Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Cuba

Cuba: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 44.17 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
44.17 0-100
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
138th
of 206 countries
All-time high
51.26 0-100
in 2014
All-time low
29.59 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Cuba, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 29.6 0-1001998: 34.8 0-1002000: 42.6 0-1002002: 35.4 0-1002003: 35.3 0-1002004: 40.6 0-1002005: 31.9 0-1002006: 43.1 0-1002007: 43.2 0-1002008: 43.6 0-1002009: 43.7 0-1002010: 40.1 0-1002011: 40.1 0-1002012: 42.7 0-1002013: 42.7 0-1002014: 51.3 0-1002015: 51.3 0-1002016: 50.5 0-1002017: 49.6 0-1002018: 45.8 0-1002019: 47.8 0-1002020: 47.7 0-1002021: 47.6 0-1002022: 50 0-1002023: 49.5 0-1002024: 44.1 0-1002025: 44.2 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Cuba is 44.17 0-100, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Cuba peaked at 51.26 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 29.59 0-100, in 1996.

Cuba ranks 138th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Cuba, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Cuba, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 29.59 0-100 —
1998 34.84 0-100 +17.8%
2000 42.59 0-100 +22.2%
2002 35.36 0-100 -17.0%
2003 35.33 0-100 -0.1%
2004 40.58 0-100 +14.8%
2005 31.88 0-100 -21.4%
2006 43.15 0-100 +35.3%
2007 43.16 0-100 +0.0%
2008 43.64 0-100 +1.1%
2009 43.66 0-100 +0.0%
2010 40.13 0-100 -8.1%
2011 40.12 0-100 -0.0%
2012 42.7 0-100 +6.4%
2013 42.69 0-100 -0.0%
2014 51.26 0-100 +20.1%
2015 51.26 0-100 -0.0%
2016 50.52 0-100 -1.4%
2017 49.57 0-100 -1.9%
2018 45.77 0-100 -7.7%
2019 47.77 0-100 +4.4%
2020 47.7 0-100 -0.1%
2021 47.55 0-100 -0.3%
2022 50 0-100 +5.1%
2023 49.47 0-100 -1.1%
2024 44.12 0-100 -10.8%
2025 44.17 0-100 +0.1%

Cuba compared with similar countries

  • Cuba's 44.17 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 85% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Cuba's 44.17 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.22 0-100, 83% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Cuba 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.

YearChange FromTo
2006 +35.3% 31.88 0-100 43.15 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 32.21 0-100 29.59 0-100 34.84 0-100 2
2000s 39.93 0-100 31.88 0-100 43.66 0-100 9
2010s 46.18 0-100 40.12 0-100 51.26 0-100 10
2020s 47.17 0-100 44.12 0-100 50 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Cuba

  1. 135 Marshall Islands 45.12 0-100 compare
  2. 136 Kiribati 44.87 0-100 compare
  3. 137 Zambia 44.37 0-100 compare
  4. 139 Cambodia 44.14 0-100 compare
  5. 140 Puerto Rico 43.66 0-100 compare
  6. 141 Gambia 43.5 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Cuba?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Cuba was 44.17 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 Cuba?
The highest recorded value was 51.26 0-100 in 2014.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Cuba?
The lowest recorded value was 29.59 0-100 in 1996.
How does Cuba rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Cuba ranks 138th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Cuba?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cuba 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
206 places, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
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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).