Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Denmark

Denmark: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 88.53 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
88.53 0-100
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
4th
of 205 countries
All-time high
94.2 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
85.94 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Denmark, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 85.9 0-1001998: 87.2 0-1002000: 89.2 0-1002002: 94 0-1002003: 93 0-1002004: 92.2 0-1002005: 91.4 0-1002006: 93.4 0-1002007: 94.2 0-1002008: 93.1 0-1002009: 93.5 0-1002010: 88.7 0-1002011: 91.1 0-1002012: 89.6 0-1002013: 89.4 0-1002014: 86.5 0-1002015: 86.2 0-1002016: 87 0-1002017: 86.8 0-1002018: 88.7 0-1002019: 89.1 0-1002020: 90.2 0-1002021: 93.9 0-1002022: 92.1 0-1002023: 89.4 0-1002024: 88.5 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 Denmark stood at 88.53 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Denmark peaked at 94.2 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 85.94 0-100, in 1996.

That places Denmark 4th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Denmark, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Denmark, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 85.94 0-100
1998 87.19 0-100 +1.5%
2000 89.2 0-100 +2.3%
2002 93.97 0-100 +5.3%
2003 93.03 0-100 -1.0%
2004 92.16 0-100 -0.9%
2005 91.42 0-100 -0.8%
2006 93.39 0-100 +2.2%
2007 94.2 0-100 +0.9%
2008 93.08 0-100 -1.2%
2009 93.47 0-100 +0.4%
2010 88.67 0-100 -5.1%
2011 91.06 0-100 +2.7%
2012 89.58 0-100 -1.6%
2013 89.43 0-100 -0.2%
2014 86.53 0-100 -3.2%
2015 86.23 0-100 -0.3%
2016 87.02 0-100 +0.9%
2017 86.83 0-100 -0.2%
2018 88.68 0-100 +2.1%
2019 89.15 0-100 +0.5%
2020 90.23 0-100 +1.2%
2021 93.93 0-100 +4.1%
2022 92.14 0-100 -1.9%
2023 89.37 0-100 -3.0%
2024 88.53 0-100 -0.9%

Denmark compared with similar countries

  • Denmark's 88.53 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 1.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Denmark's 88.53 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 86.57 0-100 85.94 0-100 87.19 0-100 2
2000s 92.66 0-100 89.2 0-100 94.2 0-100 9
2010s 88.32 0-100 86.23 0-100 91.06 0-100 10
2020s 90.84 0-100 88.53 0-100 93.93 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 1 Singapore 95.67 0-100 compare
  2. 2 Japan 91.94 0-100 compare
  3. 3 Luxembourg 91 0-100 compare
  4. 5 New Zealand 87.3 0-100 compare
  5. 6 Norway 87.18 0-100 compare
  6. 7 Switzerland 87.12 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Denmark?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Denmark was 88.53 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 Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 94.2 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 85.94 0-100 in 1996.
How does Denmark rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Denmark ranks 4th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Denmark 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
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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).