CPIA fiscal policy rating (1=low to 6=high) by country
The 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...
What the numbers show
CPIA fiscal policy rating (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 5 1=low to 6=high in Armenia; the lowest is 1 1=low to 6=high in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.5 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.11 1=low to 6=high.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 75.0%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 71.4%).
CPIA fiscal policy rating (1=low to 6=high): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 2 | Mauritania | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 2 | Samoa | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Benin | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 7 | Cameroon | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | flat |
| 7 | Dominica | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 7 | Grenada | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Rwanda | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Togo | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 7 | Tanzania | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Kosovo | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 7 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Bolivia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 19 | Bhutan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Congo | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Cape Verde | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Guinea | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Gambia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 19 | Guyana | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | India | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Cambodia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Laos | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Liberia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Saint Lucia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 19 | Moldova | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Mali | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Nigeria | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Chad | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 19 | Tajikistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Tonga | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Vietnam | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 45 | Angola | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 45 | Burundi | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 45 | Djibouti | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Fiji | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Honduras | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 45 | Mongolia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 45 | Niger | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 45 | Nepal | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 45 | Tuvalu | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 45 | Uganda | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Zambia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 58 | Comoros | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | Micronesia (country) | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | Ghana | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Haiti | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Lesotho | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Madagascar | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 58 | Marshall Islands | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 58 | Pakistan | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Senegal | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 58 | Somalia | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 58 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 73 | Afghanistan | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 73 | Central African Republic | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 73 | Kiribati | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 73 | Mozambique | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 73 | East Timor | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 79 | Eritrea | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Sudan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 79 | South Sudan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Yemen | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 83 | Maldives | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 83 | Myanmar | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 83 | Malawi | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 60.0% | 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) 3.75 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia 3.75 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.75 1=low to 6=high
- High income 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Post-demographic dividend 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Western and Central 3.38 1=low to 6=high
- Caribbean Small States 3.36 1=low to 6=high
- IDA blend 3.32 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
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.28 1=low to 6=high
- IBRD only 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- Lower middle income 3.18 1=low to 6=high
- Middle income 3.16 1=low to 6=high
- Upper middle income 3.12 1=low to 6=high
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.05 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.05 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.05 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.05 1=low to 6=high
- Early-demographic dividend 3.02 1=low to 6=high
- IDA & IBRD total 3 1=low to 6=high
- IDA total 3 1=low to 6=high
- Late-demographic dividend 3 1=low to 6=high
- Pacific island small states 3 1=low to 6=high
- World 3 1=low to 6=high
- Low & middle income 2.99 1=low to 6=high
- Small states 2.98 1=low to 6=high
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.96 1=low to 6=high
- IDA only 2.9 1=low to 6=high
- Least developed countries 2.83 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2.82 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific 2.82 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.82 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.73 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia 2.7 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 2.7 1=low to 6=high
- Low income 2.62 1=low to 6=high
- Other small states 2.62 1=low to 6=high
- Arab World 2.5 1=low to 6=high
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.2 1=low to 6=high
About this data
The 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). This CPIA fiscal policy criterion assesses the quality of the fiscal policy in its stabilization and allocation functions. The stabilization function deals with achieving macroeconomic policy objectives in conjunction with coherent monetary and exchange rate policies—smoothing business cycle fluctuations, accommodating shocks. The allocation function is concerned with the appropriate provision of public goods. The criterion pays attention to public expenditure composition, including, for example, the provision of public infrastructure and agriculture related public goods and services that support medium-term growth.