Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Ireland

Ireland: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 82.68 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
82.68 0-100
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
17th
of 205 countries
All-time high
84.51 0-100
in 2022
All-time low
71.45 0-100
in 2010
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Ireland, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 79.8 0-1001998: 80 0-1002000: 78.8 0-1002002: 78.9 0-1002003: 76 0-1002004: 77.2 0-1002005: 82.5 0-1002006: 79.7 0-1002007: 78.1 0-1002008: 76.9 0-1002009: 73.6 0-1002010: 71.4 0-1002011: 75.5 0-1002012: 78 0-1002013: 77.4 0-1002014: 79.9 0-1002015: 78.8 0-1002016: 78.9 0-1002017: 78.1 0-1002018: 79.7 0-1002019: 76.7 0-1002020: 80.5 0-1002021: 82.8 0-1002022: 84.5 0-1002023: 83.6 0-1002024: 82.7 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Ireland recorded 82.68 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Ireland peaked at 84.51 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 71.45 0-100, in 2010.

Ireland ranks 17th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Ireland, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 79.8 0-100
1998 79.95 0-100 +0.2%
2000 78.8 0-100 -1.4%
2002 78.93 0-100 +0.2%
2003 75.96 0-100 -3.8%
2004 77.21 0-100 +1.7%
2005 82.45 0-100 +6.8%
2006 79.72 0-100 -3.3%
2007 78.1 0-100 -2.0%
2008 76.94 0-100 -1.5%
2009 73.57 0-100 -4.4%
2010 71.45 0-100 -2.9%
2011 75.53 0-100 +5.7%
2012 78.02 0-100 +3.3%
2013 77.4 0-100 -0.8%
2014 79.89 0-100 +3.2%
2015 78.81 0-100 -1.3%
2016 78.87 0-100 +0.1%
2017 78.11 0-100 -1.0%
2018 79.68 0-100 +2.0%
2019 76.69 0-100 -3.8%
2020 80.51 0-100 +5.0%
2021 82.81 0-100 +2.9%
2022 84.51 0-100 +2.1%
2023 83.64 0-100 -1.0%
2024 82.68 0-100 -1.1%

Ireland compared with similar countries

  • Ireland's 82.68 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 1.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Ireland's 82.68 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 79.88 0-100 79.8 0-100 79.95 0-100 2
2000s 77.97 0-100 73.57 0-100 82.45 0-100 9
2010s 77.44 0-100 71.45 0-100 79.89 0-100 10
2020s 82.83 0-100 80.51 0-100 84.51 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 14 Liechtenstein 84.26 0-100 compare
  2. 15 Iceland 83.34 0-100 compare
  3. 16 Hong Kong 83.18 0-100 compare
  4. 18 Germany 81.41 0-100 compare
  5. 19 Austria 80.79 0-100 compare
  6. 20 South Korea 80.25 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Ireland?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Ireland was 82.68 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 Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 84.51 0-100 in 2022.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 71.45 0-100 in 2010.
How does Ireland rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Ireland ranks 17th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Ireland 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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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
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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).