Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Cape Verde

Cape Verde: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 59.41 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
59.41 0-100
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
70th
of 205 countries
All-time high
59.41 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
44.45 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
23
2002–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Cape Verde, 2002–2024

02040602002201320242002: 45.5 0-1002003: 45.2 0-1002004: 44.5 0-1002005: 47 0-1002006: 54 0-1002007: 57 0-1002008: 54.9 0-1002009: 54.9 0-1002010: 53.4 0-1002011: 53.9 0-1002012: 53.5 0-1002013: 52.8 0-1002014: 55.1 0-1002015: 57.6 0-1002016: 57 0-1002017: 57.6 0-1002018: 58.1 0-1002019: 58.8 0-1002020: 59 0-1002021: 56.7 0-1002022: 58.3 0-1002023: 58.4 0-1002024: 59.4 0-100

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 59.41 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Cape Verde peaked at 59.41 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.45 0-100, in 2004.

That places Cape Verde 70th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Cape Verde, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Cape Verde, 2002 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
2002 45.47 0-100
2003 45.23 0-100 -0.5%
2004 44.45 0-100 -1.7%
2005 47.02 0-100 +5.8%
2006 54.03 0-100 +14.9%
2007 56.99 0-100 +5.5%
2008 54.86 0-100 -3.7%
2009 54.86 0-100 -0.0%
2010 53.44 0-100 -2.6%
2011 53.89 0-100 +0.8%
2012 53.51 0-100 -0.7%
2013 52.78 0-100 -1.4%
2014 55.08 0-100 +4.4%
2015 57.63 0-100 +4.6%
2016 56.98 0-100 -1.1%
2017 57.55 0-100 +1.0%
2018 58.06 0-100 +0.9%
2019 58.81 0-100 +1.3%
2020 59.02 0-100 +0.4%
2021 56.74 0-100 -3.9%
2022 58.34 0-100 +2.8%
2023 58.37 0-100 +0.1%
2024 59.41 0-100 +1.8%

Cape Verde compared with similar countries

  • Cape Verde's 59.41 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 1.2× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Cape Verde's 59.41 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 50.36 0-100 44.45 0-100 56.99 0-100 8
2010s 55.77 0-100 52.78 0-100 58.81 0-100 10
2020s 58.38 0-100 56.74 0-100 59.41 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Cape Verde

  1. 67 Antigua and Barbuda 59.7 0-100 compare
  2. 68 Romania 59.47 0-100 compare
  3. 69 Botswana 59.45 0-100 compare
  4. 71 India 59.21 0-100 compare
  5. 72 United States Virgin Islands 58.63 0-100 compare
  6. 73 Montenegro 58.47 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Cape Verde?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Cape Verde was 59.41 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 Cape Verde?
The highest recorded value was 59.41 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Cape Verde?
The lowest recorded value was 44.45 0-100 in 2004.
How does Cape Verde rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Cape Verde ranks 70th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Cape Verde?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. 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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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).