The Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2018 Update
Aggregate Governance Indicators 1996-2017
                                             www.govindicators.org
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project constructs aggregate indicators of six broad dimensions of governance:
Voice and Accountability
Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism
Government Effectiveness
Regulatory Quality
Rule of Law
Control of Corruption
The six aggregate indicators are based on over 30 underlying data sources reporting the perceptions of governance of a large
survey respondents and expert assessments worldwide. Details on the underlying data sources, the aggregation method, an
interpretation of the indicators, can be found in the WGI methodology paper:
Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi (2010). "The Worldwide Governance Indicators : A Summary of Method
and Analytical Issues". World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5430
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1682130
Full interactive access to the aggregate indicators, and the underlying source data, is available at www.govindicators.org.
Note that this Worldwide Governance Indicators update incorporates revisions to data for previous years, and so this data rele
supersedes data from all previous releases.
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countri
data are gathered from a number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international orga
and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the co
they represent. The WGI are not used by the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
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vious years, and so this data release
ews on the quality of governance
ustrial and developing countries. These
ganizations, international organizations,
 Executive Directors, or the countries
Voice and Accountability
Reflects perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as f
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Estimate                 Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr                   Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc                   Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank                     Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower                    Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper                    Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
                                  1996    1996    1996                  1996     1996    1996    1998
Country/Territory        WBCode Estimate StdErr NumSrc                  Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
Pakistan                 PAK        -0.60    0.21    6.00                 31.50    19.50   41.00   -0.54
their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media.
rong) governance performance)
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
               1998    1998        1998     1998    1998    2000    2000    2000                2000     2000
              StdErr NumSrc        Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc                Rank    Lower
                  0.21    6.00       33.33    21.39   44.28   -1.22    0.21    6.00               12.94     6.97
2000    2002    2002    2002      2002     2002    2002    2003    2003    2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  22.39   -1.11    0.17    8.00     15.92    10.45   22.89   -1.17    0.16   10.00
2003     2003    2003    2004    2004    2004      2004     2004    2004    2005
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  14.93     9.95   22.39   -1.14    0.15   11.00     16.83     8.17   21.63   -0.98
 2005    2005      2005     2005    2005    2006    2006    2006      2006     2006
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.15   12.00     20.67    12.98   25.00   -0.89    0.12   15.00     24.52    18.27
2006    2007    2007    2007      2007     2007    2007    2008    2008    2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  28.85   -0.95    0.12   15.00     21.15    15.38   25.96   -0.84    0.11   15.00
2008     2008    2008    2009    2009    2009      2009     2009    2009    2010
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  25.48    18.27   28.85   -0.86    0.12   15.00     24.17    16.59   29.38   -0.80
 2010    2010      2010     2010    2010    2011    2011    2011      2011     2011
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.11   15.00     27.49    19.43   29.86   -0.83    0.11   16.00     25.82    19.25
2011    2012    2012    2012      2012     2012    2012    2013    2013    2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  28.64   -0.84    0.11   16.00     24.88    16.43   27.23   -0.80    0.11   15.00
2013     2013    2013    2014    2014    2014      2014     2014    2014    2015
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  25.35    19.25   28.17   -0.72    0.13   12.00     27.09    21.67   31.03   -0.72
 2015    2015      2015     2015    2015    2016    2016    2016      2016     2016
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.13   12.00     27.09    22.66   30.54   -0.70    0.13   12.00     27.59    22.66
2016    2017    2017    2017      2017     2017    2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper
  32.02   -0.69    0.13   12.00     28.08    22.66   32.02
Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism
Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politic
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Estimate                 Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr                   Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc                   Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank                     Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower                    Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper                    Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
                                  1996    1996    1996                  1996     1996    1996    1998
Country/Territory        WBCode Estimate StdErr NumSrc                  Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
Pakistan                 PAK        -1.12    0.37    4.00                 14.36     5.85   28.19   -1.12
tical instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism.
rong) governance performance)
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
               1998    1998          1998     1998    1998    2000    2000    2000          2000     2000
              StdErr NumSrc          Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc          Rank    Lower
                  0.35    4.00         14.89     7.45   27.66   -1.10    0.34    4.00         15.87     6.88
2000    2002    2002    2002      2002     2002    2002    2003    2003    2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  29.10   -1.64    0.32    4.00      6.35     1.06   17.46   -1.55    0.29    5.00
2003     2003    2003    2004    2004    2004      2004     2004    2004    2005
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
   7.54     3.02   19.10   -1.58    0.29    6.00      5.83     3.40   15.53   -1.75
 2005    2005      2005     2005    2005    2006    2006    2006      2006     2006
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.28    6.00      5.34     0.97   11.17   -2.03    0.25    7.00      2.90     0.48
2006    2007    2007    2007      2007     2007    2007    2008    2008    2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
   8.21   -2.43    0.24    7.00      0.97     0.00    3.38   -2.57    0.25    7.00
2008     2008    2008    2009    2009    2009      2009     2009    2009    2010
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
   0.96     0.00    1.92   -2.64    0.25    7.00      1.42     0.00    1.90   -2.68
 2010    2010      2010     2010    2010    2011    2011    2011      2011     2011
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.24    7.00      0.47     0.00    1.90   -2.81    0.24    8.00      0.47     0.00
2011    2012    2012    2012      2012     2012    2012    2013    2013    2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
   1.90   -2.68    0.22    8.00      0.95     0.00    1.90   -2.60    0.23    8.00
2013     2013    2013    2014    2014    2014      2014     2014    2014    2015
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
   0.95     0.00    1.90   -2.40    0.20    8.00      3.33     0.00    5.24   -2.48
 2015    2015      2015     2015    2015    2016    2016    2016      2016     2016
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.20    8.00      1.43     0.00    4.76   -2.48    0.21    8.00      1.43     0.00
2016    2017    2017    2017      2017     2017    2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper
   4.29   -2.40    0.21    8.00      1.90     0.48    3.81
Government Effectiveness
Reflects perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from pol
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Estimate                 Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr                   Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc                   Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank                     Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower                    Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper                    Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
                                  1996    1996    1996                  1996     1996    1996    1998
Country/Territory        WBCode Estimate StdErr NumSrc                  Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
Pakistan                 PAK        -0.62    0.17    3.00                 31.69    19.13   43.72   -0.46
of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's
rong) governance performance)
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
              1998    1998         1998     1998    1998    2000    2000    2000                   2000     2000
             StdErr NumSrc         Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc                   Rank    Lower
                 0.21    4.00        37.31    19.69   52.33   -0.60    0.19    5.00                  30.26    15.90
e credibility of the government's commitment to such policies.
              2000    2002    2002    2002               2002     2002    2002    2003    2003    2003
              Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc               Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
                46.15   -0.41    0.17    6.00              40.82    28.06   52.55   -0.40    0.16    7.00
2003     2003    2003    2004    2004    2004      2004     2004    2004    2005
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  41.33    28.57   52.55   -0.46    0.16    8.00     38.92    24.14   50.25   -0.45
 2005    2005      2005     2005    2005    2006    2006    2006      2006     2006
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.17    8.00     39.71    26.47   49.51   -0.38    0.17   10.00     40.98    28.78
2006    2007    2007    2007      2007     2007    2007    2008    2008    2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  54.15   -0.48    0.20   10.00     37.38    22.33   50.97   -0.72    0.20   10.00
2008     2008    2008    2009    2009    2009      2009     2009    2009    2010
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  26.70    13.59   42.23   -0.80    0.20   10.00     23.44    10.53   38.76   -0.77
 2010    2010      2010     2010    2010    2011    2011    2011      2011     2011
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.19   10.00     25.36    13.40   39.71   -0.82    0.19   10.00     22.27    11.85
2011    2012    2012    2012      2012     2012    2012    2013    2013    2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  38.39   -0.78    0.20   10.00     25.59    13.27   39.81   -0.79    0.19   10.00
2013     2013    2013    2014    2014    2014      2014     2014    2014    2015
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  24.17    13.27   37.91   -0.76    0.20   10.00     23.08    14.90   37.98   -0.67
 2015    2015      2015     2015    2015    2016    2016    2016      2016     2016
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.20   10.00     27.88    14.90   42.31   -0.64    0.20   10.00     28.37    16.83
2016    2017    2017    2017      2017     2017    2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper
  40.87   -0.58    0.20   10.00     31.25    17.31   42.31
Regulatory Quality
Reflects perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit an
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Estimate                Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr                  Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc                  Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank                    Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower                   Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper                   Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
                                 1996    1996    1996               1996     1996    1996    1998
Country/Territory       WBCode Estimate StdErr NumSrc               Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
Pakistan                PAK        -0.51    0.31    4.00              28.80    15.22   53.80   -0.48
nd regulations that permit and promote private sector development.
rong) governance performance)
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
              1998    1998        1998     1998    1998    2000    2000    2000             2000     2000
             StdErr NumSrc        Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc             Rank    Lower
                 0.30    5.00       29.02    14.51   54.92   -0.76    0.28    6.00            20.00    10.77
2000    2002    2002    2002      2002     2002    2002    2003    2003    2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  37.95   -0.78    0.22    7.00     21.94    12.24   37.24   -0.71    0.18    8.00
2003     2003    2003    2004    2004    2004      2004     2004    2004    2005
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  22.96    16.84   39.29   -0.91    0.18    9.00     17.73    10.84   27.59   -0.64
 2005    2005      2005     2005    2005    2006    2006    2006      2006     2006
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.16    9.00     26.47    19.61   42.65   -0.48    0.19   10.00     34.31    21.08
2006    2007    2007    2007      2007     2007    2007    2008    2008    2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  49.51   -0.53    0.19   10.00     31.07    20.87   48.06   -0.60    0.18   10.00
2008     2008    2008    2009    2009    2009      2009     2009    2009    2010
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  30.58    18.45   44.66   -0.58    0.17   10.00     30.62    22.01   43.06   -0.60
 2010    2010      2010     2010    2010    2011    2011    2011      2011     2011
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.16   10.00     29.67    21.53   41.63   -0.63    0.16   11.00     28.91    20.85
2011    2012    2012    2012      2012     2012    2012    2013    2013    2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  37.44   -0.72    0.17   11.00     25.59    17.54   36.02   -0.70    0.17   11.00
2013     2013    2013    2014    2014    2014      2014     2014    2014    2015
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  26.07    17.54   36.02   -0.68    0.18   11.00     28.37    16.83   39.42   -0.63
 2015    2015      2015     2015    2015    2016    2016    2016      2016     2016
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.18   11.00     28.85    16.35   42.31   -0.64    0.19   11.00     27.40    15.87
2016    2017    2017    2017      2017     2017    2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper
  40.87   -0.59    0.18   11.00     29.33    16.35   40.87
Rule of Law
Reflects perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the qu
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Estimate                Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr                  Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc                  Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank                    Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower                   Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper                   Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institutes, think
private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countrie
allocate resources.
                                      1996        1996     1996           1996        1996       1996
Country/Territory       WBCode      Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc          Rank       Lower       Upper
Pakistan                PAK              -0.63       0.21     6.00          31.66       18.09      42.21
of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime
5 (strong) governance performance)
ighest) rank)
e rank terms
e rank terms
ews on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey
mber of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and
cutive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by the World Bank Group to
                  1998        1998     1998         1998        1998        1998      2000           2000     2000
                Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc        Rank       Lower        Upper   Estimate        StdErr   NumSrc
                     -0.76       0.22     7.00        25.50       14.50       37.50      -0.93          0.18     9.00
s, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence.
               2000        2000        2000      2002        2002     2002      2002       2002      2002
               Rank       Lower        Upper   Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc     Rank      Lower      Upper
                 21.78       11.39       29.70      -0.78       0.18    10.00     26.24      14.85     37.62
  2003        2003     2003      2003       2003      2003      2004        2004     2004
Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc     Rank      Lower      Upper   Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc
     -0.77       0.18    12.00     25.74      15.35     38.61      -0.88       0.16    13.00
2004       2004      2004      2005        2005     2005      2005       2005      2005      2006
Rank      Lower      Upper   Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc     Rank      Lower      Upper   Estimate
  19.62      12.92     33.97      -0.89       0.16    13.00     22.01      12.44     31.58      -0.86
 2006     2006      2006       2006      2006      2007        2007     2007      2007
StdErr   NumSrc     Rank      Lower      Upper   Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc     Rank
    0.15    16.00     22.97      11.96     32.54      -0.89       0.15    16.00     21.05
 2007      2007      2008        2008     2008      2008       2008      2008      2009        2009
Lower      Upper   Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc     Rank      Lower      Upper   Estimate     StdErr
   12.44     31.10      -0.97       0.15    16.00     17.79       9.62     25.48      -0.83       0.14
 2009      2009       2009      2009      2010        2010     2010      2010       2010
NumSrc     Rank      Lower      Upper   Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc     Rank      Lower
   16.00     21.80      14.69     33.65      -0.74       0.14    16.00     27.49      16.59
2010      2011        2011     2011      2011       2011      2011    2012    2012    2012
Upper   Estimate     StdErr   NumSrc     Rank      Lower      Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  36.49      -0.90       0.13    17.00     19.72      13.62     30.05   -0.88    0.14   17.00
2012     2012    2012    2013    2013    2013      2013     2013    2013    2014
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  21.13    13.62   31.92   -0.86    0.14   16.00     22.07    13.62   33.33   -0.76
 2014    2014      2014     2014    2014    2015    2015    2015      2015     2015
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.15   14.00     25.00    14.42   34.13   -0.77    0.15   14.00     24.52    13.94
2015    2016    2016    2016      2016     2016    2016    2017    2017    2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  34.62   -0.80    0.17   13.00     20.19    12.50   31.73   -0.72    0.16   13.00
2017     2017    2017
Rank    Lower    Upper
  24.04    15.38   33.17
Control of Corruption
Reflects perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of c
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Estimate                Estimate of governance (ranges from approximately -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong) governance performanc
StdErr                  Standard error reflects variability around the point estimate of governance.
NumSrc                  Number of data sources on which estimate is based
Rank                    Percentile rank among all countries (ranges from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) rank)
Lower                   Lower bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
Upper                   Upper bound of 90% confidence interval for governance, in percentile rank terms
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governan
survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institute
organizations, and private sector firms. The WGI do not reflect the official views of the World Bank, its Executive Direc
the World Bank Group to allocate resources.
                                 1996    1996    1996                 1996     1996    1996    1998
Country/Territory       WBCode Estimate StdErr NumSrc                 Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
Pakistan                PAK        -1.22    0.26    4.00                 7.53     0.00   25.27   -1.05
th petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as "capture" of the state by elites and private interests.
rong) governance performance)
on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert
number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international
d Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. The WGI are not used by
               1998    1998          1998     1998    1998    2000    2000    2000                     2000     2000
              StdErr NumSrc          Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc                     Rank    Lower
                  0.22    5.00         13.92     1.03   31.44   -0.84    0.22    6.00                    24.37     6.60
2000    2002    2002    2002      2002     2002    2002    2003    2003    2003
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  36.04   -0.91    0.20    6.00     21.21     5.56   32.83   -0.76    0.18    9.00
2003     2003    2003    2004    2004    2004      2004     2004    2004    2005
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  25.76    11.11   39.39   -1.08    0.17   11.00     13.17     5.37   22.93   -1.05
 2005    2005      2005     2005    2005    2006    2006    2006      2006     2006
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.16   11.00     14.15     5.37   22.93   -0.81    0.15   14.00     21.95    14.15
2006    2007    2007    2007      2007     2007    2007    2008    2008    2008
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  34.63   -0.82    0.16   14.00     20.87    12.62   34.47   -0.90    0.16   14.00
2008     2008    2008    2009    2009    2009      2009     2009    2009    2010
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  18.93    10.68   31.07   -1.07    0.16   14.00     14.83     3.83   22.01   -1.09
 2010    2010      2010     2010    2010    2011    2011    2011      2011     2011
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.16   14.00     13.81     3.33   20.95   -1.08    0.15   15.00     14.69     4.74
2011    2012    2012    2012      2012       2012      2012       2013    2013    2013
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank      Lower      Upper    Estimate StdErr NumSrc
  20.85   -1.06    0.14   15.00     14.22       4.74      21.33     -0.96    0.14   14.00
2013     2013    2013    2014    2014    2014      2014     2014    2014    2015
Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate
  17.54     9.95   26.07   -0.83    0.14   13.00     22.12    13.46   31.73   -0.81
 2015    2015      2015     2015    2015    2016    2016    2016      2016     2016
StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower
    0.14   13.00     21.63    13.46   31.73   -0.88    0.14   13.00     17.31    12.02
2016    2017    2017    2017      2017     2017    2017
Upper Estimate StdErr NumSrc      Rank    Lower    Upper
  31.25   -0.78    0.13   13.00     22.60    14.90   31.73
Year Voice and Accountability Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism
1996                    31.50                                                  14.36
1998                    33.33                                                  14.89
2000                    12.94                                                  15.87
2002                    15.92                                                    6.35
2003                    14.93                                                    7.54
2004                    16.83                                                    5.83
2005                    20.67                                                    5.34
2006                    24.52                                                    2.90
2007                    21.15                                                    0.97
2008                    25.48                                                    0.96
2009                    24.17                                                    1.42
2010                    27.49                                                    0.47
2011                    25.82                                                    0.47
2012                    24.88                                                    0.95
2013                    25.35                                                    0.95
2014                    27.09                                                    3.33
2015                    27.09                                                    1.43
2016                    27.59                                                    1.43
2017                    28.08                                                    1.90
Gpvernment Effectivness    Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption
                     31.69               28.80        31.66                   7.53
                     37.31               29.02        25.50                  13.92
                     30.26               20.00        21.78                  24.37
                     40.82               21.94        26.24                  21.21
                     41.33               22.96        25.74                  25.76
                     38.92               17.73        19.62                  13.17
                     39.71               26.47        22.01                  14.15
                     40.98               34.31        22.97                  21.95
                     37.38               31.07        21.05                  20.87
                     26.70               30.58        17.79                  18.93
                     23.44               30.62        21.80                  14.83
                     25.36               29.67        27.49                  13.81
                     22.27               28.91        19.72                  14.69
                     25.59               25.59        21.13                  14.22
                     24.17               26.07        22.07                  17.54
                     23.08               28.37        25.00                  22.12
                     27.88               28.85        24.52                  21.63
                     28.37               27.40        20.19                  17.31
                     31.25               29.33        24.04                  22.60
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              Voi ce and Accountabi l ity
              Pol i tical Sta bi l i ty and Absence of Vi ol ence/Terrori s m
              Gpvernment Effectivness
              Regul atory Qua l i ty
              Rul e of Law
              Control of Corruption