Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Belize
Belize: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 48.56 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Belize, 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 Belize is 48.56 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Belize peaked at 48.56 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 39.67 0-100, in 2007.
That places Belize 123rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Belize, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45.92 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 45.65 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 45.63 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 45.77 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 45.69 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 43.57 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 41.96 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 40.58 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 39.67 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 39.76 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 39.76 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 44.15 0-100 | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 45.67 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 45.67 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 45.67 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 42.57 0-100 | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 43.48 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 41.87 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 41.86 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 42.22 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 42.52 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 42.43 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 42.44 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 47.16 0-100 | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 48.27 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 47.49 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 48.56 0-100 | +2.2% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 48.56 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 94% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Belize's 48.56 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.22 0-100, 91% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.79 0-100 | 45.65 0-100 | 45.92 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 42.49 0-100 | 39.67 0-100 | 45.77 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 43.57 0-100 | 41.86 0-100 | 45.67 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.06 0-100 | 42.43 0-100 | 48.56 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More reference data data for Belize
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0139 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0337 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0041 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0467 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0206 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1856 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.399 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0225 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Belize?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Belize was 48.56 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 48.56 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.67 0-100 in 2007.
- How does Belize rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Belize ranks 123rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belize 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).