Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Eritrea

Eritrea: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 23.03 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
23.03 0-100
Change on year
down 6.0%
World rank
194th
of 205 countries
All-time high
33.56 0-100
in 2005
All-time low
22.9 0-100
in 2019
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Eritrea, 1996–2024

01020301996201020241996: 25.9 0-1001998: 25.8 0-1002000: 25.8 0-1002002: 33.2 0-1002003: 33 0-1002004: 30.6 0-1002005: 33.6 0-1002006: 29.3 0-1002007: 29.3 0-1002008: 29.1 0-1002009: 29 0-1002010: 28.2 0-1002011: 26.2 0-1002012: 25.6 0-1002013: 24.3 0-1002014: 27.1 0-1002015: 26.6 0-1002016: 26.7 0-1002017: 26.6 0-1002018: 23.7 0-1002019: 22.9 0-1002020: 24.2 0-1002021: 24.2 0-1002022: 25.2 0-1002023: 24.5 0-1002024: 23 0-100

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

Analysis

Eritrea recorded 23.03 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Eritrea peaked at 33.56 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 22.9 0-100, in 2019.

Eritrea ranks 194th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Eritrea, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Eritrea, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 25.95 0-100
1998 25.77 0-100 -0.7%
2000 25.83 0-100 +0.2%
2002 33.19 0-100 +28.5%
2003 33.01 0-100 -0.5%
2004 30.56 0-100 -7.4%
2005 33.56 0-100 +9.8%
2006 29.31 0-100 -12.7%
2007 29.33 0-100 +0.1%
2008 29.14 0-100 -0.7%
2009 28.95 0-100 -0.7%
2010 28.18 0-100 -2.7%
2011 26.18 0-100 -7.1%
2012 25.55 0-100 -2.4%
2013 24.28 0-100 -5.0%
2014 27.05 0-100 +11.4%
2015 26.56 0-100 -1.8%
2016 26.71 0-100 +0.5%
2017 26.57 0-100 -0.5%
2018 23.66 0-100 -11.0%
2019 22.9 0-100 -3.2%
2020 24.17 0-100 +5.5%
2021 24.22 0-100 +0.2%
2022 25.22 0-100 +4.1%
2023 24.5 0-100 -2.8%
2024 23.03 0-100 -6.0%

Eritrea compared with similar countries

  • Eritrea's 23.03 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 27.11 0-100, 85% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Eritrea's 23.03 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 63% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Eritrea 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
2002 +28.5% 25.83 0-100 33.19 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 25.86 0-100 25.77 0-100 25.95 0-100 2
2000s 30.32 0-100 25.83 0-100 33.56 0-100 9
2010s 25.76 0-100 22.9 0-100 28.18 0-100 10
2020s 24.23 0-100 23.03 0-100 25.22 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Eritrea

  1. 191 Mali 26.31 0-100 compare
  2. 192 Guinea-Bissau 24.75 0-100 compare
  3. 193 Libya 23.74 0-100 compare
  4. 195 Venezuela 22.83 0-100 compare
  5. 196 Myanmar 21.04 0-100 compare
  6. 197 Central African Republic 20.69 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Eritrea?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Eritrea was 23.03 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 Eritrea?
The highest recorded value was 33.56 0-100 in 2005.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Eritrea?
The lowest recorded value was 22.9 0-100 in 2019.
How does Eritrea rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Eritrea ranks 194th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Eritrea?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Eritrea 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).