Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Gabon

Gabon: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 40.31 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
40.31 0-100
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
143rd
of 205 countries
All-time high
44.87 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
29.97 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Gabon, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 44.9 0-1001998: 39.5 0-1002000: 39.6 0-1002002: 39.6 0-1002003: 39.4 0-1002004: 30 0-1002005: 31.1 0-1002006: 36.2 0-1002007: 36.2 0-1002008: 36.3 0-1002009: 39.4 0-1002010: 40 0-1002011: 35.9 0-1002012: 32.8 0-1002013: 35.1 0-1002014: 38.1 0-1002015: 37.7 0-1002016: 38.4 0-1002017: 35.3 0-1002018: 36.2 0-1002019: 36 0-1002020: 35.5 0-1002021: 39.9 0-1002022: 39.8 0-1002023: 40 0-1002024: 40.3 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 Gabon is 40.31 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Gabon peaked at 44.87 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 29.97 0-100, in 2004.

Gabon ranks 143rd of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Gabon, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Gabon, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 44.87 0-100
1998 39.53 0-100 -11.9%
2000 39.56 0-100 +0.1%
2002 39.56 0-100 +0.0%
2003 39.45 0-100 -0.3%
2004 29.97 0-100 -24.0%
2005 31.09 0-100 +3.7%
2006 36.2 0-100 +16.5%
2007 36.24 0-100 +0.1%
2008 36.26 0-100 +0.1%
2009 39.42 0-100 +8.7%
2010 40.04 0-100 +1.6%
2011 35.88 0-100 -10.4%
2012 32.76 0-100 -8.7%
2013 35.09 0-100 +7.1%
2014 38.09 0-100 +8.5%
2015 37.68 0-100 -1.1%
2016 38.44 0-100 +2.0%
2017 35.26 0-100 -8.3%
2018 36.18 0-100 +2.6%
2019 36.02 0-100 -0.5%
2020 35.52 0-100 -1.4%
2021 39.89 0-100 +12.3%
2022 39.78 0-100 -0.3%
2023 39.98 0-100 +0.5%
2024 40.31 0-100 +0.8%

Gabon compared with similar countries

  • Gabon's 40.31 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 81% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Gabon's 40.31 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.2 0-100 39.53 0-100 44.87 0-100 2
2000s 36.42 0-100 29.97 0-100 39.56 0-100 9
2010s 36.54 0-100 32.76 0-100 40.04 0-100 10
2020s 39.1 0-100 35.52 0-100 40.31 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 140 Djibouti 41.75 0-100 compare
  2. 141 Zambia 40.98 0-100 compare
  3. 142 Gambia 40.92 0-100 compare
  4. 144 Laos 40.03 0-100 compare
  5. 145 Ukraine 39.7 0-100 compare
  6. 146 Pakistan 39.67 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Gabon?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Gabon was 40.31 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 Gabon?
The highest recorded value was 44.87 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Gabon?
The lowest recorded value was 29.97 0-100 in 2004.
How does Gabon rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Gabon ranks 143rd out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Gabon?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Gabon 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).