Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in France
France: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 77.14 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in France, 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 France stood at 77.14 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in France peaked at 88.08 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 76.99 0-100, in 2024.
That places France 30th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in France, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 84.5 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 83.17 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 86.81 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 84.64 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 86.16 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 84.65 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 88.08 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 83.07 0-100 | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 84.28 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 83.75 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 82.24 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 80.04 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 80.66 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 81.56 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 80.33 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 80.36 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 80.52 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 79.8 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 79.74 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 81.7 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 81.29 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 80.32 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 81.26 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 80.84 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 80.43 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 76.99 0-100 | -4.3% |
| 2025 | 77.14 0-100 | +0.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 77.14 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 1.0× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- France's 77.14 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.35 0-100, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.84 0-100 | 83.17 0-100 | 84.5 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 84.85 0-100 | 82.24 0-100 | 88.08 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 80.6 0-100 | 79.74 0-100 | 81.7 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.5 0-100 | 76.99 0-100 | 81.26 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near France
More reference data data for France
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 22.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 22.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 18.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 11.75 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 14.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 106.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 15.3 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in France?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in France was 77.14 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 88.08 0-100 in 2005.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.99 0-100 in 2024.
- How does France rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- France ranks 30th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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).