Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) by country

The SPI overall score is a composite score measuring country performance across five pillars: data use, data services, data products, data sources, and data infrastructure. The new Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) will replace the Statistical Capacity Index (SCI), which the World Bank has regularly...

Countries reporting
178
Highest
94.14 scale 0-100
Norway
Lowest
27.12 scale 0-100
South Sudan
Median
70.22 scale 0-100
Years covered
9
2016–2024
Data points
1,630

What the numbers show

Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 94.14 scale 0-100 in Norway; the lowest is 27.12 scale 0-100 in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 70.22 scale 0-100, and the mean is 69.74 scale 0-100.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 165 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 339.4%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 12.7%).

Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 94.14 scale 0-100 2024 up 19.4% rising
2 Sweden 92.66 scale 0-100 2024 up 5.3% rising
3 Canada 92.36 scale 0-100 2024 up 7.0% rising
4 Denmark 92.05 scale 0-100 2024 up 15.6% rising
5 Spain 91.82 scale 0-100 2024 up 6.7% rising
6 New Zealand 91.74 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.2% rising
7 South Korea 91.57 scale 0-100 2024 up 20.2% rising
8 Poland 91.11 scale 0-100 2024 up 11.5% rising
9 Slovenia 91.09 scale 0-100 2024 up 4.9% rising
10 Romania 91.05 scale 0-100 2024 up 25.7% rising
11 Japan 90.99 scale 0-100 2024 up 19.5% rising
12 Costa Rica 90.98 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.1% rising
13 Mexico 90.95 scale 0-100 2024 up 14.1% rising
14 Italy 90.93 scale 0-100 2024 up 2.6% rising
15 Portugal 90.71 scale 0-100 2024 up 5.9% rising
16 Finland 90.37 scale 0-100 2024 up 3.3% rising
17 Israel 90.29 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.7% rising
18 United States 90.06 scale 0-100 2024 up 2.4% rising
19 Germany 90.06 scale 0-100 2024 up 6.1% rising
20 Chile 89.38 scale 0-100 2024 up 12.2% rising
21 Lithuania 89.36 scale 0-100 2024 up 13.7% rising
22 Austria 89.35 scale 0-100 2024 up 3.5% rising
23 Australia 88.97 scale 0-100 2024 up 6.7% rising
24 Estonia 88.79 scale 0-100 2024 up 10.2% rising
25 Switzerland 88.71 scale 0-100 2024 up 5.1% rising
26 United Kingdom 88.38 scale 0-100 2024 up 7.7% rising
27 France 88.37 scale 0-100 2024 up 4.1% rising
28 Singapore 88.32 scale 0-100 2024 up 35.3% rising
30 Latvia 88.08 scale 0-100 2024 up 5.0% rising
31 Hungary 87.87 scale 0-100 2024 up 4.9% rising
32 Georgia 87.72 scale 0-100 2024 up 13.9% rising
33 Belgium 87.26 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.4% rising
34 North Macedonia 87.17 scale 0-100 2024 up 39.2% rising
35 Czechia 87.01 scale 0-100 2024 up 8.8% rising
36 Greece 86.58 scale 0-100 2024 up 4.9% rising
38 Moldova 85.67 scale 0-100 2024 up 18.6% rising
39 Netherlands 85.13 scale 0-100 2024 up 14.8% rising
40 Cyprus 85.06 scale 0-100 2024 up 27.9% rising
41 Croatia 85.05 scale 0-100 2024 up 28.0% rising
42 Thailand 85.04 scale 0-100 2024 up 9.5% rising
43 Malaysia 84.99 scale 0-100 2024 up 38.6% rising
44 Kazakhstan 84.89 scale 0-100 2024 up 18.4% rising
46 Philippines 83.83 scale 0-100 2024 up 14.5% rising
47 Mongolia 83.73 scale 0-100 2024 up 22.8% rising
48 Albania 83.65 scale 0-100 2024 up 28.9% rising
49 Bulgaria 83.55 scale 0-100 2024 up 11.4% rising
50 Colombia 83.44 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.6% rising
51 Saudi Arabia 83.29 scale 0-100 2024 up 95.1% rising
52 Slovakia 83.25 scale 0-100 2024 up 1.3% flat
53 Indonesia 82.34 scale 0-100 2024 up 20.1% rising
54 Brazil 82.31 scale 0-100 2024 up 10.8% rising
55 Armenia 82.18 scale 0-100 2024 up 3.1% flat
56 Peru 81.98 scale 0-100 2024 up 30.3% rising
57 Russia 81.5 scale 0-100 2024 up 17.1% rising
58 Uzbekistan 81.49 scale 0-100 2024 up 116.0% rising
59 Iceland 81.47 scale 0-100 2024 up 17.3% rising
60 Senegal 81.41 scale 0-100 2024 up 47.8% rising
61 South Africa 81.29 scale 0-100 2024 up 6.7% rising
62 Serbia 80.49 scale 0-100 2024 up 17.0% rising
63 Mauritius 80.44 scale 0-100 2024 up 7.6% rising
64 Argentina 80.39 scale 0-100 2024 up 22.8% rising
65 Uruguay 80.15 scale 0-100 2024 up 22.3% rising
66 Ecuador 79.86 scale 0-100 2024 up 13.5% rising
67 Guatemala 79.36 scale 0-100 2024 up 34.8% rising
68 Turkey 79.35 scale 0-100 2024 up 9.2% rising
69 United Arab Emirates 79.15 scale 0-100 2024 up 69.5% rising
70 Kyrgyzstan 79.15 scale 0-100 2024 down 2.4% flat
71 Jordan 78.81 scale 0-100 2024 up 40.3% rising
72 Egypt 78.14 scale 0-100 2024 up 2.4% flat
73 Panama 77.73 scale 0-100 2024 up 41.5% rising
74 Belarus 77.2 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.2% rising
75 Burkina Faso 76.37 scale 0-100 2024 up 54.4% rising
76 Ukraine 76 scale 0-100 2024 up 12.8% rising
77 Tunisia 75.46 scale 0-100 2024 up 20.9% rising
78 Dominican Republic 75.22 scale 0-100 2024 up 19.1% rising
79 Sri Lanka 74.58 scale 0-100 2024 up 1.8% flat
80 Palestine 74.4 scale 0-100 2024 up 27.2% rising
81 Paraguay 74.21 scale 0-100 2024 up 40.0% rising
82 Montenegro 73.89 scale 0-100 2024 up 29.0% rising
83 El Salvador 73.74 scale 0-100 2024 up 9.5% rising
84 India 73.72 scale 0-100 2024 up 12.2% rising
85 Jamaica 73.47 scale 0-100 2024 up 44.0% rising
86 Kenya 73.36 scale 0-100 2024 up 31.2% rising
87 Morocco 73.07 scale 0-100 2024 up 21.7% rising
88 Rwanda 72.6 scale 0-100 2024 up 32.5% rising
89 Bangladesh 71.64 scale 0-100 2024 up 25.3% rising
90 Benin 71.03 scale 0-100 2024 up 46.5% rising
91 Niger 70.47 scale 0-100 2024 up 30.6% rising
92 Bolivia 70.23 scale 0-100 2024 up 20.9% rising
93 Cote d'Ivoire 70.2 scale 0-100 2024 up 49.6% rising
94 Azerbaijan 69.49 scale 0-100 2024 up 28.4% rising
95 Nigeria 69.12 scale 0-100 2024 up 21.0% rising
96 Uganda 68.7 scale 0-100 2024 up 7.5% flat
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 68.56 scale 0-100 2024 up 23.8% rising
98 Tanzania 68.22 scale 0-100 2024 up 11.4% rising
99 Qatar 68.1 scale 0-100 2024 up 52.0% rising
100 Pakistan 68.06 scale 0-100 2024 up 19.6% rising
101 Belize 67.68 scale 0-100 2024 up 40.8% rising
102 Fiji 67.68 scale 0-100 2024 up 22.7% rising
103 Vietnam 67.24 scale 0-100 2024 up 25.2% rising
104 Gambia 67.01 scale 0-100 2024 up 44.0% rising
105 Zimbabwe 66.8 scale 0-100 2024 up 61.7% rising
106 Mozambique 66.74 scale 0-100 2024 up 26.7% rising
107 Togo 66.55 scale 0-100 2024 up 27.9% rising
108 Mali 66.51 scale 0-100 2024 up 33.9% rising
109 Cameroon 66.05 scale 0-100 2024 up 24.6% rising
110 Ghana 65.74 scale 0-100 2024 up 10.8% rising
111 Honduras 65.68 scale 0-100 2024 up 10.9% rising
112 Seychelles 64.53 scale 0-100 2024 up 21.8% rising
113 Myanmar 64.52 scale 0-100 2024 up 46.3% rising
114 Maldives 64.37 scale 0-100 2024 up 29.3% rising
115 Malawi 64.34 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.0% rising
116 Botswana 64.21 scale 0-100 2024 up 26.9% rising
117 Saint Lucia 64.17 scale 0-100 2024 up 14.1% rising
118 Zambia 64.17 scale 0-100 2024 up 14.1% rising
119 Tajikistan 63.87 scale 0-100 2024 up 25.5% rising
120 Iran 63.52 scale 0-100 2024 up 27.9% rising
121 Kuwait 63.38 scale 0-100 2024 up 39.2% rising
122 Antigua and Barbuda 63.21 scale 0-100 2024 rising
123 Tonga 63.2 scale 0-100 2024 rising
124 Cambodia 63.01 scale 0-100 2024 up 17.2% rising
125 Samoa 62.83 scale 0-100 2024 up 18.2% rising
126 Ethiopia 61.75 scale 0-100 2024 up 20.3% rising
127 Brunei 61.44 scale 0-100 2024 rising
128 Eswatini 60.97 scale 0-100 2024 up 32.0% rising
129 Palau 60.95 scale 0-100 2024 rising
130 Laos 60.84 scale 0-100 2024 up 46.6% rising
131 East Timor 60.52 scale 0-100 2024 up 23.9% rising
132 Nepal 60.37 scale 0-100 2024 up 25.2% rising
133 Sierra Leone 59.94 scale 0-100 2024 up 31.5% rising
134 Cape Verde 59.87 scale 0-100 2024 up 12.9% rising
135 Trinidad and Tobago 59.38 scale 0-100 2024 up 52.6% rising
136 Oman 59.22 scale 0-100 2024 up 43.6% rising
137 Liberia 59.12 scale 0-100 2024 up 36.7% rising
138 Suriname 58.62 scale 0-100 2024 up 60.5% rising
139 Mauritania 58.45 scale 0-100 2024 up 43.1% rising
140 Lesotho 58.24 scale 0-100 2024 up 18.8% rising
141 Angola 58.15 scale 0-100 2024 up 22.7% rising
142 Bhutan 57.97 scale 0-100 2024 up 22.1% rising
143 China 57.93 scale 0-100 2024 up 8.0% rising
144 Lebanon 57.81 scale 0-100 2024 up 76.6% rising
145 Madagascar 57.5 scale 0-100 2024 up 42.9% rising
146 Nicaragua 55.8 scale 0-100 2024 up 15.8% rising
147 Namibia 55.66 scale 0-100 2024 up 11.6% rising
148 Algeria 55.24 scale 0-100 2024 up 23.5% rising
149 Afghanistan 54.39 scale 0-100 2024 up 36.9% rising
150 Guyana 54.06 scale 0-100 2024 up 50.6% rising
151 Iraq 53.98 scale 0-100 2024 up 46.7% rising
152 Chad 53.57 scale 0-100 2024 up 87.9% rising
153 Vanuatu 53.45 scale 0-100 2024 up 40.1% rising
154 Sao Tome and Principe 52.97 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.2% rising
155 Bahrain 51.96 scale 0-100 2024 up 22.3% rising
156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51.96 scale 0-100 2024 up 32.6% rising
157 Somalia 51.71 scale 0-100 2024 up 339.4% rising
158 Bahamas 51.26 scale 0-100 2024 up 39.7% rising
159 Solomon Islands 51.03 scale 0-100 2024 up 54.4% rising
160 Kiribati 50.04 scale 0-100 2024 up 78.3% rising
161 Guinea 49.91 scale 0-100 2024 up 16.9% rising
162 Guinea-Bissau 47.52 scale 0-100 2024 up 45.4% rising
163 Democratic Republic of Congo 46.28 scale 0-100 2024 up 39.7% rising
164 Gabon 45.48 scale 0-100 2024 up 67.2% rising
165 Burundi 45.24 scale 0-100 2024 down 10.3% falling
166 Papua New Guinea 43.63 scale 0-100 2024 up 61.8% rising
167 Marshall Islands 43.54 scale 0-100 2024 up 162.6% rising
168 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.66 scale 0-100 2024 rising
169 Sudan 42.1 scale 0-100 2024 up 10.2% rising
170 Dominica 40.71 scale 0-100 2024 flat
171 Venezuela 39.46 scale 0-100 2024 down 12.7% falling
172 Congo 38.87 scale 0-100 2024 down 8.9% falling
173 Haiti 38.74 scale 0-100 2024 up 7.1% flat
174 Djibouti 38.11 scale 0-100 2024 up 59.0% rising
175 Yemen 37.44 scale 0-100 2024 down 4.3% falling
176 Micronesia (country) 37.1 scale 0-100 2024 up 47.7% rising
177 Libya 34.75 scale 0-100 2024 up 48.2% rising
178 Syria 32.42 scale 0-100 2024 up 34.5% rising
179 Equatorial Guinea 32.15 scale 0-100 2024 falling
180 Turkmenistan 29.65 scale 0-100 2024 up 54.7% rising
181 South Sudan 27.12 scale 0-100 2024 down 11.9% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100)
Unit
scale 0-100
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 1,630 data points, 2016–2024
Last refreshed

The SPI overall score is a composite score measuring country performance across five pillars: data use, data services, data products, data sources, and data infrastructure. The new Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) will replace the Statistical Capacity Index (SCI), which the World Bank has regularly published since 2004. Although the goals are the same, to offer a better tool to measure the statistical systems of countries, the new SPI framework has expanded into new areas including in the areas of data use, administrative data, geospatial data, data services, and data infrastructure. The SPI provides a framework that can help countries measure where they stand in several dimensions and offers an ambitious measurement agenda for the international community.