Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Estonia

Estonia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 76.56 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
76.56 0-100
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
24th
of 205 countries
All-time high
77.99 0-100
in 2021
All-time low
55.25 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Estonia, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 58.7 0-1001998: 55.2 0-1002000: 62.6 0-1002002: 63.8 0-1002003: 68.3 0-1002004: 68.4 0-1002005: 69.1 0-1002006: 71.5 0-1002007: 70.7 0-1002008: 71.7 0-1002009: 69.3 0-1002010: 71.5 0-1002011: 71.9 0-1002012: 71.9 0-1002013: 72 0-1002014: 74 0-1002015: 71.5 0-1002016: 72 0-1002017: 72.1 0-1002018: 75.9 0-1002019: 74.6 0-1002020: 77 0-1002021: 78 0-1002022: 77.8 0-1002023: 76 0-1002024: 76.6 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 Estonia is 76.56 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Estonia peaked at 77.99 0-100 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 55.25 0-100, in 1998.

Estonia ranks 24th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Estonia, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Estonia, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 58.67 0-100
1998 55.25 0-100 -5.8%
2000 62.64 0-100 +13.4%
2002 63.79 0-100 +1.8%
2003 68.33 0-100 +7.1%
2004 68.35 0-100 +0.0%
2005 69.14 0-100 +1.2%
2006 71.48 0-100 +3.4%
2007 70.68 0-100 -1.1%
2008 71.7 0-100 +1.4%
2009 69.29 0-100 -3.4%
2010 71.54 0-100 +3.3%
2011 71.87 0-100 +0.5%
2012 71.91 0-100 +0.0%
2013 72 0-100 +0.1%
2014 73.97 0-100 +2.7%
2015 71.45 0-100 -3.4%
2016 72.02 0-100 +0.8%
2017 72.11 0-100 +0.1%
2018 75.94 0-100 +5.3%
2019 74.58 0-100 -1.8%
2020 77.01 0-100 +3.3%
2021 77.99 0-100 +1.3%
2022 77.76 0-100 -0.3%
2023 75.99 0-100 -2.3%
2024 76.56 0-100 +0.7%

Estonia compared with similar countries

  • Estonia's 76.56 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 1.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Estonia's 76.56 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 56.96 0-100 55.25 0-100 58.67 0-100 2
2000s 68.38 0-100 62.64 0-100 71.7 0-100 9
2010s 72.74 0-100 71.45 0-100 75.94 0-100 10
2020s 77.06 0-100 75.99 0-100 77.99 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Estonia

  1. 21 Bermuda 80.03 0-100 compare
  2. 22 United States 77.78 0-100 compare
  3. 23 Greenland 77.65 0-100 compare
  4. 25 Guam 76.02 0-100 compare
  5. 26 United Arab Emirates 75.84 0-100 compare
  6. 27 Lithuania 74.7 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Estonia?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Estonia was 76.56 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 Estonia?
The highest recorded value was 77.99 0-100 in 2021.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Estonia?
The lowest recorded value was 55.25 0-100 in 1998.
How does Estonia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Estonia ranks 24th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Estonia?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Estonia 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

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).