STEERING CAPABILITY
What constitutes the strategic quality of governance? Do governments draw on internal
and external expertise in developing policy?
and external expertise in developing policy?
Steering capability scores are weighted composites, with each of the five individual criteria contributing one-fifth of the total value.
Scores and methodology
Scores and methodologyScores
undo
selection
selection
Capacity
Coordination
RIA
Consultation
Communication
8.3
1
USA
Sweden
Netherlands
UK
Finland
USA
8.2
2
Finland
Netherlands
Canada
USA
Switzerland
Australia
8.2
3
Norway
Canada
Finland
Finland
Denmark
Canada
8.1
4
Netherlands
Norway
Denmark
New Zealand
Iceland
Iceland
7.9
5
Denmark
Slovakia
France
Norway
Ireland
Luxembourg
7.8
6
Canada
UK
UK
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Portugal
7.8
7
UK
Hungary
Mexico
Denmark
Netherlands
UK
7.7
8
New Zealand
New Zealand
Luxembourg
South Korea
Norway
Denmark
7.4
9
Ireland
Denmark
Hungary
Switzerland
Sweden
Finland
6.7
10
Switzerland
Turkey
Iceland
Australia
USA
France
6.6
11
Australia
South Korea
Belgium
Canada
New Zealand
Ireland
6.5
12
Luxembourg
USA
Norway
Ireland
Spain
New Zealand
6.5
13
Sweden
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Mexico
Austria
Norway
6.4
14
South Korea
Finland
Ireland
Germany
Belgium
Sweden
6.1
15
Iceland
Ireland
South Korea
Austria
Canada
Switzerland
6.0
16
Mexico
Belgium
Australia
France
Germany
Mexico
5.5
17
Hungary
Germany
USA
Italy
Italy
Netherlands
5.1
18
France
Mexico
Turkey
Japan
Japan
South Korea
4.9
19
Germany
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Australia
Spain
4.9
20
Portugal
Australia
Sweden
Poland
Czech Rep.
Turkey
4.9
21
Spain
Portugal
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovakia
Hungary
4.9
22
Turkey
Iceland
Austria
Portugal
UK
Japan
4.8
23
Belgium
Japan
Japan
Czech Rep.
Greece
Austria
4.8
24
Japan
Austria
Germany
Belgium
Hungary
Belgium
4.7
25
Austria
France
Switzerland
Greece
Mexico
Czech Rep.
4.6
26
Slovakia
Switzerland
Slovakia
Iceland
Portugal
Germany
3.8
27
Italy
Czech Rep.
Greece
Luxembourg
South Korea
Greece
3.3
28
Czech Rep.
Spain
Italy
Spain
Turkey
Slovakia
2.6
29
Greece
Poland
Czech Rep.
Sweden
France
Poland
2.1
30
Poland
Greece
Poland
Turkey
Poland
Italy
avg.
Key findings Steering capability
Columns are ordered by country rank, in each criterion. Click country name to create line chart. No more than two countries can be selected. "Undo selection" clears chart.