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Countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (1 = YES; 0 = NO)

Compare countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies with the fundamental principles of official statistics (1 = yes; 0 = no) across 162 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2025.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database162 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.9status (1=yes, 0=no)
Median: 1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
Countries Covered
162
with available data
Highest
Bulgaria
1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
Lowest
Bhutan
0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
Top 5 Countries
1Bulgaria1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
2Myanmar1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
3Burundi1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
4Belarus1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
5Cambodia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
By Region
North America1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)(4 countries)
Africa1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)(6 countries)
Oceania1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)(1 countries)
Europe1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)(32 countries)
Other0.9status (1=yes, 0=no)(89 countries)
Key Findings
  • 162 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • Zambia has the highest published value (1 status (1=yes, 0=no)).
  • Bangladesh has the lowest published value (0 status (1=yes, 0=no)).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0status (1=yes, 0=no))High (1.0status (1=yes, 0=no))

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.9status (1=yes, 0=no))

North America (4)
Africa (6)
Oceania (1)
Europe (32)
Other (89)
Asia (24)
South America (6)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (1 = YES; 0 = NO).

Values use UN SDG series SG_STT_FPOS, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2025 reference year, unit Number, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SG_STT_FPOS; year 2025; unit NUMBER; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "NUMBER"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 17.18.2.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Bulgaria1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
2Myanmar1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
3Burundi1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
4Belarus1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
5Cambodia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
6Cameroon1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
7Canada1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
8Cape Verde1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
9Central African Republic1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
10Chile1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
11People's Republic of China1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
12Colombia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
13Comoros1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
14Republic of the Congo1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
15Costa Rica1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
16Croatia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
17Cuba1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
18Cyprus1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
19Czech Republic1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
20Denmark1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
21Dominica1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
22Equatorial Guinea1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
23Ethiopia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
24Estonia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
25Fiji1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
26Finland1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
27France1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
28Djibouti1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
29Gabon1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
30Georgia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
31Republic of The Gambia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
32Germany1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
33Ghana1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
34Greece1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
35Grenada1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
36Guatemala1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
37Guinea1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
38Honduras1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
39Hong Kong1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
40Hungary1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
41Iceland1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
42India1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
43Indonesia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
44Islamic Republic of Iran1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
45Iraq1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
46Ireland1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
47Israel1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
48Italy1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
49Cote d'Ivoire1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
50Japan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
51Kazakhstan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
52Jordan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
53Kenya1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
54South Korea1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
55Kuwait1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
56Kyrgyzstan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
57Lao People's Democratic Republic1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
58Lesotho1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
59Latvia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
60Liberia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
61Libya1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
62Lithuania1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
63Luxembourg1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
64Macao1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
65Madagascar1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
66Malawi1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
67Malaysia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
68Maldives1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
69Mali1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
70Malta1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
71Mauritania1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
72Mauritius1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
73Mexico1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
74Monaco1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
75Mongolia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
76Moldova, Republic of1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
77Montenegro1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
78Mozambique1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
79Oman1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
80Namibia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
81Nauru1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
82Nepal1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
83Netherlands1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
84Vanuatu1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
85New Zealand1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
86Niger1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
87Nigeria1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
88Norway1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
89Palau1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
90Pakistan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
91Panama1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
92Paraguay1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
93Peru1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
94Philippines1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
95Poland1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
96Portugal1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
97Qatar1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
98Romania1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
99Rwanda1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
100Saint Kitts and Nevis1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
101Saint Lucia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
103Sao Tome and Principe1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
104Saudi Arabia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
105Senegal1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
106Serbia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
107Singapore1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
108Slovakia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
109Slovenia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
110Somalia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
111South Africa1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
112Spain1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
113South Sudan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
114Sudan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
115Suriname1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
116Sweden1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
117Switzerland1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
118Tajikistan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
119Thailand1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
120Togo1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
121Tonga1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
122United Arab Emirates1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
123Türkiye1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
124Uganda1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
125Ukraine1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
126The Republic of North Macedonia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
127Egypt1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
128United Republic of Tanzania1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
129United States of America1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
130Burkina Faso1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
131Uruguay1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
132Uzbekistan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
133Samoa1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
134Yemen1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
135Zambia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
136Albania1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
137Andorra1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
138Azerbaijan1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
139Argentina1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
140Austria1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
141Bahamas1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
142Bahrain1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
143Armenia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
144Belgium1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
145Bolivia1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
146Bosnia and Herzegovina1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
147Botswana1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
148Belize1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
149Brunei Darussalam1.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
150Sri Lanka0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
151Dominican Republic0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
152Ecuador0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
153Guyana0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
154Jamaica0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
155Micronesia, Federated States of0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
156Russian Federation0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
157Vietnam0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
158Eswatini0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
159Tunisia0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
160United Kingdom0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
161Bangladesh0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
162Bhutan0.0status (1=yes, 0=no)
Showing 162 of 162 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).

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