Government Effectiveness - Governance score in China
China: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 68.76 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in China, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in China stood at 68.76 0-100. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in China peaked at 68.76 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.28 0-100, in 2002.
That places China 42nd out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in China, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45.26 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 42.82 0-100 | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 41.69 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 41.28 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 41.52 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 44.44 0-100 | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 42.22 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 43.64 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 46.57 0-100 | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 48.61 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 48.46 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 48.87 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 49.32 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 48.77 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 48.6 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 60.86 0-100 | +25.2% |
| 2015 | 61.72 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 61.9 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 62.59 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 61.67 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 64.38 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 62.37 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 64.31 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 61.63 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 66.46 0-100 | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 68.76 0-100 | +3.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 68.76 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 1.4× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- China's 68.76 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +25.2% | 48.6 0-100 | 60.86 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.04 0-100 | 42.82 0-100 | 45.26 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.27 0-100 | 41.28 0-100 | 48.61 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 56.87 0-100 | 48.6 0-100 | 64.38 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.71 0-100 | 61.63 0-100 | 68.76 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More reference data data for China
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 49.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 75.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 303.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 18.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 303.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 165.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 206.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 350.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1,480 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 102.37 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in China?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in China was 68.76 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 68.76 0-100 in 2024.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.28 0-100 in 2002.
- How does China rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- China ranks 42nd out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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).