Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 42.6 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina is 42.6 0-100, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 47.64 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 20.38 0-100, in 2000.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 143rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 20.99 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 20.84 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 20.38 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 22.27 0-100 | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 22.23 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 35.68 0-100 | +60.5% |
| 2005 | 37.09 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 37.64 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 35.97 0-100 | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 40.86 0-100 | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 40.88 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 40.12 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 39.65 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 41.74 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 42.5 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 47.64 0-100 | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 43.73 0-100 | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 44.51 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 43.5 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 40.18 0-100 | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 38 0-100 | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 37.69 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 35.85 0-100 | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 38.4 0-100 | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 40.78 0-100 | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 42.01 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2025 | 42.6 0-100 | +1.4% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 42.6 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 82% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 42.6 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.35 0-100, 61% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Bosnia and Herzegovina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +60.5% | 22.23 0-100 | 35.68 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.92 0-100 | 20.84 0-100 | 20.99 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 32.56 0-100 | 20.38 0-100 | 40.88 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 42.16 0-100 | 38 0-100 | 47.64 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.55 0-100 | 35.85 0-100 | 42.6 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 140 Puerto Rico 43.66 0-100 compare
- 141 Gambia 43.5 0-100 compare
- 142 Bangladesh 43.24 0-100 compare
- 144 Russia 42.09 0-100 compare
- 145 Djibouti 41.53 0-100 compare
- 146 East Timor 41.26 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1825 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.6521 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0577 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.6521 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8716 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5521 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.7607 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3142 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 42.6 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 47.64 0-100 in 2014.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.38 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 143rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina 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).