Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 18.07 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo stood at 18.07 0-100.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 23.73 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7.45 0-100, in 2003.
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 200th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 17.85 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 9.41 0-100 | -47.3% |
| 2000 | 9.4 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 7.49 0-100 | -20.3% |
| 2003 | 7.45 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 13.25 0-100 | +77.8% |
| 2005 | 15.18 0-100 | +14.6% |
| 2006 | 18.14 0-100 | +19.5% |
| 2007 | 17.52 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 18.43 0-100 | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 17.69 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 17.41 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 18.14 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 19.1 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 23.37 0-100 | +22.4% |
| 2014 | 22.68 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 21.11 0-100 | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 23.73 0-100 | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 22.29 0-100 | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 21.02 0-100 | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 19.37 0-100 | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 16.79 0-100 | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 16.23 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 15.87 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 17.53 0-100 | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 17.09 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2025 | 18.07 0-100 | +5.7% |
Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 18.07 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 68% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 18.07 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 50% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Democratic Republic of Congo 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 | +77.8% | 7.45 0-100 | 13.25 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.63 0-100 | 9.41 0-100 | 17.85 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.84 0-100 | 7.45 0-100 | 18.43 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.82 0-100 | 17.41 0-100 | 23.73 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.93 0-100 | 15.87 0-100 | 18.07 0-100 | 6 |
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.31 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 11.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.82 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo was 18.07 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 Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 23.73 0-100 in 2016.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.45 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 200th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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).