Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Congo

Congo: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 29.75 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
29.75 0-100
Change on year
up 3.8%
World rank
185th
of 205 countries
All-time high
35.55 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
25.69 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Congo, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 25.9 0-1001998: 25.8 0-1002000: 25.8 0-1002002: 25.8 0-1002003: 25.7 0-1002004: 29.1 0-1002005: 26.3 0-1002006: 26.3 0-1002007: 25.8 0-1002008: 29.4 0-1002009: 29.5 0-1002010: 29.6 0-1002011: 29.9 0-1002012: 31 0-1002013: 29.8 0-1002014: 33.3 0-1002015: 35.1 0-1002016: 35.5 0-1002017: 34.5 0-1002018: 32.3 0-1002019: 33 0-1002020: 28.5 0-1002021: 28.2 0-1002022: 29.3 0-1002023: 28.7 0-1002024: 29.7 0-100

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 Congo stood at 29.75 0-100.

That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Congo peaked at 35.55 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 25.69 0-100, in 2003.

That places Congo 185th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Congo, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Congo, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 25.92 0-100
1998 25.81 0-100 -0.4%
2000 25.85 0-100 +0.2%
2002 25.85 0-100 +0.0%
2003 25.69 0-100 -0.6%
2004 29.07 0-100 +13.2%
2005 26.34 0-100 -9.4%
2006 26.29 0-100 -0.2%
2007 25.84 0-100 -1.7%
2008 29.42 0-100 +13.9%
2009 29.46 0-100 +0.1%
2010 29.61 0-100 +0.5%
2011 29.89 0-100 +1.0%
2012 30.97 0-100 +3.6%
2013 29.76 0-100 -3.9%
2014 33.27 0-100 +11.8%
2015 35.1 0-100 +5.5%
2016 35.55 0-100 +1.3%
2017 34.45 0-100 -3.1%
2018 32.34 0-100 -6.1%
2019 33.02 0-100 +2.1%
2020 28.52 0-100 -13.6%
2021 28.21 0-100 -1.1%
2022 29.34 0-100 +4.0%
2023 28.65 0-100 -2.4%
2024 29.75 0-100 +3.8%

Congo compared with similar countries

  • Congo's 29.75 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 77% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Congo's 29.75 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 82% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 25.86 0-100 25.81 0-100 25.92 0-100 2
2000s 27.09 0-100 25.69 0-100 29.46 0-100 9
2010s 32.4 0-100 29.61 0-100 35.55 0-100 10
2020s 28.89 0-100 28.21 0-100 29.75 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Congo

  1. 182 Palestine 29.98 0-100 compare
  2. 183 Chad 29.94 0-100 compare
  3. 184 Iraq 29.92 0-100 compare
  4. 186 Lebanon 29.37 0-100 compare
  5. 187 Equatorial Guinea 28.35 0-100 compare
  6. 188 Comoros 27.84 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Congo?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Congo was 29.75 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 Congo?
The highest recorded value was 35.55 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 25.69 0-100 in 2003.
How does Congo rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Congo ranks 185th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Congo?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this 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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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
Last refreshed

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).