Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 51.71 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Ecuador, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in Ecuador stood at 51.71 0-100.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Ecuador peaked at 52.7 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 29.28 0-100, in 2000.
That places Ecuador 110th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 31.85 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 39.42 0-100 | +23.8% |
| 2000 | 29.28 0-100 | -25.7% |
| 2002 | 29.6 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 30.34 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 32.92 0-100 | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 32.69 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 33.07 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 34.2 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 40.18 0-100 | +17.5% |
| 2009 | 44.16 0-100 | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 44.38 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 47.74 0-100 | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 47.92 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 49.75 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 51.22 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 49.67 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 50.6 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 50.78 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 50.08 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 50.4 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 46.43 0-100 | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 50.48 0-100 | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 52.7 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 48.73 0-100 | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 49.32 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 51.71 0-100 | +4.8% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 51.71 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 100% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 51.71 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.22 0-100, 97% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Ecuador 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -25.7% | 39.42 0-100 | 29.28 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.64 0-100 | 31.85 0-100 | 39.42 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 34.05 0-100 | 29.28 0-100 | 44.16 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 49.25 0-100 | 44.38 0-100 | 51.22 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.9 0-100 | 46.43 0-100 | 52.7 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More reference data data for Ecuador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1826 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9943 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Ecuador?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Ecuador was 51.71 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 52.7 0-100 in 2022.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.28 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Ecuador rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Ecuador ranks 110th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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
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).