Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Croatia

Croatia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 65.14 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
65.14 0-100
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
50th
of 205 countries
All-time high
66.04 0-100
in 2021
All-time low
44.82 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Croatia, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 44.8 0-1001998: 45.4 0-1002000: 54.9 0-1002002: 55.3 0-1002003: 54.5 0-1002004: 58.5 0-1002005: 58.2 0-1002006: 57.2 0-1002007: 58.6 0-1002008: 59 0-1002009: 59.5 0-1002010: 56.9 0-1002011: 56 0-1002012: 59.1 0-1002013: 59.4 0-1002014: 59.6 0-1002015: 56.3 0-1002016: 56.5 0-1002017: 59.2 0-1002018: 60.9 0-1002019: 59.5 0-1002020: 61.2 0-1002021: 66 0-1002022: 65.3 0-1002023: 65.9 0-1002024: 65.1 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Croatia recorded 65.14 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Croatia peaked at 66.04 0-100 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 44.82 0-100, in 1996.

Croatia ranks 50th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Croatia, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Croatia, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 44.82 0-100
1998 45.37 0-100 +1.2%
2000 54.91 0-100 +21.0%
2002 55.35 0-100 +0.8%
2003 54.51 0-100 -1.5%
2004 58.52 0-100 +7.4%
2005 58.24 0-100 -0.5%
2006 57.22 0-100 -1.7%
2007 58.64 0-100 +2.5%
2008 59.04 0-100 +0.7%
2009 59.53 0-100 +0.8%
2010 56.92 0-100 -4.4%
2011 56.02 0-100 -1.6%
2012 59.14 0-100 +5.6%
2013 59.42 0-100 +0.5%
2014 59.62 0-100 +0.3%
2015 56.33 0-100 -5.5%
2016 56.49 0-100 +0.3%
2017 59.2 0-100 +4.8%
2018 60.92 0-100 +2.9%
2019 59.49 0-100 -2.4%
2020 61.17 0-100 +2.8%
2021 66.04 0-100 +8.0%
2022 65.27 0-100 -1.2%
2023 65.9 0-100 +1.0%
2024 65.14 0-100 -1.2%

Croatia compared with similar countries

  • Croatia's 65.14 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 90% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Croatia's 65.14 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 99% of the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 45.1 0-100 44.82 0-100 45.37 0-100 2
2000s 57.33 0-100 54.51 0-100 59.53 0-100 9
2010s 58.36 0-100 56.02 0-100 60.92 0-100 10
2020s 64.7 0-100 61.17 0-100 66.04 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Croatia

  1. 47 American Samoa 66.26 0-100 compare
  2. 48 Mauritius 66.22 0-100 compare
  3. 49 Latvia 65.79 0-100 compare
  4. 51 Bahamas 65.13 0-100 compare
  5. 52 Saint Kitts and Nevis 64.78 0-100 compare
  6. 53 Uruguay 64.77 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Croatia?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Croatia was 65.14 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 Croatia?
The highest recorded value was 66.04 0-100 in 2021.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Croatia?
The lowest recorded value was 44.82 0-100 in 1996.
How does Croatia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Croatia ranks 50th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Croatia?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Croatia 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

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).