Effective Power to Govern Score in Somalia
Somalia: Effective Power to Govern Score was 2 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective Power to Govern Score in Somalia, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for effective power to govern score in Somalia is 2, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective power to govern score in Somalia peaked at 2 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2005.
Somalia ranks 81st of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Effective Power to Govern Score in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2 | +0.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 2 is above the median for low income countries, which is 2, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 2 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3, 67% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 81 Algeria 2 compare
- 81 Angola 2 compare
- 81 Azerbaijan 2 compare
- 81 Belarus 2 compare
- 81 Cameroon 2 compare
- 81 China 2 compare
- 81 Congo 2 compare
- 81 Egypt 2 compare
- 81 Iran 2 compare
- 81 Jordan 2 compare
- 81 Kazakhstan 2 compare
- 81 Mauritania 2 compare
- 81 Morocco 2 compare
- 81 Russia 2 compare
- 81 Rwanda 2 compare
- 81 Tajikistan 2 compare
- 81 Tunisia 2 compare
- 81 Uzbekistan 2 compare
- 81 Venezuela 2 compare
- 81 Vietnam 2 compare
- 81 Zimbabwe 2 compare
More reference data data for Somalia
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2685 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 1,290 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8842 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.4444 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0115 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 11,378 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 41.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 3.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 40,976 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 42.94 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective power to govern score in Somalia?
- Effective power to govern score in Somalia was 2 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest effective power to govern score recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2019.
- What is the lowest effective power to govern score recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Somalia rank for effective power to govern score?
- Somalia ranks 81st out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective power to govern score rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Effective Power to Govern Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which no individual or group holds de facto veto power over democratically elected political leaders.