Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Iraq
Iraq: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 31.54 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Iraq, 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 Iraq is 31.54 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.0% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Iraq peaked at 31.54 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.87 0-100, in 2002.
That places Iraq 181st 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 Iraq, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 13.02 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 7.54 0-100 | -42.1% |
| 2000 | 7.53 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 5.87 0-100 | -22.1% |
| 2003 | 9.47 0-100 | +61.3% |
| 2004 | 19.18 0-100 | +102.5% |
| 2005 | 11.14 0-100 | -41.9% |
| 2006 | 13.41 0-100 | +20.4% |
| 2007 | 17.05 0-100 | +27.1% |
| 2008 | 25.4 0-100 | +49.0% |
| 2009 | 28.43 0-100 | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 27.33 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 26.89 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 28.59 0-100 | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 29.44 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 31.43 0-100 | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 28.52 0-100 | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 28.3 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 28.29 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 28.51 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 27.82 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 25.77 0-100 | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 25.52 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 24.44 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 23.06 0-100 | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 29.21 0-100 | +26.7% |
| 2025 | 31.54 0-100 | +8.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 31.54 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 61% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 31.54 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 65% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Iraq 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +102.5% | 9.47 0-100 | 19.18 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.28 0-100 | 7.54 0-100 | 13.02 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.28 0-100 | 5.87 0-100 | 28.43 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.51 0-100 | 26.89 0-100 | 31.43 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.59 0-100 | 23.06 0-100 | 31.54 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More reference data data for Iraq
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2116 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3911 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7096 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.235 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.21 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 30.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.13 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Iraq?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Iraq was 31.54 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 31.54 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.87 0-100 in 2002.
- How does Iraq rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Iraq ranks 181st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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).