Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 53.22 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
53.22 0-100
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
104th
of 206 countries
All-time high
53.91 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
30.52 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Dominican Republic, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 43.8 0-1001998: 30.5 0-1002000: 30.5 0-1002002: 33.8 0-1002003: 33.9 0-1002004: 35.2 0-1002005: 34.6 0-1002006: 37.4 0-1002007: 37 0-1002008: 41.8 0-1002009: 42.3 0-1002010: 41.9 0-1002011: 42.6 0-1002012: 44.9 0-1002013: 47.1 0-1002014: 52.4 0-1002015: 48.9 0-1002016: 50 0-1002017: 48.4 0-1002018: 47.4 0-1002019: 48.3 0-1002020: 47.5 0-1002021: 50.5 0-1002022: 51.3 0-1002023: 53.1 0-1002024: 53.9 0-1002025: 53.2 0-100

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

Analysis

Dominican Republic recorded 53.22 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.

The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Dominican Republic peaked at 53.91 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.52 0-100, in 2000.

Dominican Republic ranks 104th 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 Dominican Republic, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Dominican Republic, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 43.76 0-100 —
1998 30.53 0-100 -30.2%
2000 30.52 0-100 -0.0%
2002 33.79 0-100 +10.7%
2003 33.94 0-100 +0.5%
2004 35.16 0-100 +3.6%
2005 34.6 0-100 -1.6%
2006 37.39 0-100 +8.1%
2007 37 0-100 -1.1%
2008 41.8 0-100 +13.0%
2009 42.25 0-100 +1.1%
2010 41.93 0-100 -0.8%
2011 42.56 0-100 +1.5%
2012 44.89 0-100 +5.5%
2013 47.08 0-100 +4.9%
2014 52.36 0-100 +11.2%
2015 48.87 0-100 -6.7%
2016 49.98 0-100 +2.3%
2017 48.36 0-100 -3.3%
2018 47.41 0-100 -2.0%
2019 48.33 0-100 +1.9%
2020 47.46 0-100 -1.8%
2021 50.51 0-100 +6.4%
2022 51.26 0-100 +1.5%
2023 53.05 0-100 +3.5%
2024 53.91 0-100 +1.6%
2025 53.22 0-100 -1.3%

Dominican Republic compared with similar countries

  • Dominican Republic's 53.22 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Dominican Republic's 53.22 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.22 0-100, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Dominican Republic 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
1998 -30.2% 43.76 0-100 30.53 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 37.15 0-100 30.53 0-100 43.76 0-100 2
2000s 36.27 0-100 30.52 0-100 42.25 0-100 9
2010s 47.18 0-100 41.93 0-100 52.36 0-100 10
2020s 51.57 0-100 47.46 0-100 53.91 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Dominican Republic

  1. 101 Kazakhstan 54.45 0-100 compare
  2. 102 Namibia 54.4 0-100 compare
  3. 103 Nauru 53.97 0-100 compare
  4. 105 Serbia 53.02 0-100 compare
  5. 106 Turkey 52.94 0-100 compare
  6. 107 Grenada 52.45 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 53.22 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 Dominican Republic?
The highest recorded value was 53.91 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Dominican Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 30.52 0-100 in 2000.
How does Dominican Republic rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Dominican Republic ranks 104th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. 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
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).