CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) by country
Equity of public resource use assesses the extent to which the pattern of public expenditures and revenue collection affects the poor and is consistent with national poverty reduction priorities.
Countries reporting
84
Highest
4.5 1=low to 6=high
Armenia
Lowest
1.5 1=low to 6=high
Sudan
Median
3.5 1=low to 6=high
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
2,443
What the numbers show
CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 4.5 1=low to 6=high in Armenia; the lowest is 1.5 1=low to 6=high in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.5 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.47 1=low to 6=high.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 60.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 40.0%).
CPIA equity of public resource use rating: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 1 | Georgia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 1 | Mauritania | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 1 | Rwanda | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Togo | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 1 | Tonga | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 1 | Tanzania | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 1 | Vietnam | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 1 | Samoa | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2010 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Benin | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Fiji | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | India | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Kenya | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Cambodia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Kiribati | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Mali | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Mongolia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Malawi | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Niger | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Senegal | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 13 | Zambia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 30 | Burundi | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Cape Verde | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 30 | Djibouti | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 30 | Guinea | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 30 | Gambia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 30 | Grenada | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 30 | Honduras | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 30 | Liberia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 30 | Moldova | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Madagascar | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 30 | Maldives | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 30 | Nepal | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 30 | Pakistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Kosovo | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 54 | Cameroon | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Congo | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Comoros | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 54 | Dominica | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Ghana | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 54 | Guyana | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Laos | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 54 | Lesotho | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Myanmar | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 54 | Mozambique | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Nigeria | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 54 | Somalia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | East Timor | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 54 | Tuvalu | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Vanuatu | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 74 | Angola | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Eritrea | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 74 | Micronesia (country) | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 74 | Haiti | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 74 | Solomon Islands | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 74 | Yemen | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 82 | South Sudan | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Sudan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 3.88 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia 3.88 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.88 1=low to 6=high
- IBRD only 3.75 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia 3.6 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.6 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Western and Central 3.58 1=low to 6=high
- Lower middle income 3.54 1=low to 6=high
- Post-demographic dividend 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Middle income 3.49 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.46 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.46 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.46 1=low to 6=high
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.45 1=low to 6=high
- IDA blend 3.45 1=low to 6=high
- Other small states 3.44 1=low to 6=high
- Pre-demographic dividend 3.43 1=low to 6=high
- Late-demographic dividend 3.42 1=low to 6=high
- Early-demographic dividend 3.39 1=low to 6=high
- Low & middle income 3.39 1=low to 6=high
- Pacific island small states 3.39 1=low to 6=high
- IDA & IBRD total 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- IDA total 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- World 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- Upper middle income 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- Least developed countries 3.37 1=low to 6=high
- IDA only 3.36 1=low to 6=high
- Small states 3.35 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Eastern and Southern 3.35 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 3.32 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific 3.32 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.32 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.22 1=low to 6=high
- Caribbean Small States 3.21 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean 3.2 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.2 1=low to 6=high
- Low income 3.17 1=low to 6=high
- High income 3 1=low to 6=high
- Arab World 2.79 1=low to 6=high
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.7 1=low to 6=high
About this data
Equity of public resource use assesses the extent to which the pattern of public expenditures and revenue collection affects the poor and is consistent with national poverty reduction priorities.