Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Iran
Iran: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 34.8 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Iran, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Iran recorded 34.8 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Iran peaked at 47.43 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 34.8 0-100, in 2025.
Iran ranks 173rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Iran, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 44.73 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 39.25 0-100 | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 39.24 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 35.77 0-100 | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 35.74 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 37.05 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 35.73 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 36.08 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 36.17 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 36.02 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 36.03 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 39.2 0-100 | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 40.6 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 40.59 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 39.96 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 45.85 0-100 | +14.7% |
| 2015 | 47.09 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 47.33 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 47.43 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 45.85 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 42.93 0-100 | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 37.32 0-100 | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 38.55 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 37.45 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 36.68 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 37.46 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 34.8 0-100 | -7.1% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 34.8 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 67% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Iran's 34.8 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 72% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.99 0-100 | 39.25 0-100 | 44.73 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 36.42 0-100 | 35.73 0-100 | 39.24 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 43.68 0-100 | 39.2 0-100 | 47.43 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.04 0-100 | 34.8 0-100 | 38.55 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iran
- 170 Eswatini 35.16 0-100 compare
- 171 Solomon Islands 35.05 0-100 compare
- 172 Kyrgyzstan 34.94 0-100 compare
- 174 Niger 34.65 0-100 compare
- 175 Madagascar 34.47 0-100 compare
- 176 Zimbabwe 34.2 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Iran
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 12.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 26.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 26.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 11.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 46.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 109.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 7.3 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Iran?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Iran was 34.8 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 Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 47.43 0-100 in 2017.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.8 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Iran rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Iran ranks 173rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iran 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).