CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management 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 quality of budgetary and financial management rating (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 4.5 1=low to 6=high in Armenia; the lowest is 1 1=low to 6=high in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 3 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.05 1=low to 6=high.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 40.0%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 66.7%).
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 1 | Bhutan | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 1 | Georgia | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 1 | Kosovo | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 4.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 6 | Benin | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 6 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Gambia | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Mauritania | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 6 | Rwanda | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2010 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Cameroon | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 16 | Cape Verde | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | Ghana | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | Guyana | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Honduras | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | India | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 16 | Kenya | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Cambodia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 16 | Mongolia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 16 | Togo | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 16 | Tajikistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Tonga | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | Samoa | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 36 | Congo | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 36 | Djibouti | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 36 | Fiji | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 36 | Grenada | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 36 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 36 | Maldives | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 36 | Mali | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 36 | Nepal | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | Papua New Guinea | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | Senegal | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | Chad | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Timor-Leste | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | Zambia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 57 | Angola | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Burundi | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 57 | Central African Republic | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 57 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 57 | Dominica | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 57 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Guinea | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 57 | Kiribati | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | Liberia | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 57 | Lesotho | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 57 | Madagascar | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | Myanmar | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 57 | Mozambique | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 57 | Malawi | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 57 | Niger | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 57 | Nigeria | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 57 | Somalia | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 57 | Tuvalu | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 78 | Comoros | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 78 | Marshall Islands | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 81 | Afghanistan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 82 | Eritrea | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Sudan | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 82 | South Sudan | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 82 | Yemen | 1 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 66.7% | 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
- IBRD only 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
- South Asia 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Late-demographic dividend 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Western and Central 3.17 1=low to 6=high
- Lower middle income 3.14 1=low to 6=high
- Middle income 3.11 1=low to 6=high
- IDA blend 3.11 1=low to 6=high
- Other small states 3.06 1=low to 6=high
- Upper middle income 3.06 1=low to 6=high
- Early-demographic dividend 3.03 1=low to 6=high
- Small states 2.96 1=low to 6=high
- IDA & IBRD total 2.93 1=low to 6=high
- IDA total 2.93 1=low to 6=high
- World 2.93 1=low to 6=high
- Caribbean Small States 2.93 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2.93 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific 2.93 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.93 1=low to 6=high
- Low & middle income 2.92 1=low to 6=high
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.91 1=low to 6=high
- Pacific island small states 2.89 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.89 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.89 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.89 1=low to 6=high
- IDA only 2.87 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.85 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.85 1=low to 6=high
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.78 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.78 1=low to 6=high
- Least developed countries 2.73 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.6 1=low to 6=high
- Low income 2.5 1=low to 6=high
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.2 1=low to 6=high
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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). The quality of budgetary and financial management criterion assesses the extent to which there is: (a) a comprehensive and credible budget, linked to policy priorities; (b) effective financial management systems to ensure that the budget is implemented as intended in a controlled and predictable way; and (c) timely and accurate accounting and fiscal reporting, including timely audit of public accounts and effective arrangements for follow up.