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Governance

18 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Korea. Each tile carries the annual series and the latest known value for each country, sorted from highest to lowest. Hover a chart to read a given year, open a tile for the full page.

Indicators published
18of 18 for these countries
Countries compared
8Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Korea
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
4,739on this page, all series

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18 indicators

Government effectivenessGOV_WGI_GE.EST · score
19962024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands1.75 score2024
  • Germany1.55 score2024
  • South Korea1.49 score2024
  • United States1.36 score2024
  • United Kingdom1.18 score2024
  • Spain1.11 score2024
  • China0.9 score2024
  • Italy0.79 score2024
Rule of lawGOV_WGI_RL.EST · score
19962024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands1.71 score2024
  • Germany1.63 score2024
  • United Kingdom1.27 score2024
  • South Korea1.12 score2024
  • United States0.96 score2024
  • Spain0.93 score2024
  • Italy0.62 score2024
  • China-0.58 score2024
Control of corruptionGOV_WGI_CC.EST · score
19962024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands1.91 score2024
  • Germany1.77 score2024
  • United Kingdom1.51 score2024
  • United States1.09 score2024
  • South Korea0.85 score2024
  • Spain0.71 score2024
  • Italy0.55 score2024
  • China0.09 score2024
Political stabilityGOV_WGI_PV.EST · score
19962024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea0.64 score2024
  • Netherlands0.43 score2024
  • Italy0.31 score2024
  • United Kingdom0.26 score2024
  • Germany0.12 score2024
  • Spain-0 score2024
  • United States-0.1 score2024
  • China-0.15 score2024
Regulatory qualityGOV_WGI_RQ.EST · score
19962024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands1.72 score2024
  • United Kingdom1.51 score2024
  • Germany1.5 score2024
  • United States1.35 score2024
  • South Korea1.01 score2024
  • Italy0.64 score2024
  • Spain0.62 score2024
  • China-0.07 score2024
Voice & accountabilityGOV_WGI_VA.EST · score
19962024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands1.65 score2024
  • Germany1.6 score2024
  • United Kingdom1.3 score2024
  • Spain1.15 score2024
  • Italy1.07 score2024
  • United States0.89 score2024
  • South Korea0.81 score2024
  • China-1.65 score2024
Military spending / GDPMS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · %
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States3.42%2024
  • South Korea2.56%2024
  • United Kingdom2.28%2024
  • Netherlands1.92%2024
  • Germany1.89%2024
  • China1.71%2024
  • Italy1.61%2024
  • Spain1.43%2024
Military spending / gov.MS.MIL.XPND.ZS · %
19882024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea11.32%2024
  • United States9.11%2024
  • United Kingdom5.25%2024
  • China5.06%2024
  • Netherlands4.34%2024
  • Germany3.93%2024
  • Spain3.2%2024
  • Italy3.18%2024
Tax revenue / GDPGC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · %
19722024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom26.89%2024
  • Italy25.6%2024
  • Netherlands25.28%2024
  • Spain14.93%2024
  • South Korea13.29%2024
  • Germany10.89%2024
  • United States10.77%2024
  • China7.02%2024
Activity rateSL.TLF.CACT.ZS · %
19902025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands67.25%2025
  • China64.55%2025
  • South Korea64.35%2025
  • United States61.7%2025
  • United Kingdom61.37%2025
  • Germany60.57%2025
  • Spain57.41%2025
  • Italy49.3%2025
Employment rateSL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS · %
19912025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands64.64%2025
  • South Korea62.62%2025
  • China61.57%2025
  • United States59.11%2025
  • United Kingdom58.46%2025
  • Germany58.32%2025
  • Spain51.45%2025
  • Italy46.15%2025
Women in parliamentSG.GEN.PARL.ZS · %
19972025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain44.29%2025
  • Netherlands43.33%2025
  • United Kingdom40.46%2025
  • Italy32.75%2025
  • Germany32.38%2025
  • United States28.94%2025
  • China26.54%2025
  • South Korea20.33%2025
New businesses registeredIC.BUS.NREG
20062024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom841,1382024
  • China286,6402024
  • South Korea128,4552023
  • Spain118,1932024
  • Italy115,6892024
  • Germany75,7752024
  • Netherlands39,0552022
Intentional homicidesVC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · /100k
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States5.76 /100k2023
  • United Kingdom1.12 /100k2021
  • Germany0.91 /100k2023
  • Netherlands0.69 /100k2023
  • Spain0.69 /100k2023
  • Italy0.57 /100k2023
  • China0.5 /100k2020
  • South Korea0.48 /100k2023
Income taxes / revenueGC.TAX.YPKG.RV.ZS · %
19722024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States56.31%2024
  • United Kingdom40.58%2024
  • Netherlands35.55%2024
  • Italy34.7%2024
  • South Korea27.55%2024
  • Spain21.98%2024
  • China17.46%2024
  • Germany16.49%2024
Labor forceSL.TLF.TOTL.IN · people
19902025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China768.07 m people2025
  • United States174.83 m people2025
  • Germany43.55 m people2025
  • United Kingdom35.41 m people2025
  • South Korea29.87 m people2025
  • Italy25.66 m people2025
  • Spain24.76 m people2025
  • Netherlands10.35 m people2025

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