Links to the Individual WGI Sources

• African Development Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessments (ADB)
• African Electoral Index (IRP)
• Afrobarometer (AFR)
• Asian Development Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessments (ASD)
• Business Enterprise Environment Survey (BPS)
• Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI)
• Cingranelli Richards Human Rights Database (HUM)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Transition Report (EBR)
• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
• Freedom House (FRH)
• Freedom House -- Countries at the Crossroads (CCR)
• Global Corruption Barometer Survey (GCB)
• Global Competitiveness Report (GCS)
• Global Insight Business Condition and Risk Indicators (WMO)
• Global Integrity Index (GII)
• Gallup World Poll (GWP)
• Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom (HER)
• IFAD Rural Sector Performance Assessments (IFD)
• iJET Country Security Risk Ratings (IJT)
• Institute for Management & Development World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY)
• Institutional Profiles Database (IPD)
• International Research & Exchanges Board Media Sustainability Index (MSI)
• International Budget Project Open Budget Index (OBI)
• Latinobarometro (LBO)
• Political Economic Risk Consultancy (PRC)
• Political Risk Services International Country Risk Guide (PRS)
• Political Terror Scale (PTS)
• Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index (RSF)
• US State Department Trafficking in People report (TPR)
• Vanderbilt University's AmericasBarometer (VAB)
• World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessments (PIA)
• World Justice Project Rule of Law Index (WJP)

Relative to the previous update of the WGI, we have made a number of revisions to the source data underlying the WGI, some of which affect the data for previous years.  To access previous versions of the WGI dataset, please click on the links below:

• 2014 update
• 2013 update
• 2012 update
• 2011 update
• 2010 update
• 2009 update
• 2008 update
• 2007 update