Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Guatemala
Guatemala: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 36.46 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Guatemala, 1996–2025
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 Guatemala is 36.46 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Guatemala peaked at 45.79 0-100 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 29.61 0-100, in 2000.
That places Guatemala 164th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 32.99 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 37.28 0-100 | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 29.61 0-100 | -20.6% |
| 2002 | 33.43 0-100 | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 33.11 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 33.56 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 33.42 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 37.01 0-100 | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 37.47 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 44.6 0-100 | +19.0% |
| 2009 | 45.79 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 44.79 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 43.46 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 43.25 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 43.74 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 45.03 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 43.65 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 43.16 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 42.41 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 40.55 0-100 | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 39.65 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 38.75 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 39.05 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 36.29 0-100 | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 35.59 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 37.01 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2025 | 36.46 0-100 | -1.5% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 36.46 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 70% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 36.46 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.22 0-100, 69% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.14 0-100 | 32.99 0-100 | 37.28 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 36.44 0-100 | 29.61 0-100 | 45.79 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 42.97 0-100 | 39.65 0-100 | 45.03 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.19 0-100 | 35.59 0-100 | 39.05 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 161 Mauritania 36.85 0-100 compare
- 162 Sao Tome and Principe 36.66 0-100 compare
- 163 Nepal 36.59 0-100 compare
- 165 Burkina Faso 36.15 0-100 compare
- 166 Cameroon 36.07 0-100 compare
- 167 Belarus 36 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Guatemala
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9286 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1246 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 18.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6786 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Guatemala?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Guatemala was 36.46 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 45.79 0-100 in 2009.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.61 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Guatemala ranks 164th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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).