Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 19.3 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Central African Republic, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Central African Republic recorded 19.3 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Central African Republic peaked at 24.67 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 15.37 0-100, in 2003.
Central African Republic ranks 198th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 24.67 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 24.4 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 24.38 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 15.42 0-100 | -36.7% |
| 2003 | 15.37 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 17.57 0-100 | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 15.69 0-100 | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 17.68 0-100 | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 18.42 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 20.14 0-100 | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 20.62 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 23.04 0-100 | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 23.17 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 22.71 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 19.89 0-100 | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 17.75 0-100 | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 17.74 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 19.23 0-100 | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 18.85 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 19.62 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 18.61 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 17.9 0-100 | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 18.66 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 18.42 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 18.81 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 19.27 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 19.3 0-100 | +0.2% |
Central African Republic compared with similar countries
- Central African Republic's 19.3 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 72% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Central African Republic's 19.3 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 53% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Central African Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -36.7% | 24.38 0-100 | 15.42 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.53 0-100 | 24.4 0-100 | 24.67 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 18.37 0-100 | 15.37 0-100 | 24.38 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.06 0-100 | 17.74 0-100 | 23.17 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.73 0-100 | 17.9 0-100 | 19.3 0-100 | 6 |
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.26 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0271 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.7203 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 15.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1476 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Central African Republic?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Central African Republic was 19.3 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 Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 24.67 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.37 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Central African Republic rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Central African Republic ranks 198th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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).