PHILIPPINE PERFORMANCE FOR THE PAST FIVE SURVEY PERIODS
| Year | No. of Countries | Indicator | |
| Overall ranking | Overall score | ||
| 2008 | 85 | 32 | 48 |
| 2010 | 94 | 33 | 55 |
| 2012 | 100 | 47 | 48 |
| 2015 | 102 | 23 | 64 |
| 2017 | 115 | 19 | 67 |
Since 2015, the Philippines have consistently risen in the OBI, proving that initiatives on improving budget transparency and open government are working. The current score exceeds the PDP target for 2017 at 64/100. The country ranks 19th out of 115 countries (83.5 pctl) surveyed, an increase from its 2015 ranking (20th out of 102 countries or 80.4 pctl).
Philippine vs. ASEAN Performance (Current vs. Past Survey Period
| Country | 2017
Overall Ranking |
2017
Score* |
2015
Score** |
Change
(2017 vs. 2015) |
| Brunei | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Cambodia | 89 | 12.75 | 6.86 | +5.89 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 77.46 | 74.51 | +2.95 |
| Lao PDR | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Malaysia | 54 | 47.06 | 46.08 | +0.98 |
| Myanmar | 99 | 2.94 | 1.96 | +0.98 |
| Philippines | 19 | 81.37 | 77.45 | +3.92 |
| Singapore | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Thailand | 37 | 63.73 | 36.27 | +27.46 |
| Vietnam | 91 | 10.78 | 14.71 | -3.93 |
* 115 countries were measured.
* 102 countries were surveyed.
The Philippines maintains its dominance over the rest of ASEAN since 2015. The latest rankings show that we are the only ASEAN country in the top 20. Thailand and Indonesia are catching up however. Thailand almost doubled its OBI score in 2017 while Indonesia increased at almost the same pace (3 vs. 4) as the Philippines.
Indicator Overview
The Open Budget Survey is part of the International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Initiative, a global research and advocacy program to promote public access to budget information and the adoption of accountable budget systems.
It assesses the three components of a budget accountability system: public availability of budget information; opportunities for the public to participate in the budget process; and the role and effectiveness of formal oversight institutions, including the legislature and the national audit office (referred to here as the “supreme audit institution”).
From the survey, the Open Budget Index (OBI) is assigned to each country using a score from 0 to 100, where 100 is the highest. A country’s OBI score measures the extent to which it makes the eight key budget documents available to the public on the relevant government website in a timely manner and the comprehensiveness of publicly available budget information.
The score for the OBI is committed as part of Chapter 5’s Results Matrix.
Further Information
Frequency of update: Every two years
Publication of update: 30 January 2018
Period of study: Usually 18 months (March of previous year to September of year of release)
Link to the main site: https://www.internationalbudget.org/open-budget-survey/
Historical data: http://survey.internationalbudget.org/#download