Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 13.74 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Afghanistan, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Afghanistan stood at 13.74 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.9% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Afghanistan peaked at 28.86 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 5.69 0-100, in 1998.
That places Afghanistan 201st out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.78 0-100 | 5.69 0-100 | 5.87 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 17.76 0-100 | 5.75 0-100 | 28.86 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 21.53 0-100 | 19.18 0-100 | 23.77 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.73 0-100 | 10.65 0-100 | 18.17 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More reference data data for Afghanistan
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.6919 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.1923 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 3.05 °C (2026)
- Civil liberties rating 7 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Consumer price index 168.54 2010 = 100 (2024)
- Free country 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Afghanistan?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Afghanistan was 13.74 0-100 in 2024, 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 score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 28.86 0-100 in 2004.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.69 0-100 in 1998.
- How does Afghanistan rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Afghanistan ranks 201st out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 score (0-100). 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 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).