Global Governance & Institutional Quality Data

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query_governance_data^10cr

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Explore governance and institutional quality data for any country in the world. Look up corruption control scores, rule of law rankings, government effectiveness, political stability, regulatory quality, and civic voice indicators. Compare how countries rank on governance, track institutional improvement over time, and benchmark against regional peers — all from a comprehensive global data set.

Use Cases

Research corruption control scores by country, Compare rule of law rankings across regions, Track government effectiveness over time, Analyze political stability indicators, Study regulatory quality benchmarks, Monitor voice and accountability metrics, Assess governance improvement or decline trends, Compare institutional quality with regional peers, Support risk profiling for investment decisions, Research progress on good governance targets

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query_governance_data^10cr6 params(1 required)

Fetch governance and institutional quality data for a country or region from the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Returns six governance dimensions with WGI scores, percentile rankings, historical trends, peer comparisons, and SDG 16 alignment.

country_or_regionrequiredstring

Country or region name in plain language (e.g., 'United States', 'India', 'Sub-Saharan Africa'). Accepts partial matches and 3-letter ISO codes.

governance_aspectstring

Governance dimension to query. Options: corruption, rule_of_law, effectiveness, stability, regulatory, voice, or all.

Values:

corruptionrule_of_laweffectivenessstabilityregulatoryvoiceall

Default: all

include_percentile_ranksboolean

Include percentile rankings (0-100 scale) for international comparison.

Default: true

include_historical_trendsboolean

Include historical trends showing improvement or deterioration over time.

Default: true

time_periodstring

Time period: 'latest' (most recent), 'last_5_years', 'last_10_years', a single year 'YYYY', or a range 'YYYY:YYYY'.

Default: latest

include_peer_comparisonboolean

Include comparison with regional and income group peers (World, High Income, Upper Middle Income, Lower Middle Income, Low Income).

Default: true

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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ********" \
  -d '{
    "product_id": "6980db7d71cad8f61bf5b1d7",
    "parameters": {
      "action": "query_governance_data",
      "country_or_region": "example_country_or_region",
      "governance_aspect": "all",
      "include_percentile_ranks": true,
      "include_historical_trends": true,
      "time_period": "latest",
      "include_peer_comparison": true
    }
  }'

import requests
import json

url = "https://api.agentpmt.com/products/purchase"

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer ********"
}

data = {
    "product_id": "6980db7d71cad8f61bf5b1d7",
    "parameters": {
        "action": "query_governance_data",
        "country_or_region": "example_country_or_region",
        "governance_aspect": "all",
        "include_percentile_ranks": true,
        "include_historical_trends": true,
        "time_period": "latest",
        "include_peer_comparison": true
    }
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())

const url = "https://api.agentpmt.com/products/purchase";

const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "Authorization": "Bearer ********"
};

const data = {
  product_id: "6980db7d71cad8f61bf5b1d7",
  parameters: {
    "action": "query_governance_data",
    "country_or_region": "example_country_or_region",
    "governance_aspect": "all",
    "include_percentile_ranks": true,
    "include_historical_trends": true,
    "time_period": "latest",
    "include_peer_comparison": true
  }
};

fetch(url, {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify(data)
})
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error("Error:", error));

const axios = require('axios');

const url = "https://api.agentpmt.com/products/purchase";

const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "Authorization": "Bearer ********"
};

const data = {
  product_id: "6980db7d71cad8f61bf5b1d7",
  parameters: {
    "action": "query_governance_data",
    "country_or_region": "example_country_or_region",
    "governance_aspect": "all",
    "include_percentile_ranks": true,
    "include_historical_trends": true,
    "time_period": "latest",
    "include_peer_comparison": true
  }
};

axios.post(url, data, { headers })
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response.status);
    console.log(response.data);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error("Error:", error.message);
  });

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Usage Instructions

Usage guidance provided directly by the developer for this product.

Governance & Institutional Quality Data

Access comprehensive governance data from the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) database covering 200+ countries. Query six core governance dimensions with WGI scores, percentile rankings, historical trends, and peer comparisons using natural language country names.

Actions

query_governance_data

Fetch governance indicator data for a country or region.

Required Parameters:

action (string): Must be "query_governance_data"
country_or_region (string): Country or region name in plain language (e.g., "United States", "India", "Sub-Saharan Africa")

Optional Parameters:

governance_aspect (string, default: "all"): Governance dimension to query. One of:
- "corruption" - Control of corruption indicators
- "rule_of_law" - Rule of law and legal institutions
- "effectiveness" - Government effectiveness and service delivery
- "stability" - Political stability and absence of violence
- "regulatory" - Regulatory quality and business environment
- "voice" - Voice and accountability, democratic participation
- "all" - All 6 WGI dimensions
include_percentile_ranks (boolean, default: true): Include percentile rankings (0-100 scale) for international comparison
include_historical_trends (boolean, default: true): Include historical trends showing improvement or deterioration over time
time_period (string, default: "latest"): Time period for data. Options:
- "latest" - Most recent available data
- "last_5_years" - Last 5 years of data
- "last_10_years" - Last 10 years of data
- "YYYY:YYYY" - Specific year range (e.g., "2015:2020"). Years must be between 1960 and current year.
- "YYYY" - A single year (e.g., "2020")
include_peer_comparison (boolean, default: true): Include comparison with regional and income group peers (World, High Income, Upper Middle Income, Lower Middle Income, Low Income)

Example - Latest governance for a country:

{
  "action": "query_governance_data",
  "country_or_region": "United States",
  "governance_aspect": "all",
  "time_period": "latest"
}

Example - Corruption trends over time:

{
  "action": "query_governance_data",
  "country_or_region": "India",
  "governance_aspect": "corruption",
  "time_period": "last_10_years",
  "include_historical_trends": true
}

Example - Rule of law with peer comparison:

{
  "action": "query_governance_data",
  "country_or_region": "Kenya",
  "governance_aspect": "rule_of_law",
  "time_period": "latest",
  "include_peer_comparison": true
}

Example - Political stability for a specific range:

{
  "action": "query_governance_data",
  "country_or_region": "Brazil",
  "governance_aspect": "stability",
  "time_period": "2015:2020",
  "include_percentile_ranks": true
}

Example - Regional aggregate data:

{
  "action": "query_governance_data",
  "country_or_region": "Sub-Saharan Africa",
  "governance_aspect": "effectiveness",
  "time_period": "latest"
}

Supported Countries and Regions

Accepts plain-language names. Examples of supported inputs:

Countries: "United States", "USA", "India", "Germany", "Nigeria", "Brazil", "Japan", "Kenya", "Singapore", "South Africa", etc. (200+ countries)
Regions: "Sub-Saharan Africa", "Latin America", "Middle East", "South Asia", "East Asia", "Europe"
Income groups: "Low Income", "Lower Middle Income", "Upper Middle Income", "High Income", "OECD"
Global: "World" or "Global"
ISO3 codes: 3-letter codes like "USA", "IND", "GBR" are also accepted

Country names support partial matching, so "UK" maps to United Kingdom and "America" maps to USA.

Six Governance Dimensions (WGI)

Voice and Accountability ("voice"): Citizen participation, freedom of expression, media independence
Political Stability ("stability"): Likelihood of political instability and violence/terrorism
Government Effectiveness ("effectiveness"): Quality of public services, civil service, policy formulation and implementation
Regulatory Quality ("regulatory"): Government ability to formulate and implement sound policies promoting private sector development
Rule of Law ("rule_of_law"): Confidence in rules of society, contract enforcement, property rights, courts, likelihood of crime/violence
Control of Corruption ("corruption"): Extent to which public power is exercised for private gain

Response Structure

Responses include:

WGI scores on a -2.5 (weak) to +2.5 (strong) scale with score category and interpretation
Percentile ranks from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest) for global positioning
Overall governance score (average of the 6 dimensions)
Historical trends with direction (improving/deteriorating/stable), magnitude, and absolute change
Peer comparisons against World, High Income, Upper Middle Income, Lower Middle Income, and Low Income group averages
Insights including strongest/weakest dimensions, corruption analysis, political stability assessment, trajectory assessment
SDG 16 alignment (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions)

WGI Score Interpretation

Score Range	Category	Meaning
+1.5 to +2.5	Very Strong	Excellent governance performance
+0.5 to +1.5	Strong	Good governance performance
-0.5 to +0.5	Moderate	Average governance performance
-1.5 to -0.5	Weak	Below-average governance performance
-2.5 to -1.5	Very Weak	Poor governance performance

Percentile Rank Interpretation

Rank Range	Meaning
90-100	Top 10% globally
75-89	Top quartile globally
50-74	Above median globally
25-49	Below median globally
10-24	Bottom quartile globally
0-9	Bottom 10% globally

Workflows

Country Risk Assessment: Query all governance indicators for a country, review overall score and weakest dimensions, compare against peer income group
Anti-Corruption Analysis: Use governance_aspect: "corruption" with time_period: "last_10_years" to track corruption control trends
Regional Comparison: Query the same aspect for multiple countries or regions to compare governance performance
Democratic Governance Monitoring: Focus on "voice" aspect with historical trends to track democratic participation over time
Investment Due Diligence: Query "all" aspects with peer comparison enabled to benchmark a country against its income group

Notes

Data sourced from the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), based on 30+ underlying data sources from diverse institutions
Indicators reflect perceptions from citizen surveys, businesses, and experts -- they are not objective measurements
Data updated annually with approximately a 1-year lag
Standard error indicators are available internally for confidence intervals
When include_percentile_ranks is set to false, rank indicators are filtered out from the response
If an unrecognized country name is provided, the tool returns an error with guidance on valid inputs
Data coverage varies by country; some may have limited historical data
When querying with time_period: "latest", only the single most recent data point is returned per indicator
Trend analysis requires at least 2 valid data points; trends are classified by magnitude (Significant >= 1.0, Moderate >= 0.5, Slight < 0.5)
Peer comparison fetches data for World, High Income, Upper Middle Income, Lower Middle Income, and Low Income groups for the core (non-rank, non-standard-error) indicators

Global Governance & Institutional Quality Data

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