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Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) by country

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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case...

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) (Government score): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).