GOVERNANCE & INSTITUTIONAL RISK — REFERENCE INSTRUMENT

Worldwide Governance Indicators

Six aggregate measures of governance perception, tracked across more than 200 countries and territories, drawn from over thirty underlying data sources.

SOURCE WORLD BANK / WGI PROJECT
METHOD KAUFMANN · KRAAY · MASTRUZZI
SCALE −2.5 TO +2.5
01
Voice & Accountability
02
Political Stability & Absence of Violence
03
Government Effectiveness
04
Regulatory Quality
05
Rule of Law
06
Control of Corruption
WGI-DASHBOARD // LIVE EMBED
TABLEAU PUBLIC
UPDATE CYCLE: ANNUAL UNIT OF ANALYSIS: COUNTRY / TERRITORY PERCENTILE RANK: 0–100

READING THE INDICATORS

Each pillar is an aggregate, not a raw statistic. It compresses survey data, expert assessment, and NGO reporting into a single score, so a shift of a few tenths of a point across a year is rarely noise. It typically reflects convergence across several independent sources.

Treat the six pillars as one system rather than six unrelated scores. A drop in Rule of Law alongside a drop in Control of Corruption points to institutional erosion, not measurement error.

SCALE & CAVEATS

Scores run from approximately −2.5 (weak) to +2.5 (strong) and are also reported as a percentile rank from 0 to 100 relative to all other countries in a given year.

WEAK (< −0.5)
MIXED (−0.5 to 0.5)
STRONG (> 0.5)