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

Countries reporting
206
Highest
2.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Singapore
Lowest
-2.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
South Sudan
Median
0.0612 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,392

What the numbers show

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 2.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Singapore; the lowest is -2.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0612 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is 0.0684 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 19,136.5%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 7,582.8%).

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 2.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.6% falling
2 Japan 2.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19.7% rising
3 Luxembourg 1.98 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.9% rising
4 Switzerland 1.97 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.5% rising
5 Denmark 1.96 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.0% flat
6 Finland 1.94 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.2% flat
7 New Zealand 1.87 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.1% falling
8 Norway 1.84 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.8% flat
9 Sweden 1.82 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.1% falling
10 Canada 1.76 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.7% falling
11 Australia 1.75 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.6% flat
12 Netherlands 1.74 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.5% falling
13 Monaco 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.7% falling
14 Liechtenstein 1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.2% rising
15 Ireland 1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 12.8% rising
16 Iceland 1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.8% falling
17 Austria 1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.5% falling
18 Hong Kong 1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.5% flat
19 South Korea 1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 23.3% rising
20 Estonia 1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 35.9% rising
21 Germany 1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.3% flat
22 Bermuda 1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.6% rising
23 Andorra 1.38 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 23.0% rising
24 Greenland 1.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 266.7% volatile
25 Belgium 1.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.4% falling
26 Lithuania 1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 38.2% volatile
27 Czechia 1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 23.7% rising
28 United Kingdom 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.6% falling
29 Guam 1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 61.4% volatile
30 France 1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.0% falling
31 Israel 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.5% falling
32 United States 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 23.2% falling
33 Macao 1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.2% rising
34 Spain 1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.0% falling
35 United Arab Emirates 1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.5% rising
36 Slovenia 1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.5% rising
37 Cayman Islands 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.2% falling
38 Chile 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.9% falling
39 Portugal 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.1% rising
40 Qatar 0.9959 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 14.5% rising
41 Malaysia 0.9567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.5% rising
42 Italy 0.9246 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 104.6% rising
43 Aruba 0.9048 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 51.4% falling
44 Brunei 0.8926 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 15.1% rising
45 American Samoa 0.8692 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 15.6% volatile
46 San Marino 0.8671 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 40.0% falling
47 Uruguay 0.8625 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5.4% rising
48 Mauritius 0.8599 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 27.5% rising
49 Cyprus 0.8327 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 19.2% falling
50 Latvia 0.8291 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.0% volatile
51 Poland 0.7963 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.7% rising
52 Croatia 0.7699 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 116.9% volatile
53 Seychelles 0.7655 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19.3% rising
54 Malta 0.763 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 28.6% rising
55 Saudi Arabia 0.7395 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19,136.5% volatile
56 Bhutan 0.7057 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 79.9% rising
57 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.6992 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7.0% falling
58 Bahamas 0.6491 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.2% falling
59 China 0.6238 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 35.5% volatile
60 Barbados 0.611 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 41.8% falling
61 Slovakia 0.5819 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.0% rising
62 Fiji 0.5287 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 188.4% volatile
63 Cape Verde 0.5124 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.6% volatile
64 India 0.5021 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.5% volatile
65 Montenegro 0.471 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19.9% volatile
66 Albania 0.4708 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 151.8% volatile
67 Hungary 0.4699 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.8% falling
68 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4405 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.5% volatile
69 Botswana 0.4343 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 34.7% rising
70 Bahrain 0.4206 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 52.3% rising
71 Costa Rica 0.4111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 14.5% rising
72 Oman 0.3805 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 629.1% volatile
73 Romania 0.3709 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 219.1% volatile
74 Rwanda 0.3615 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 829.5% volatile
75 United States Virgin Islands 0.3549 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 75.4% falling
76 Georgia 0.3513 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.2% volatile
77 Greece 0.3218 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 50.9% falling
78 Saint Lucia 0.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 147.7% volatile
79 Argentina 0.2758 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 91.6% volatile
80 Thailand 0.2623 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 455.3% volatile
81 Kuwait 0.2561 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 17.8% volatile
82 Indonesia 0.255 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 188.7% volatile
83 Senegal 0.2506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 329.4% volatile
84 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2342 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 51.3% rising
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2222 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 23.9% falling
86 Panama 0.2168 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 41.7% volatile
87 Moldova 0.2142 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 143.4% volatile
88 Samoa 0.2026 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 67.2% volatile
89 North Macedonia 0.1967 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5,639.8% volatile
90 Philippines 0.1947 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 54.2% volatile
91 Jamaica 0.189 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 62.3% volatile
92 Morocco 0.1765 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 195.1% volatile
93 Vietnam 0.1762 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 81.6% volatile
94 Dominica 0.1599 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 34.3% volatile
95 Guyana 0.1475 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1,100.9% volatile
96 Ghana 0.1345 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 312.3% volatile
97 Bulgaria 0.1256 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1,367.5% volatile
98 Azerbaijan 0.1253 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 130.8% volatile
99 Jordan 0.1113 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 62.2% volatile
100 Palau 0.1036 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 130.6% volatile
101 Kazakhstan 0.1029 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 179.0% volatile
102 Namibia 0.1006 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 66.6% volatile
103 Nauru 0.0795 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 772.2% volatile
104 Dominican Republic 0.043 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 125.4% volatile
105 Serbia 0.0328 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 24.8% volatile
106 Turkey 0.0289 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 92.6% volatile
107 Grenada 0.0054 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 86.6% volatile
108 Suriname -0.0116 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 113.8% volatile
109 South Africa -0.023 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 106.0% volatile
110 Ecuador -0.0311 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 76.1% volatile
111 Brazil -0.0356 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 189.7% volatile
112 Tonga -0.059 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 57.0% volatile
113 Kosovo -0.0613 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 78.9% volatile
114 Micronesia (country) -0.0732 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 64.1% volatile
115 Kenya -0.0894 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 63.6% volatile
116 Colombia -0.0935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7,582.8% volatile
117 Egypt -0.1058 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 79.0% volatile
118 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) -0.1213 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 74.5% rising
119 Sri Lanka -0.1286 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 167.0% volatile
120 Peru -0.1436 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 30.3% volatile
121 Benin -0.1673 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 59.2% volatile
122 Mexico -0.1807 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 211.9% volatile
123 Belize -0.1849 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 57.3% rising
124 Algeria -0.1932 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 44.8% rising
125 Uzbekistan -0.196 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 72.0% volatile
126 Mongolia -0.2056 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 14.3% rising
127 Paraguay -0.2278 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 62.0% volatile
128 El Salvador -0.2354 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 72.9% volatile
129 Armenia -0.2372 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 25.8% volatile
130 Maldives -0.241 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.6% volatile
131 Cote d'Ivoire -0.2542 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 56.9% volatile
132 Tanzania -0.2555 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.6% rising
133 Tunisia -0.2846 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 401.4% volatile
134 Uganda -0.3112 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.6% rising
135 Marshall Islands -0.3531 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.5% volatile
136 Kiribati -0.3649 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 15.8% rising
137 Zambia -0.3897 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 10.8% rising
138 Cuba -0.3992 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 651.0% volatile
139 Cambodia -0.4006 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.6% volatile
140 Puerto Rico -0.4244 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 308.2% volatile
141 Gambia -0.4322 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 20.5% rising
142 Bangladesh -0.4447 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 18.4% rising
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.4761 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.1% volatile
144 Russia -0.5007 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 33.9% volatile
145 Djibouti -0.5285 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 33.0% rising
146 East Timor -0.5414 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 15.4% rising
147 Gabon -0.5514 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 26.3% rising
148 Honduras -0.5852 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 62.4% rising
149 Laos -0.593 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 63.1% rising
150 Ukraine -0.5959 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.0% rising
151 Malawi -0.6029 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 29.3% rising
152 Tuvalu -0.603 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 39.3% falling
153 Pakistan -0.606 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 25.0% rising
154 Ethiopia -0.6158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 24.5% volatile
155 Bolivia -0.6166 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 107.8% falling
156 Lesotho -0.6398 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 36.7% volatile
157 Tajikistan -0.6865 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.2% rising
158 Angola -0.7086 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 21.6% rising
159 Papua New Guinea -0.7104 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.6% falling
160 Vanuatu -0.7485 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.3% volatile
161 Mauritania -0.7567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.4% falling
162 Sao Tome and Principe -0.7661 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.4% rising
163 Nepal -0.7696 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 20.3% rising
164 Guatemala -0.7759 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 82.6% rising
165 Burkina Faso -0.7911 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 33.6% rising
166 Cameroon -0.795 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.3% rising
167 Belarus -0.7986 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 98.4% rising
168 Mozambique -0.8084 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 50.4% falling
169 Togo -0.8366 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 25.2% rising
170 Eswatini -0.8396 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 164.6% falling
171 Solomon Islands -0.845 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.1% falling
172 Kyrgyzstan -0.8504 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.1% falling
173 Iran -0.857 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 233.6% rising
174 Niger -0.8645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 32.2% rising
175 Madagascar -0.8734 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 10.1% falling
176 Zimbabwe -0.8862 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.8% falling
177 Nicaragua -0.8939 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 36.4% rising
178 Guinea -0.8988 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.3% rising
179 Nigeria -0.9134 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.3% rising
180 Sierra Leone -0.9305 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.3% rising
181 Iraq -1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 12.7% rising
182 Chad -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 17.0% falling
183 Lebanon -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 174.2% volatile
184 Comoros -1.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 12.8% rising
185 Turkmenistan -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 47.6% rising
186 Congo -1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 36.9% rising
187 Liberia -1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.8% rising
188 Equatorial Guinea -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.7% rising
189 Burundi -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 27.1% rising
190 Palestine -1.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 160.4% rising
191 North Korea -1.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.1% rising
192 Mali -1.37 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 62.6% falling
193 Venezuela -1.39 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 47.4% falling
194 Guinea-Bissau -1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.8% falling
195 Libya -1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 10.7% falling
196 Eritrea -1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 15.3% falling
197 Syria -1.59 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 23.0% falling
198 Central African Republic -1.61 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.5% falling
199 Myanmar -1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 43.0% rising
200 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.7% rising
201 Yemen -1.87 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.1% falling
202 Somalia -1.91 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.1% flat
203 Sudan -1.95 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 44.3% falling
204 Afghanistan -1.97 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 35.5% rising
205 Haiti -2.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 15.9% falling
206 South Sudan -2.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.5% 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, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
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