Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
95.17 0-100
Singapore
Lowest
6.27 0-100
South Sudan
Median
53.6 0-100
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,392
What the numbers show
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 95.17 0-100 in Singapore; the lowest is 6.27 0-100 in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.6 0-100, and the mean is 53.74 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 57.3%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 49.8%).
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Effectiveness): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 95.17 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 2 | Japan | 94.12 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 92.81 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 4 | Switzerland | 92.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 92.44 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 6 | Finland | 92.08 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 7 | New Zealand | 90.68 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Norway | 90 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 89.54 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | Canada | 88.31 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 11 | Australia | 88.19 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Netherlands | 87.96 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 13 | Monaco | 87.62 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 14 | Liechtenstein | 85.82 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 15 | Ireland | 85.72 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 83.98 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Austria | 83.94 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 83.84 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 19 | South Korea | 83.11 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 20 | Estonia | 83.04 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 21 | Germany | 82.84 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 22 | Bermuda | 82.38 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Andorra | 80.58 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 24 | Greenland | 79.32 0-100 | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 79.31 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 26 | Lithuania | 77.76 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 77.75 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 77.58 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 29 | Guam | 77.18 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 30 | France | 77.14 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 31 | Israel | 76.74 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 32 | United States | 76.72 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 33 | Macao | 76.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 34 | Spain | 75.48 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 75.45 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Slovenia | 74.94 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 37 | Cayman Islands | 74.09 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 38 | Chile | 73.68 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 39 | Portugal | 73.26 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 40 | Qatar | 72.73 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 41 | Malaysia | 71.93 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 71.27 0-100 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 43 | Aruba | 70.86 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 44 | Brunei | 70.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 45 | American Samoa | 70.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 46 | San Marino | 70.09 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 47 | Uruguay | 70 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 69.94 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 49 | Cyprus | 69.39 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 50 | Latvia | 69.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 68.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 52 | Croatia | 68.1 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 53 | Seychelles | 68.01 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 54 | Malta | 67.96 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 67.48 0-100 | 2025 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 56 | Bhutan | 66.79 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 57 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 66.65 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 58 | Bahamas | 65.63 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 59 | China | 65.11 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 60 | Barbados | 64.85 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 61 | Slovakia | 64.25 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 62 | Fiji | 63.17 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 63 | Cape Verde | 62.83 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 64 | India | 62.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 65 | Montenegro | 61.98 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 61.98 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 67 | Hungary | 61.96 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 61.36 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 69 | Botswana | 61.23 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 70 | Bahrain | 60.95 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 60.76 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 72 | Oman | 60.13 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 73 | Romania | 59.94 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 74 | Rwanda | 59.74 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 75 | United States Virgin Islands | 59.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 76 | Georgia | 59.53 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 77 | Greece | 58.93 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 58.89 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 57.99 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 80 | Thailand | 57.71 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 81 | Kuwait | 57.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 82 | Indonesia | 57.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 83 | Senegal | 57.47 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.14 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.89 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 86 | Panama | 56.78 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 87 | Moldova | 56.73 0-100 | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 88 | Samoa | 56.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 56.37 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 56.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 91 | Jamaica | 56.21 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 92 | Morocco | 55.96 0-100 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 93 | Vietnam | 55.95 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 94 | Dominica | 55.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 95 | Guyana | 55.36 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 96 | Ghana | 55.1 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 54.91 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 54.91 0-100 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 99 | Jordan | 54.62 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 100 | Palau | 54.47 0-100 | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 54.45 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 102 | Namibia | 54.4 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 103 | Nauru | 53.97 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 53.22 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 105 | Serbia | 53.02 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 106 | Turkey | 52.94 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 107 | Grenada | 52.45 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 108 | Suriname | 52.11 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 109 | South Africa | 51.87 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 110 | Ecuador | 51.71 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 111 | Brazil | 51.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 112 | Tonga | 51.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 113 | Micronesia (country) | 50.85 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 114 | Kenya | 50.51 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 115 | Colombia | 50.43 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 116 | Egypt | 50.18 0-100 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 117 | Kosovo | 50.15 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 118 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 49.86 0-100 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 49.71 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 120 | Peru | 49.4 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 121 | Benin | 48.92 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 122 | Mexico | 48.65 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 123 | Belize | 48.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 124 | Algeria | 48.39 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 48.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 126 | Mongolia | 48.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 127 | Paraguay | 47.68 0-100 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 128 | El Salvador | 47.52 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 129 | Armenia | 47.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 130 | Maldives | 47.41 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | 47.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 132 | Tanzania | 47.11 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 133 | Tunisia | 46.52 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 134 | Uganda | 45.97 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 135 | Marshall Islands | 45.12 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 136 | Kiribati | 44.87 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 137 | Zambia | 44.37 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 138 | Cuba | 44.17 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 139 | Cambodia | 44.14 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 43.66 0-100 | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 141 | Gambia | 43.5 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 43.24 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.6 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 144 | Russia | 42.09 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 145 | Djibouti | 41.53 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 146 | East Timor | 41.26 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 41.06 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 148 | Honduras | 40.36 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 149 | Laos | 40.21 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 150 | Ukraine | 40.15 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 151 | Malawi | 40 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 40 0-100 | 2025 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 153 | Pakistan | 39.94 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 39.74 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 155 | Bolivia | 39.72 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 156 | Lesotho | 39.25 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 157 | Tajikistan | 38.29 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 158 | Angola | 37.84 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 37.8 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 37.02 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritania | 36.85 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 36.66 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 163 | Nepal | 36.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 164 | Guatemala | 36.46 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 165 | Burkina Faso | 36.15 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 166 | Cameroon | 36.07 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 167 | Belarus | 36 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 168 | Mozambique | 35.8 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 169 | Togo | 35.22 0-100 | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 170 | Eswatini | 35.16 0-100 | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 35.05 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 172 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.94 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 173 | Iran | 34.8 0-100 | 2025 | down 26.1% | flat |
| 174 | Niger | 34.65 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 175 | Madagascar | 34.47 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 176 | Zimbabwe | 34.2 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 177 | Nicaragua | 34.05 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 178 | Guinea | 33.95 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 179 | Nigeria | 33.65 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 180 | Sierra Leone | 33.3 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 181 | Iraq | 31.54 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 182 | Chad | 30.75 0-100 | 2025 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 183 | Lebanon | 29.9 0-100 | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 184 | Comoros | 28.94 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 185 | Turkmenistan | 28.71 0-100 | 2025 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 186 | Congo | 28.37 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 187 | Liberia | 28.36 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 27.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 189 | Burundi | 26.7 0-100 | 2025 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 190 | Palestine | 25.38 0-100 | 2025 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 191 | North Korea | 25.24 0-100 | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 192 | Mali | 24.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 193 | Venezuela | 23.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 194 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.25 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 195 | Libya | 21.86 0-100 | 2025 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 196 | Eritrea | 21.12 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 197 | Syria | 19.88 0-100 | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 198 | Central African Republic | 19.3 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 199 | Myanmar | 19.23 0-100 | 2025 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18.07 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 201 | Yemen | 14.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 202 | Somalia | 13.32 0-100 | 2025 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 203 | Sudan | 12.36 0-100 | 2025 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 12.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 205 | Haiti | 10.57 0-100 | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 206 | South Sudan | 6.27 0-100 | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |