Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 28.35 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
28.35 0-100
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
187th
of 205 countries
All-time high
32.4 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
24.02 0-100
in 2006
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Equatorial Guinea, 1996–2024

01020301996201020241996: 24.9 0-1001998: 24.8 0-1002000: 24.8 0-1002002: 24.8 0-1002003: 24.6 0-1002004: 24.6 0-1002005: 24 0-1002006: 24 0-1002007: 24.1 0-1002008: 24.1 0-1002009: 24.8 0-1002010: 25.7 0-1002011: 25.7 0-1002012: 25.7 0-1002013: 25 0-1002014: 32.3 0-1002015: 31.9 0-1002016: 32.4 0-1002017: 31.8 0-1002018: 32.2 0-1002019: 31.7 0-1002020: 30.7 0-1002021: 31.1 0-1002022: 28.5 0-1002023: 28.9 0-1002024: 28.3 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 Equatorial Guinea is 28.35 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 32.4 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 24.02 0-100, in 2006.

That places Equatorial Guinea 187th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Equatorial Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Equatorial Guinea, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 24.86 0-100
1998 24.75 0-100 -0.4%
2000 24.79 0-100 +0.2%
2002 24.79 0-100 +0.0%
2003 24.64 0-100 -0.6%
2004 24.62 0-100 -0.1%
2005 24.05 0-100 -2.3%
2006 24.02 0-100 -0.1%
2007 24.06 0-100 +0.2%
2008 24.1 0-100 +0.1%
2009 24.76 0-100 +2.8%
2010 25.73 0-100 +3.9%
2011 25.66 0-100 -0.3%
2012 25.66 0-100 +0.0%
2013 25.03 0-100 -2.4%
2014 32.33 0-100 +29.2%
2015 31.94 0-100 -1.2%
2016 32.4 0-100 +1.4%
2017 31.8 0-100 -1.9%
2018 32.19 0-100 +1.3%
2019 31.71 0-100 -1.5%
2020 30.68 0-100 -3.2%
2021 31.09 0-100 +1.3%
2022 28.48 0-100 -8.4%
2023 28.93 0-100 +1.6%
2024 28.35 0-100 -2.0%

Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Equatorial Guinea's 28.35 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 57% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Equatorial Guinea's 28.35 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 78% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Equatorial Guinea 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
2014 +29.2% 25.03 0-100 32.33 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 24.81 0-100 24.75 0-100 24.86 0-100 2
2000s 24.43 0-100 24.02 0-100 24.79 0-100 9
2010s 29.45 0-100 25.03 0-100 32.4 0-100 10
2020s 29.51 0-100 28.35 0-100 31.09 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 184 Iraq 29.92 0-100 compare
  2. 185 Congo 29.75 0-100 compare
  3. 186 Lebanon 29.37 0-100 compare
  4. 188 Comoros 27.84 0-100 compare
  5. 189 Liberia 27.11 0-100 compare
  6. 190 North Korea 26.62 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Equatorial Guinea?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Equatorial Guinea was 28.35 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 Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 32.4 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 24.02 0-100 in 2006.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 187th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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).