IDI Annual Observatory Report
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This report presents the Institute for Decision Infrastructure's annual assessment of institutional decision architecture quality for 2025. It applies the Institute's analytical framework to documented public-record evidence across 14 sectors, 7 global regions, and 27 governance failure cases.
Key findings: Global average decision architecture quality: 3.2/10 (2025). No sector scores above 4.0. Cost-bearer representation is the lowest-performing structural area in every sector, every region, and every year of the evidence base without exception. Documented governance failure costs reviewed: $3.14 trillion (cases 2003–2025).
Scope: Global composite scores and three-year trend analysis (2023–2025) · Sector-level analysis across 14 sectors · Seven regional composites · Structural failure case classification · Forward prediction register. All scores represent the analytical opinion of the Institute based on publicly available information. No institution is named.
Methodology: Proprietary five-dimension assessment framework. Full methodology published separately on Zenodo (see related works). Built on a 120-year institutional decision failure evidence base (1905–2025).
Companion publications: Seven regional reports (Europe, North America, South America, Asia-Pacific, MENA, Oceania, Africa) · IDI Decision Index 2023–2025 · Q1 2026 Decision Monitor · Before the Crisis — The Defensibility Gauge (monthly newsletter).
Citation: Naiho, H. (2026). IDI Annual State of Institutional Decisions Report 2025 — Global Edition. Institute for Decision Infrastructure. Zenodo.