The gap between relative LPI scores—LPI scores
expressed as a percentage of the leading country’s
score—is only a bit smaller than in 2010
and 2012. In fact, the average relative score
performance by quintile has been following a
very similar line for the last three editions (figure
1.7). The relative lowest performer in 2014
is Somalia, with a score equal to 25 percent of
the highest performer’s (Germany), but the
good news is that this is actually higher than
the corresponding relative scores from previous
years: 19 percent in 2012, 11 percent in
2010, and 7 percent in 2007. Among better
performing countries, relative scores become
tighter between the second quintile and the top
quintile.