Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 38.78 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
38.78 0-100
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
152nd
of 205 countries
All-time high
43.15 0-100
in 2012
All-time low
23.29 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Ethiopia, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 25.1 0-1001998: 25 0-1002000: 25.1 0-1002002: 26.3 0-1002003: 23.3 0-1002004: 31.7 0-1002005: 33.5 0-1002006: 36.6 0-1002007: 38.9 0-1002008: 41 0-1002009: 41.2 0-1002010: 42.1 0-1002011: 41.3 0-1002012: 43.1 0-1002013: 41.2 0-1002014: 42.6 0-1002015: 41 0-1002016: 42.1 0-1002017: 41.1 0-1002018: 41 0-1002019: 41.1 0-1002020: 40.6 0-1002021: 38.7 0-1002022: 37.7 0-1002023: 38 0-1002024: 38.8 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 Ethiopia is 38.78 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Ethiopia peaked at 43.15 0-100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 23.29 0-100, in 2003.

Ethiopia ranks 152nd of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Ethiopia, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Ethiopia, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 25.11 0-100
1998 25.03 0-100 -0.3%
2000 25.06 0-100 +0.1%
2002 26.34 0-100 +5.1%
2003 23.29 0-100 -11.6%
2004 31.66 0-100 +35.9%
2005 33.48 0-100 +5.8%
2006 36.58 0-100 +9.3%
2007 38.92 0-100 +6.4%
2008 41.02 0-100 +5.4%
2009 41.21 0-100 +0.5%
2010 42.06 0-100 +2.1%
2011 41.29 0-100 -1.8%
2012 43.15 0-100 +4.5%
2013 41.21 0-100 -4.5%
2014 42.56 0-100 +3.3%
2015 41.04 0-100 -3.6%
2016 42.06 0-100 +2.5%
2017 41.07 0-100 -2.4%
2018 40.98 0-100 -0.2%
2019 41.13 0-100 +0.4%
2020 40.61 0-100 -1.2%
2021 38.69 0-100 -4.7%
2022 37.73 0-100 -2.5%
2023 37.96 0-100 +0.6%
2024 38.78 0-100 +2.2%

Ethiopia compared with similar countries

  • Ethiopia's 38.78 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 27.11 0-100, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Ethiopia's 38.78 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Ethiopia 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
2004 +35.9% 23.29 0-100 31.66 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 25.07 0-100 25.03 0-100 25.11 0-100 2
2000s 33.06 0-100 23.29 0-100 41.21 0-100 9
2010s 41.66 0-100 40.98 0-100 43.15 0-100 10
2020s 38.75 0-100 37.73 0-100 40.61 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 149 Bangladesh 39.31 0-100 compare
  2. 150 Honduras 39.29 0-100 compare
  3. 151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38.99 0-100 compare
  4. 153 Lesotho 38.76 0-100 compare
  5. 154 Tuvalu 37.9 0-100 compare
  6. 155 Belarus 37.7 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Ethiopia?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Ethiopia was 38.78 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 Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 43.15 0-100 in 2012.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 23.29 0-100 in 2003.
How does Ethiopia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Ethiopia ranks 152nd out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ethiopia 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
Last refreshed

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).