Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) by country

Countries reporting
206
Highest
2.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Singapore
Lowest
-2.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
South Sudan
Median
-0.0112 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,187

What the numbers show

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 2.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Singapore; the lowest is -2.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.0112 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is 0.0485 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 3,098.4%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 16,203.8%).

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 2.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.4% flat
2 Japan 2.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 17.8% rising
3 Luxembourg 2.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.3% rising
4 Denmark 1.91 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.7% flat
5 New Zealand 1.85 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 9.1% falling
6 Norway 1.84 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.7% flat
7 Switzerland 1.84 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.3% rising
8 Finland 1.82 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.1% flat
9 Australia 1.81 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.8% flat
10 Sweden 1.77 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 7.4% flat
11 Canada 1.76 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.1% falling
12 Netherlands 1.75 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.6% flat
13 Monaco 1.74 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.4% flat
14 Liechtenstein 1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.8% rising
15 Iceland 1.65 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 17.7% falling
16 Hong Kong 1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.3% rising
17 Ireland 1.61 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.8% rising
18 Germany 1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.3% rising
19 Austria 1.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 10.5% falling
20 South Korea 1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 25.3% rising
21 Bermuda 1.48 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.3% rising
22 United States 1.36 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 15.0% falling
23 Greenland 1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 179.6% rising
24 Estonia 1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.4% rising
25 Guam 1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 65.3% volatile
26 United Arab Emirates 1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.0% rising
27 Lithuania 1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 51.2% rising
28 France 1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.4% falling
29 Belgium 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 22.8% falling
30 United Kingdom 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.5% falling
31 Cayman Islands 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.1% falling
32 Czechia 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 30.6% rising
33 Israel 1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 9.9% flat
34 Andorra 1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 35.6% rising
35 Qatar 1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15.4% rising
36 Macao 1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 15.8% rising
37 Spain 1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.8% falling
38 Slovenia 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.8% rising
39 Chile 0.9645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.5% falling
40 Portugal 0.9475 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.5% rising
41 Malaysia 0.9148 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.5% flat
42 San Marino 0.8976 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 38.2% falling
43 China 0.8958 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 83.0% volatile
44 Cyprus 0.8696 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 22.3% falling
45 Brunei 0.8352 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 26.6% rising
46 Italy 0.7923 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 120.8% rising
47 Saudi Arabia 0.7833 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 940.4% volatile
48 American Samoa 0.7674 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.1% volatile
49 Mauritius 0.7654 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 27.3% rising
50 Latvia 0.7432 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 15.0% volatile
51 Croatia 0.7098 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 66.8% volatile
52 Bahamas 0.7093 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.1% falling
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.6914 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 63.2% falling
54 Uruguay 0.6905 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.6% rising
55 Poland 0.6734 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 25.9% rising
56 Slovakia 0.6576 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 7.8% rising
57 Aruba 0.6568 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.7% falling
58 Seychelles 0.6268 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.4% falling
59 Malta 0.6225 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 41.5% rising
60 Fiji 0.609 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 713.6% volatile
61 Barbados 0.6046 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 48.1% falling
62 Bahrain 0.6003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 41.0% rising
63 Bhutan 0.5808 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 38.4% rising
64 Oman 0.5675 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 309.0% volatile
65 Hungary 0.5019 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 24.7% falling
66 Georgia 0.4563 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 13.9% volatile
67 Samoa 0.4345 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 31.0% volatile
68 Antigua and Barbuda 0.43 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 440.5% volatile
69 Romania 0.4181 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 939.2% volatile
70 Botswana 0.4169 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 19.5% rising
71 Cape Verde 0.4152 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 115.9% volatile
72 India 0.4046 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3,098.4% volatile
73 United States Virgin Islands 0.3748 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 74.3% falling
74 Montenegro 0.3665 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 17.2% volatile
75 Rwanda 0.3489 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 965.2% volatile
76 Kuwait 0.3279 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 132.7% volatile
77 Albania 0.3123 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 289.9% volatile
78 Costa Rica 0.2869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.8% rising
79 Saint Lucia 0.2682 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.8% volatile
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2682 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 10.5% falling
81 Moldova 0.2576 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 155.5% volatile
82 Thailand 0.2536 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 96.8% falling
83 Panama 0.2451 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.4% volatile
84 Senegal 0.2344 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 288.7% volatile
85 Jordan 0.2162 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 43.2% volatile
86 Greece 0.1913 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.9% falling
87 Argentina 0.1837 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.1% volatile
88 Indonesia 0.1798 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 43.7% volatile
89 Morocco 0.1764 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 165.4% volatile
90 Jamaica 0.1713 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 62.1% volatile
91 Azerbaijan 0.1661 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 139.0% volatile
92 Dominica 0.149 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 23.6% volatile
93 Kazakhstan 0.1468 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2,311.0% volatile
94 Philippines 0.1445 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 68.2% volatile
95 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1113 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 66.5% volatile
96 Serbia 0.1019 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.7% volatile
97 Namibia 0.0993 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 68.6% volatile
98 Dominican Republic 0.0746 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 166.6% volatile
99 Ghana 0.0596 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 167.6% volatile
100 Bulgaria 0.0428 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 127.8% volatile
101 Grenada 0.0201 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 91.7% volatile
102 Nauru 0.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 104.7% volatile
102 Palau 0.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 104.7% volatile
104 North Macedonia -0.0323 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 123.0% volatile
105 Tonga -0.0373 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 69.0% volatile
106 Kosovo -0.0613 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 78.9% volatile
106 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) -0.0613 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 78.9% volatile
108 Turkey -0.0707 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 114.8% volatile
109 Vietnam -0.0923 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 213.5% volatile
110 Egypt -0.0971 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 84.9% volatile
111 Guyana -0.0982 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.7% volatile
112 Colombia -0.1111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 46.4% volatile
113 Belize -0.1291 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 70.5% rising
114 Uzbekistan -0.1436 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 78.8% rising
115 El Salvador -0.1832 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 56.1% volatile
116 Micronesia (country) -0.1848 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.7% volatile
117 Benin -0.1854 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 58.5% rising
118 Peru -0.2004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.8% volatile
119 Ecuador -0.2196 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 104.1% volatile
120 Mexico -0.2199 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 267.3% volatile
121 Maldives -0.2213 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.7% volatile
122 Brazil -0.224 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1,001.7% volatile
123 South Africa -0.2259 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 168.2% volatile
124 Tunisia -0.2393 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1,929.5% volatile
125 Algeria -0.2512 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.3% rising
126 Puerto Rico -0.2552 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 170.8% volatile
127 Cuba -0.2695 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16,203.8% volatile
128 Sri Lanka -0.2745 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 296.5% volatile
129 Marshall Islands -0.2909 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 75.4% volatile
130 Tanzania -0.2925 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 39.4% rising
131 Cambodia -0.2935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 50.9% rising
132 Kenya -0.2979 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 28.3% rising
133 Cote d'Ivoire -0.3157 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 56.3% volatile
134 Russia -0.3216 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 61.5% volatile
135 Uganda -0.3501 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 13.9% rising
136 Paraguay -0.3545 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 52.0% rising
137 Armenia -0.364 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 174.5% volatile
138 Mongolia -0.3892 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 27.7% rising
139 Kiribati -0.4343 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.4% rising
140 Suriname -0.4543 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 606.6% volatile
141 Djibouti -0.493 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 28.6% rising
142 Zambia -0.5331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 19.5% rising
143 Gambia -0.5358 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.0% rising
144 Gabon -0.5672 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.8% flat
145 Laos -0.5819 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 110.7% rising
146 Ukraine -0.5988 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 15.0% rising
147 Pakistan -0.6003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.0% rising
148 Tajikistan -0.6009 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 14.8% rising
149 Bolivia -0.6104 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 57.8% falling
150 Bangladesh -0.619 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.7% rising
151 Honduras -0.6197 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.1% rising
152 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.6353 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 167.0% rising
153 Ethiopia -0.646 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 43.1% rising
154 Lesotho -0.6471 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.7% volatile
155 Tuvalu -0.691 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15.0% falling
156 Belarus -0.7015 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 46.4% rising
157 Iran -0.7061 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 174.3% rising
158 Mozambique -0.7158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 25.2% falling
159 Sao Tome and Principe -0.7187 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.2% rising
160 Malawi -0.7258 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 33.7% rising
161 Mauritania -0.7412 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.3% falling
162 Niger -0.7697 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 30.7% rising
163 Eswatini -0.7811 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 185.0% volatile
164 Angola -0.7852 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.5% rising
165 Cameroon -0.8008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 39.2% rising
166 Togo -0.8015 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.3% rising
167 Vanuatu -0.8169 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 66.8% volatile
168 Madagascar -0.8632 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 13.0% falling
169 Solomon Islands -0.8686 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.7% falling
170 Burkina Faso -0.8749 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 55.5% rising
171 Nepal -0.8845 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.2% falling
172 Guinea -0.8882 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.3% rising
173 Kyrgyzstan -0.8885 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.4% falling
174 East Timor -0.8986 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.1% rising
175 Papua New Guinea -0.9004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 22.7% falling
176 Guatemala -0.9094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 58.9% rising
177 Sierra Leone -0.9671 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 7.7% rising
178 Zimbabwe -0.9876 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 17.8% falling
179 Burundi -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 14.9% rising
180 Nigeria -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.6% rising
181 Nicaragua -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 38.4% rising
182 Turkmenistan -1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 74.0% rising
183 Palestine -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 304.1% volatile
184 Chad -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.1% falling
185 Iraq -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 14.7% rising
186 Congo -1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 19.5% rising
187 Lebanon -1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 323.9% volatile
188 Equatorial Guinea -1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.0% rising
189 Comoros -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.5% rising
190 Liberia -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.8% rising
191 North Korea -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 13.0% rising
192 Mali -1.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 22.6% flat
193 Guinea-Bissau -1.37 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.8% falling
194 Libya -1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.4% falling
195 Eritrea -1.46 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16.6% falling
196 Venezuela -1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 45.5% falling
197 Myanmar -1.56 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 19.8% flat
198 Central African Republic -1.58 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.0% falling
199 Syria -1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 64.6% falling
200 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 20.9% rising
201 Sudan -1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 37.0% falling
202 Yemen -1.87 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 32.1% falling
203 Afghanistan -1.93 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 26.9% rising
204 Somalia -1.95 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.6% flat
205 Haiti -2.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.4% falling
206 South Sudan -2.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.7% falling

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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,187 data points, 1996–2024
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