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Government Effectiveness (estimate) by country

Government effectiveness measures the quality of public services, the quality and degree of independence from political pressures of the civil service, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to such policies. Further documentation and research using...

Countries reporting
53
Highest
0.7552
Mauritius
Lowest
-2.16
Somalia
Median
-0.7136
Years covered
16
1996–2011
Data points
688

What the numbers show

Government Effectiveness (estimate) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 0.7552 in Mauritius; the lowest is -2.16 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.7136, and the mean is -0.7542.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 956.9%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 610.2%).

Government Effectiveness: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritius 0.7552 2011 up 69.0% rising
2 Botswana 0.5347 2011 up 4.8% rising
3 South Africa 0.3689 2011 down 46.6% falling
4 Seychelles 0.2366 2011 up 956.9% volatile
5 Cape Verde 0.1138 2011 down 62.3% volatile
6 Rwanda 0.0654 2011 up 110.0% volatile
7 Namibia 0.0612 2011 down 63.7% volatile
8 Tunisia 0.0163 2011 down 96.9% falling
9 Ghana -0.0309 2011 down 247.4% volatile
10 Morocco -0.2188 2011 down 610.2% volatile
11 Lesotho -0.2833 2011 down 62.8% falling
12 Ethiopia -0.404 2011 up 55.8% rising
13 Malawi -0.4328 2011 down 15.2% falling
14 Senegal -0.4355 2011 down 253.1% volatile
15 Benin -0.4632 2011 down 74.1% falling
16 Uganda -0.509 2011 down 33.0% flat
17 Burkina Faso -0.5329 2011 up 14.3% rising
18 Tanzania -0.5366 2011 down 27.8% rising
19 Kenya -0.5403 2011 down 0.4% falling
20 Mozambique -0.5465 2011 down 27.6% falling
21 Egypt -0.6018 2011 down 284.4% falling
22 Gambia -0.6136 2011 down 23.6% falling
23 Zambia -0.6538 2011 up 23.8% rising
24 Algeria -0.6554 2011 up 31.8% rising
25 Niger -0.668 2011 up 38.4% rising
26 Eswatini -0.691 2011 up 2.8% flat
27 Sao Tome and Principe -0.7136 2011 down 40.6% falling
28 Mali -0.828 2011 up 5.1% rising
29 Gabon -0.8706 2011 down 38.0% falling
30 Madagascar -0.8717 2011 down 36.8% falling
31 Cameroon -0.8795 2011 down 30.5% falling
32 Mauritania -0.903 2011 down 393.0% volatile
33 Djibouti -0.963 2011 up 12.5% rising
34 Guinea-Bissau -1.04 2011 up 1.9% rising
35 Burundi -1.07 2011 up 25.8% rising
36 Nigeria -1.12 2011 down 17.5% falling
37 Angola -1.15 2011 up 21.6% rising
38 Guinea -1.15 2011 down 39.1% falling
39 Sierra Leone -1.16 2011 up 20.3% rising
40 Cote d'Ivoire -1.19 2011 down 35.3% falling
41 Congo -1.2 2011 up 9.3% flat
42 Liberia -1.21 2011 up 34.2% rising
43 Central African Republic -1.35 2011 up 2.0% flat
44 Togo -1.36 2011 down 9.3% falling
45 Sudan -1.39 2011 down 17.2% falling
46 Chad -1.4 2011 down 84.8% falling
47 Zimbabwe -1.4 2011 down 79.8% falling
48 Eritrea -1.42 2011 down 39.8% falling
49 Libya -1.47 2011 down 33.5% falling
50 Equatorial Guinea -1.63 2011 down 7.7% falling
51 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.66 2011 up 15.3% rising
52 Comoros -1.74 2011 down 39.6% falling
53 Somalia -2.16 2011 up 5.1% falling

About this data

Indicator
Government Effectiveness (estimate)
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 688 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

Government effectiveness measures the quality of public services, the quality and degree of independence from political pressures of the civil service, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to such policies. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.