Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) in Monaco
Monaco: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) was 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Monaco, 2015–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
Analysis
Monaco recorded 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 for government effectiveness - governance estimate in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Monaco peaked at 1.8 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2022.
Monaco ranks 13th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) in Monaco, year by year
| Year | approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | — |
| 2016 | 1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.8 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.78 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | +0.4% |
Monaco compared with similar countries
- Monaco's 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, 1.6× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Monaco's 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8309 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, 2.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.8 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.74 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Monaco
More reference data data for Monaco
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political regime lexical 2 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Political regime fh 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating fh 1 (2025)
- Universal suffrage men lexical 1 (2025)
- Share of children immunized dtp3 99 (2025)
- Elections legislature lexical 1 (2025)
- Elections for the governments chief executive 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Monaco?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Monaco was 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Monaco?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2019.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Monaco?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2022.
- How does Monaco rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Monaco ranks 13th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Monaco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Monaco data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.