Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 52.79 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
52.79 0-100
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
97th
of 205 countries
All-time high
52.79 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
34.27 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Dominican Republic, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 45.4 0-1001998: 34.3 0-1002000: 34.3 0-1002002: 34.9 0-1002003: 35 0-1002004: 35.8 0-1002005: 35.1 0-1002006: 38 0-1002007: 37.6 0-1002008: 37.8 0-1002009: 38.3 0-1002010: 37.5 0-1002011: 38.2 0-1002012: 41.6 0-1002013: 43.2 0-1002014: 49.2 0-1002015: 45.4 0-1002016: 46.6 0-1002017: 45.2 0-1002018: 44.4 0-1002019: 45.5 0-1002020: 44.3 0-1002021: 48.4 0-1002022: 49 0-1002023: 52.2 0-1002024: 52.8 0-100

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

Analysis

Dominican Republic recorded 52.79 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Dominican Republic peaked at 52.79 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 34.27 0-100, in 1998.

Dominican Republic ranks 97th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Dominican Republic, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Dominican Republic, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 45.45 0-100
1998 34.27 0-100 -24.6%
2000 34.3 0-100 +0.1%
2002 34.93 0-100 +1.8%
2003 35.04 0-100 +0.3%
2004 35.83 0-100 +2.3%
2005 35.08 0-100 -2.1%
2006 37.98 0-100 +8.3%
2007 37.56 0-100 -1.1%
2008 37.76 0-100 +0.5%
2009 38.3 0-100 +1.4%
2010 37.52 0-100 -2.0%
2011 38.24 0-100 +1.9%
2012 41.6 0-100 +8.8%
2013 43.22 0-100 +3.9%
2014 49.16 0-100 +13.7%
2015 45.45 0-100 -7.6%
2016 46.61 0-100 +2.6%
2017 45.23 0-100 -3.0%
2018 44.4 0-100 -1.8%
2019 45.52 0-100 +2.5%
2020 44.33 0-100 -2.6%
2021 48.42 0-100 +9.2%
2022 48.99 0-100 +1.2%
2023 52.23 0-100 +6.6%
2024 52.79 0-100 +1.1%

Dominican Republic compared with similar countries

  • Dominican Republic's 52.79 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Dominican Republic's 52.79 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 51.73 0-100, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 39.86 0-100 34.27 0-100 45.45 0-100 2
2000s 36.31 0-100 34.3 0-100 38.3 0-100 9
2010s 43.7 0-100 37.52 0-100 49.16 0-100 10
2020s 49.35 0-100 44.33 0-100 52.79 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Dominican Republic

  1. 94 Trinidad and Tobago 53.5 0-100 compare
  2. 95 Serbia 53.32 0-100 compare
  3. 96 Namibia 53.27 0-100 compare
  4. 98 Ghana 52.5 0-100 compare
  5. 99 Bulgaria 52.17 0-100 compare
  6. 100 Grenada 51.73 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Dominican Republic?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Dominican Republic was 52.79 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 Dominican Republic?
The highest recorded value was 52.79 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Dominican Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 34.27 0-100 in 1998.
How does Dominican Republic rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Dominican Republic ranks 97th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Dominican Republic 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).