Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Austria

Austria: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 80.79 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
80.79 0-100
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
19th
of 205 countries
All-time high
89.74 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
80.79 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Austria, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 86.1 0-1001998: 85.9 0-1002000: 89.7 0-1002002: 89.5 0-1002003: 87.5 0-1002004: 86.5 0-1002005: 87.9 0-1002006: 85.8 0-1002007: 85.8 0-1002008: 85 0-1002009: 83 0-1002010: 85.4 0-1002011: 81.8 0-1002012: 80.9 0-1002013: 81.9 0-1002014: 84.3 0-1002015: 82.5 0-1002016: 83.6 0-1002017: 82.7 0-1002018: 82.5 0-1002019: 85.4 0-1002020: 88.4 0-1002021: 86.7 0-1002022: 85.1 0-1002023: 82 0-1002024: 80.8 0-100

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 Austria stood at 80.79 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Austria peaked at 89.74 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 80.79 0-100, in 2024.

Austria ranks 19th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Austria, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 86.1 0-100
1998 85.91 0-100 -0.2%
2000 89.74 0-100 +4.5%
2002 89.5 0-100 -0.3%
2003 87.55 0-100 -2.2%
2004 86.48 0-100 -1.2%
2005 87.93 0-100 +1.7%
2006 85.83 0-100 -2.4%
2007 85.84 0-100 +0.0%
2008 84.98 0-100 -1.0%
2009 83.01 0-100 -2.3%
2010 85.39 0-100 +2.9%
2011 81.76 0-100 -4.2%
2012 80.9 0-100 -1.0%
2013 81.94 0-100 +1.3%
2014 84.26 0-100 +2.8%
2015 82.47 0-100 -2.1%
2016 83.58 0-100 +1.4%
2017 82.72 0-100 -1.0%
2018 82.54 0-100 -0.2%
2019 85.42 0-100 +3.5%
2020 88.44 0-100 +3.5%
2021 86.66 0-100 -2.0%
2022 85.12 0-100 -1.8%
2023 82.04 0-100 -3.6%
2024 80.79 0-100 -1.5%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 80.79 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 1.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 80.79 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 86.01 0-100 85.91 0-100 86.1 0-100 2
2000s 86.76 0-100 83.01 0-100 89.74 0-100 9
2010s 83.1 0-100 80.9 0-100 85.42 0-100 10
2020s 84.61 0-100 80.79 0-100 88.44 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 16 Hong Kong 83.18 0-100 compare
  2. 17 Ireland 82.68 0-100 compare
  3. 18 Germany 81.41 0-100 compare
  4. 20 South Korea 80.25 0-100 compare
  5. 21 Bermuda 80.03 0-100 compare
  6. 22 United States 77.78 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Austria?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Austria was 80.79 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 Austria?
The highest recorded value was 89.74 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 80.79 0-100 in 2024.
How does Austria rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Austria ranks 19th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Austria 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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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
205 places, 5,161 data points, 1996–2024
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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).