Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 62.83 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Cape Verde, 2002–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 62.83 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Cape Verde peaked at 62.98 0-100 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 45.86 0-100, in 2003.
That places Cape Verde 63rd 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 24 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 45.94 0-100 | — |
| 2003 | 45.86 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 45.88 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 48.49 0-100 | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 57.11 0-100 | +17.8% |
| 2007 | 60.28 0-100 | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 60.18 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 60.1 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 58.64 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 58.73 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 58.42 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 57.28 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 59.74 0-100 | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 62.47 0-100 | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 61.75 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 62.37 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 62.92 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 62.98 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 62.43 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 60 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 59.92 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 60.3 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 62.94 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2025 | 62.83 0-100 | -0.2% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 62.83 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 1.2× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 62.83 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 1.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.98 0-100 | 45.86 0-100 | 60.28 0-100 | 8 |
| 2010s | 60.53 0-100 | 57.28 0-100 | 62.98 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.4 0-100 | 59.92 0-100 | 62.94 0-100 | 6 |
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0284 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0737 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0737 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2006 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1251 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.4822 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Cape Verde?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Cape Verde was 62.83 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 62.98 0-100 in 2019.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.86 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Cape Verde rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Cape Verde ranks 63rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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).