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=== Central bank independence indices ===
Central bank independence indices allow a quantitative analysis of central bank independence for individual countries over time. One central bank independence index is the Garriga CBI,<ref name="Garriga CBI">{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2016.1188813|title=Central Bank Independence in the World: A New Data Set|first=Ana Carolina|last=Garriga|date=19 October 2016|journal=International Interactions|volume=42|issue=5|pages=849–868|via=Taylor and Francis+NEJM|doi=10.1080/03050629.2016.1188813|s2cid=156704685|access-date=11 December 2022|archive-date=1 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701075449/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2016.1188813|url-status=live}}</ref> where a higher index indicates higher central bank independence, shown below for individual countries.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Country !! Central bank independence index by Garriga for 2012<ref name="Garriga CBI"/>
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| {{flaglist| Afghanistan |2004}} || 0.8076
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| {{flaglist| Albania }} || 0.7105
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| {{flaglist| Algeria }} || 0.4525
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| {{flaglist| Angola }} || 0.5855
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| {{flaglist| Antigua & Barbuda }} || 0.6424
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| {{flaglist| Argentina }} || 0.7003
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| {{flaglist| Armenia }} || 0.8465
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| {{flaglist| Australia }} || 0.2511
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| {{flaglist| Austria }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| Azerbaijan }} || 0.5715
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| {{flaglist| Bahamas }} || 0.4038
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| {{flaglist| Bahrain }} || 0.4334
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| {{flaglist| Bangladesh }} || 0.3276
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| {{flaglist| Barbados }} || 0.4133
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| {{flaglist| Belarus }} || 0.7487
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| {{flaglist| Belgium }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| Belize }} || 0.5930
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| {{flaglist| Benin }} || 0.8015
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| {{flaglist| Bhutan }} || 0.5426
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| {{flaglist| Bolivia }} || 0.7970
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| {{flaglist| Bosnia-Herzegovina }} || 0.9790
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| {{flaglist| Botswana }} || 0.5159
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| {{flaglist| Brazil }} || 0.2549
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| {{flaglist| Brunei Darussalam }} || 0.6815
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| {{flaglist| Bulgaria }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| Burkina Faso }} || 0.8015
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| {{flaglist| Burundi }} || 0.7232
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| {{flaglist| Cambodia }} || 0.6373
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| {{flaglist| Cameroon }} || 0.5015
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| {{flaglist| Canada }} || 0.4724
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| {{flaglist| Cape Verde }} || 0.5180
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| {{flaglist| Central African Republic }} || 0.5015
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| {{flaglist| Chad }} || 0.5015
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| {{flaglist| Chile }} || 0.8190
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| {{flaglist| China }} || 0.5535
|-
| {{flaglist| Colombia }} || 0.6933
|-
| {{flaglist| Comoros }} || 0.6824
|-
| {{flaglist| Democratic Republic of the Congo }} || 0.5628
|-
| {{flaglist| Republic of the Congo }} || 0.5015
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| {{flaglist| Costa Rica }} || 0.7343
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| {{flaglist| Croatia }} || 0.8190
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| {{flaglist| Cuba }} || 0.2252
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| {{flaglist| Cyprus }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| Czech Republic }} || 0.8315
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| {{flaglist| Denmark }} || 0.5026
|-
| {{flaglist| Djibouti }} || 0.6984
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| {{flaglist| Dominica }} || 0.6424
|-
| {{flaglist| Dominican Republic }} || 0.6483
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| {{flaglist| Ecuador }} || 0.4709
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| {{flaglist| Egypt }} || 0.4875
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| {{flaglist| El Salvador }} || 0.7576
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| {{flaglist| Equatorial Guinea }} || 0.5015
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| {{flaglist| Eritrea }} || 0.3981
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| {{flaglist| Estonia }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| Ethiopia }} || 0.2913
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| {{flaglist| Fiji }} || 0.4349
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| {{flaglist| Finland }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| France }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| Gabon }} || 0.5015
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| {{flaglist| Gambia }} || 0.5119
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| {{flaglist| Georgia }} || 0.7986
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| {{flaglist| Germany }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| Ghana }} || 0.5607
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| {{flaglist| Greece }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| Grenada }} || 0.6424
|-
| {{flaglist| Guatemala }} || 0.7825
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| {{flaglist| Guinea }} || 0.8665
|-
| {{flaglist| Guinea-Bissau }} || 0.8015
|-
| {{flaglist| Guyana }} || 0.6383
|-
| {{flaglist| Haiti }} || 0.3755
|-
| {{flaglist| Honduras }} || 0.6710
|-
| {{flaglist| Hungary }} || 0.9115
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| {{flaglist| Iceland }} || 0.8276
|-
| {{flaglist| India }} || 0.2950
|-
| {{flaglist| Indonesia }} || 0.8461
|-
| {{flaglist| Iran }} || 0.4363
|-
| {{flaglist| Iraq }} || 0.3015
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| {{flaglist| Ireland }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| Israel }} || 0.6703
|-
| {{flaglist| Italy }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| Ivory Coast }} || 0.8015
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| {{flaglist| Jamaica }} || 0.3830
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| {{flaglist| Japan }} || 0.4360
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| {{flaglist| Jordan }} || 0.4826
|-
| {{flaglist| Kazakhstan }} || 0.5574
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| {{flaglist| Kenya }} || 0.5074
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| {{flaglist| Korea, Republic of }} || 0.5074
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| {{flaglist| Kuwait }} || 0.4104
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| {{flaglist| Kyrgyzstan }} || 0.5736
|-
| {{flaglist| Laos }} || 0.2411
|-
| {{flaglist| Latvia }} || 0.8865
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| {{flaglist| Lebanon }} || 0.4000
|-
| {{flaglist| Lesotho }} || 0.6810
|-
| {{flaglist| Liberia }} || 0.4725
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| {{flaglist| Libya }} || 0.3225
|-
| {{flaglist| Lithuania }} || 0.8440
|-
| {{flaglist| Luxembourg }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| North Macedonia |name=Republic of Macedonia}} || 0.6789
|-
| {{flaglist| Madagascar }} || 0.6420
|-
| {{flaglist| Malawi }} || 0.2865
|-
| {{flaglist| Malaysia }} || 0.5765
|-
| {{flaglist| Maldives }} || 0.4282
|-
| {{flaglist| Mali }} || 0.8015
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| {{flaglist| Malta }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| Mauritania }} || 0.6360
|-
| {{flaglist| Mauritius }} || 0.5609
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| {{flaglist| Mexico }} || 0.6383
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| {{flaglist| Moldova }} || 0.6943
|-
| {{flaglist| Mongolia }} || 0.5553
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| {{flaglist| Montenegro }} || 0.8190
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| {{flaglist| Morocco }} || 0.6219
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| {{flaglist| Mozambique }} || 0.3663
|-
| {{flaglist| Myanmar }} || 0.3953
|-
| {{flaglist| Namibia }} || 0.5100
|-
| {{flaglist| Nepal }} || 0.6443
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| {{flaglist| Netherlands }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| New Zealand }} || 0.7773
|-
| {{flaglist| Nicaragua }} || 0.6910
|-
| {{flaglist| Niger }} || 0.8015
|-
| {{flaglist| Nigeria }} || 0.6263
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| {{flaglist| Norway }} || 0.4526
|-
| {{flaglist| Oman }} || 0.4970
|-
| {{flaglist| Pakistan }} || 0.3397
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| {{flaglist| Panama }} || 0.2176
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| {{flaglist| Papua New Guinea }} || 0.5838
|-
| {{flaglist| Paraguay }} || 0.6171
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| {{flaglist| Peru }} || 0.7978
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| {{flaglist| Philippines }} || 0.6340
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| {{flaglist| Poland }} || 0.8753
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| {{flaglist| Portugal }} || 0.8565
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| {{flaglist| Qatar }} || 0.5861
|-
| {{flaglist| Romania }} || 0.8462
|-
| {{flaglist| Russian Federation }} || 0.6999
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| {{flaglist| Rwanda }} || 0.5988
|-
| {{flaglist| Saint Lucia }} || 0.6424
|-
| {{flaglist| Samoa }} || 0.3311
|-
| {{flaglist| San Marino }} || 0.1854
|-
| {{flaglist| Sao Tome and Principe }} || 0.4820
|-
| {{flaglist| Saudi Arabia }} || 0.5522
|-
| {{flaglist| Senegal }} || 0.8015
|-
| {{flaglist| Serbia }} || 0.8111
|-
| {{flaglist| Serbia and Montenegro }} || 0.6760
|-
| {{flaglist| Seychelles }} || 0.6785
|-
| {{flaglist| Sierra Leone }} || 0.7248
|-
| {{flaglist| Singapore }} || 0.4304
|-
| {{flaglist| Slovakia }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| Slovenia }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| Solomon Islands }} || 0.7448
|-
| {{flaglist| Somalia }} || 0.6423
|-
| {{flaglist| South Africa }} || 0.3652
|-
| {{flaglist| Spain }} || 0.8565
|-
| {{flaglist| Sri Lanka }} || 0.6055
|-
| {{flaglist| St. Kitts and Nevis }} || 0.6424
|-
| {{flaglist| St. Vincent and the Grenadines }} || 0.6424
|-
| {{flaglist| Sudan }} || 0.3326
|-
| {{flaglist| Suriname }} || 0.5139
|-
| {{flaglist| Swaziland }} || 0.3734
|-
| {{flaglist| Sweden }} || 0.3545
|-
| {{flaglist| Switzerland }} || 0.7399
|-
| {{flaglist| Syria }} || 0.3715
|-
| {{flaglist| Taiwan }} || 0.1940
|-
| {{flaglist| Tajikistan }} || 0.6796
|-
| {{flaglist| Tanzania }} || 0.5873
|-
| {{flaglist| Thailand }} || 0.3815
|-
| {{flaglist| Timor-Leste }} || 0.7765
|-
| {{flaglist| Togo }} || 0.8015
|-
| {{flaglist| Tonga }} || 0.3080
|-
| {{flaglist| Trinidad and Tobago }} || 0.4439
|-
| {{flaglist| Tunisia }} || 0.5916
|-
| {{flaglist| Turkey }} || 0.8990
|-
| {{flaglist| Turkmenistan }} || 0.2067
|-
| {{flaglist| Tuvalu }} || 0.0063
|-
| {{flaglist| Uganda }} || 0.5719
|-
| {{flaglist| Ukraine }} || 0.8993
|-
| {{flaglist| United Arab Emirates }} || 0.4855
|-
| {{flaglist| United Kingdom }} || 0.7012
|-
| {{flaglist| United States of America }} || 0.4804
|-
| {{flaglist| Uruguay }} || 0.6260
|-
| {{flaglist| Uzbekistan }} || 0.5958
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| {{flaglist| Vanuatu }} || 0.4979
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| {{flaglist| Venezuela }} || 0.4515
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| {{flaglist| Vietnam }} || 0.1316
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| {{flaglist| Yemen }} || 0.5205
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| {{flaglist| Zambia }} || 0.5240
|-
| {{flaglist| Zimbabwe }} || 0.4939
|}