt management strategy and of a legal framework for borrowing).