Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Australia
Australia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 88.19 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Australia, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Australia is 88.19 0-100, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Australia peaked at 90.64 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 84.02 0-100, in 2020.
That places Australia 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Australia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 84.64 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 85.74 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 87.94 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 90.3 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 90.64 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 87.76 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 88.25 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 87.4 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 87.23 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 88.64 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 87.14 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 88.32 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 88.08 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 88.11 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 86.62 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 88.66 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 86.61 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 85.53 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 86.04 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 87.36 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 86.17 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 84.02 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 85.51 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 87.26 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 87.85 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 87.45 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 88.19 0-100 | +0.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 88.19 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Australia's 88.19 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 1.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.19 0-100 | 84.64 0-100 | 85.74 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 88.37 0-100 | 87.14 0-100 | 90.64 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 87.15 0-100 | 85.53 0-100 | 88.66 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.71 0-100 | 84.02 0-100 | 88.19 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.41 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 6.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 118.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 170.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 13.9 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Australia?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Australia was 88.19 0-100 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 score recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.64 0-100 in 2003.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.02 0-100 in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Australia ranks 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia 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).