France
France is ranked 15th overall on the Index. Its strongest score is for HR management (ranked 6th).
Within the HR management indicator, France’s highest scores are for the performance management theme. It achieves the maximum score for the existence of separate HR management practices for the senior civil service and scores highly on the use of performance assessments in HRdecision making. France’s score is also high for the metric on the extent to which formal examinations are used for civil service recruitment.
France performs strongly on openness (ranked 7th), achieving high scores for most metrics, most notably those measuring levels of e-government methods of consultation with citizens on key issues and open data practices. France also does well on procurement (ranked 8th) where its score for the transparency metric is high.
The main indicators where France’s performance is less strong relative to other countries are for inclusiveness and capabilities.