Project Overview
Purpose
The purpose of the ADO Benchmarking Project is to establish typical ranges of activity for ADOs, so that program indicators can be understood within the context of those ranges. This is to enable ADOs and WADA to identify possible gaps in program delivery and to work collaboratively to address underlying issues.
Indicators are presented for groups of similar ADOs, with the aim of allowing ADOs to place themselves within the group and to contextualize their own levels of activity.
Grouping
WADA’s Policy for the Application of the ISCCS, also known as the Prioritization Policy, divides Signatories into different Tiers, which consider sporting performance and doping risk (based on sport and discipline). These Tiers have been split into smaller groups based on three complementary factors: number of athletes at Olympic/Paralympics and Continental Games; medals and top-eight finishers at major events; and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of the country. These factors are external to the NADO but determine to a large extent the context within which it operates. Tier 1 was split into three groups, while Tiers 2, 3, and 4 were split into two groups each.
There is no hierarchy between the groups.
Visualizations
The initial indicators that have been chosen are the following:
From ADAMS:
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2023 tests (total)
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2023 tests on international and national-level athletes
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Registered Testing Pool (RTP) size at the end of 2023
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Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) processed (approved or rejected) in 2023
From the CCQ1:
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Budget (USD)
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Full-time staff
The visualizations show the level of each indicator for each NADO in the group (one circle per NADO). The shaded grey area represents the range between the 25th and the 75th percentile, i.e. those who are closer to the middle of the range than they are to either the top or the bottom.
The purpose of the visualizations is to inform not evaluate: a NADO can fall outside typical ranges for any given indicator without this representing an issue with program delivery. The hope is that this information will be useful to the ADOs, allowing them to benchmark themselves against their peers, reflect and improve their programs as they see fit.
[1] CCQ information is self-reported and, as such, is not guaranteed by WADA to be accurate. Should ADOs wish to make any corrections or updates, they should contact their Regional Office (for NADOs) or Sport Movement Relations (for IFs)
Tier 1
Group 1A
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Group 1B
Austria, Belgium*, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland
* The four Belgian NADOs – Brussels, Flanders, French, and German – are combined here for illustrative purposes, although they have distinct jurisdictions and are each Signatories to the Code in their own right.
Group 1C
Argentina, Belarus, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czechia, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
NADOs of: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy*, Japan, Korea, Russian Federation, Spain*, United Kingdom, United States
* In the case of Italy and Spain, the full-time employee numbers were pulled from the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Questionnaire, as the answer provided in the CCQ contained an error.
NADOs of: Austria, Belgium*, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland
* The four Belgian NADOs – Brussels, Flanders, French, and German – are combined here for illustrative purposes, although they have distinct jurisdictions and are each Signatories to the Code in their own right.
NADOs of: Argentina, Belarus, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czechia, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Tier 2
Group 2A
Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Chile, Estonia, Georgia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Philippines
Group 2B
Algeria, Armenia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Jamaica, Jordan, Korea DPR, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam
NADOs of: Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Chile, Estonia, Georgia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Philippines
NADOs of: Algeria, Armenia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Jamaica, Jordan, Korea DPR, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam
Tier 3
Group 3A
Bahamas, Bahrain, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Kuwait, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkmenistan, Uganda
Group 3B
Cameroon, Cyprus, Guatemala, Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
NADOs of: Bahamas, Bahrain, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Kuwait, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkmenistan, Uganda
NADOs of: Cameroon, Cyprus, Guatemala, Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
Tier 4
Group 4A
Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Laos, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Suriname, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Group 4B
American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gambia, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Palestine, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, United States Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Yemen
NADOs of: Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Laos, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Suriname, Zambia, Zimbabwe
NADOs of: American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gambia, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Palestine, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, United States Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Yemen