Rankings

The Open Budget Survey ranks countries according to their level of accountability in national budget processes. It is the world’s only comparative, independent and regular assessment of transparency, oversight and participation in national budgets in 120 countries. 

A country's budget transparency score, reflected on the Open Budget Index, assesses the public's access to timely and comprehensive budget information. A transparency score of 61 (out of 100) or higher indicates a country is publishing sufficient information to support informed public debate. The OBS 2021 also measures the extent to which governments include the public in budget decision-making and monitoring, as well as the role and effectiveness of the legislature and supreme audit institution in the budget process. 

Download the OBS 2021 rankings here , or click on a country name below to see how it performed. 

View 2021 Global Report
Key
Few (0-40)
Limited (41-60)
Adequate (61-100)
0 100
59South Korea
54United Kingdom
48New Zealand
44Georgia
39Ukraine
37Australia
35Democratic Republic of Congo
35Philippines
31Kenya
31Peru
31Sierra Leone
28Benin
28Russia
26Bulgaria
26Malaysia
26Canada
26Ecuador
26Kyrgyz Republic
26Nigeria
24Indonesia
24Norway
24Chile
24Nepal
24Zambia
22Mexico
22Poland
22Slovakia
22Dominican Republic
22United States
20Ghana
20Bolivia
20El Salvador
20Japan
19Egypt
19Guatemala
19South Africa
19Sri Lanka
19Uganda
19Zimbabwe
18France
18Jamaica
18Mozambique
17Vietnam
17Honduras
17Croatia
17Fiji
17Portugal
15Argentina
15Brazil
15Germany
15Madagascar
15Sweden
15Tunisia
15Czech Republic
15Rwanda
13Afghanistan
13Colombia
13Malawi
13Mongolia
13Bangladesh
11Italy
11Cameroon
11Moldova
11Slovenia
11South Sudan
11Thailand
9Azerbaijan
9Bosnia and Herzegovina
9Costa Rica
9India
9Pakistan
9Tanzania
9The Gambia
9Kazakhstan
7Angola
7Ethiopia
7Mali
7Morocco
7Nicaragua
7Romania
7Timor-Leste
7Trinidad and Tobago
6Botswana
6North Macedonia
6Paraguay
6Albania
6Armenia
6Liberia
4Chad
4Côte d'Ivoire
4Jordan
4Senegal
4Sudan
2Eswatini
2Lesotho
2Serbia
2Spain
0Algeria
0Burkina Faso
0Burundi
0Cambodia
0China
0Comoros
0Equatorial Guinea
0Hungary
0Iraq
0Lebanon
0Myanmar
0Namibia
0Niger
0Papua New Guinea
0Qatar
0Saudi Arabia
0Somalia
0São Tomé e Príncipe
0Tajikistan
0Togo
0Turkey
0Venezuela
0Yemen
0 100
Key
Weak (0-40)
Limited (41-60)
Adequate (61-100)
0 100
91Germany
87Norway
87South Korea
85France
85Sweden
83Czech Republic
83Slovenia
83United States
82Poland
82Ukraine
81South Africa
80New Zealand
80Vietnam
78Italy
78Costa Rica
78Peru
78Russia
78Brazil
76Colombia
76Mongolia
74Georgia
74Portugal
74Philippines
67Albania
67United Kingdom
65Croatia
65Rwanda
63Australia
63Moldova
63Mexico
63Azerbaijan
63Dominican Republic
61India
61Spain
61Bulgaria
61El Salvador
61Indonesia
61Turkey
61Kazakhstan
61Nigeria
61Kyrgyz Republic
59Benin
59Japan
59Nicaragua
59Thailand
59Uganda
57Ethiopia
57Sri Lanka
57Bosnia and Herzegovina
57Hungary
57Chile
56Zambia
56Slovakia
56Timor-Leste
55Iraq
54Kenya
54North Macedonia
54Argentina
54Serbia
53Tunisia
52Canada
52Jamaica
52Botswana
52The Gambia
50Myanmar
50Armenia
48Bolivia
48Honduras
48Namibia
48Zimbabwe
48Malawi
46Guatemala
46Morocco
46Paraguay
46Sierra Leone
44Egypt
44Mozambique
44Burkina Faso
44Democratic Republic of Congo
44Nepal
44São Tomé e Príncipe
43Niger
43Romania
43Tajikistan
41Ecuador
41Côte d'Ivoire
41Cambodia
41Liberia
41South Sudan
41Eswatini
39Malaysia
39Pakistan
39Togo
39Bangladesh
39Tanzania
39Ghana
39Jordan
35Trinidad and Tobago
33Angola
33Chad
33Comoros
33Cameroon
32Algeria
31Afghanistan
30Somalia
30Madagascar
30Senegal
30Mali
28Fiji
28China
28Papua New Guinea
24Burundi
22Lebanon
20Lesotho
18Equatorial Guinea
13Venezuela
11Saudi Arabia
6Sudan
6Qatar
6Yemen
0 100
Insufficient
0-20 Scant or No Information Available
21-40 Minimal Information Available
41-60 Limited Information Available
Sufficient
61-80 Substantial Information Available (61-80)
81-100 Extensive Information Available (81-100)
0 100
87Georgia
86South Africa
85New Zealand
85Sweden
82Mexico
81Norway
80Brazil
79Australia
77Dominican Republic
75Italy
74South Korea
74United Kingdom
73Germany
73Russia
72France
71Bulgaria
70Indonesia
68Philippines
68United States
66Slovenia
65Benin
65Moldova
65Slovakia
65Ukraine
64Croatia
64Guatemala
63Costa Rica
63Kazakhstan
63Romania
62Kyrgyz Republic
61Armenia
61Honduras
61Japan
61Jordan
61Peru
60Chile
60Czech Republic
60Mongolia
60Poland
60Portugal
59Zimbabwe
58Thailand
58Uganda
57Azerbaijan
56Ghana
55Turkey
54Spain
52Albania
52Timor-Leste
50Argentina
50Colombia
50Jamaica
50Kenya
50Papua New Guinea
48Morocco
47Côte d'Ivoire
47Malaysia
47Paraguay
46Ecuador
46Pakistan
46Serbia
45Liberia
45Mozambique
45Nigeria
45Rwanda
45Sierra Leone
44Hungary
44Vietnam
43Afghanistan
43Egypt
42Democratic Republic of Congo
42Namibia
42Nicaragua
42Tunisia
41El Salvador
40Senegal
39Nepal
37Fiji
37India
36North Macedonia
35The Gambia
34Botswana
34Cameroon
34Trinidad and Tobago
33Cambodia
32Bosnia and Herzegovina
31Burkina Faso
31Canada
31Eswatini
31São Tomé e Príncipe
31Togo
30Angola
30Bangladesh
30Myanmar
30Sri Lanka
27Madagascar
27Niger
26Lesotho
23Saudi Arabia
21Tanzania
20Bolivia
20China
20Malawi
20Somalia
19Zambia
16Tajikistan
15South Sudan
9Burundi
9Lebanon
8Ethiopia
8Mali
6Chad
6Iraq
3Algeria
2Qatar
1Sudan
0Comoros
0Equatorial Guinea
0Venezuela
0Yemen
0 100