Venezuela

Venezuela has been backsliding over the past decade in nearly every component of IPI but judicial independence, where it has always been at the bottom of both the region and its income group. It regressed significantly even on the less political components, like administrative burden, and is the only one in the region not to have progressed on e-government. Education, on the other hand, has progressed a bit, which together with the moderate number of e-citizens promises a long struggle for better governance.