The 2022 update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), with data through 2021, will be available on Friday September 23
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories over the period 1996–, for six dimensions of governance:
These aggregate indicators combine the views of a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. They are based on over 30 individual data sources produced by a variety of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and private sector firms.
What is Governance?
Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country
is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored
and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement
sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that
govern economic and social interactions among them.
The WGI are produced by: