Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Italy

Italy: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 66.75 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
66.75 0-100
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
45th
of 205 countries
All-time high
67.93 0-100
in 2023
All-time low
55.23 0-100
in 2007
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Italy, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 65.5 0-1001998: 62.5 0-1002000: 65.9 0-1002002: 66.5 0-1002003: 62.2 0-1002004: 58.4 0-1002005: 59.9 0-1002006: 57.4 0-1002007: 55.2 0-1002008: 56.4 0-1002009: 58.3 0-1002010: 57.9 0-1002011: 56.7 0-1002012: 59.3 0-1002013: 60.5 0-1002014: 58.3 0-1002015: 58.5 0-1002016: 59.8 0-1002017: 58.9 0-1002018: 59.8 0-1002019: 60.3 0-1002020: 62 0-1002021: 62.5 0-1002022: 65.3 0-1002023: 67.9 0-1002024: 66.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Italy recorded 66.75 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Italy peaked at 67.93 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55.23 0-100, in 2007.

Italy ranks 45th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Italy, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Italy, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 65.49 0-100
1998 62.55 0-100 -4.5%
2000 65.91 0-100 +5.4%
2002 66.46 0-100 +0.8%
2003 62.15 0-100 -6.5%
2004 58.4 0-100 -6.0%
2005 59.93 0-100 +2.6%
2006 57.35 0-100 -4.3%
2007 55.23 0-100 -3.7%
2008 56.43 0-100 +2.2%
2009 58.32 0-100 +3.4%
2010 57.88 0-100 -0.8%
2011 56.69 0-100 -2.1%
2012 59.26 0-100 +4.5%
2013 60.47 0-100 +2.0%
2014 58.32 0-100 -3.6%
2015 58.54 0-100 +0.4%
2016 59.78 0-100 +2.1%
2017 58.88 0-100 -1.5%
2018 59.8 0-100 +1.6%
2019 60.26 0-100 +0.8%
2020 61.99 0-100 +2.9%
2021 62.52 0-100 +0.8%
2022 65.3 0-100 +4.5%
2023 67.93 0-100 +4.0%
2024 66.75 0-100 -1.7%

Italy compared with similar countries

  • Italy's 66.75 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 92% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Italy's 66.75 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 64.02 0-100 62.55 0-100 65.49 0-100 2
2000s 60.02 0-100 55.23 0-100 66.46 0-100 9
2010s 58.99 0-100 56.69 0-100 60.47 0-100 10
2020s 64.9 0-100 61.99 0-100 67.93 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 42 China 68.76 0-100 compare
  2. 43 Cyprus 68.25 0-100 compare
  3. 44 Brunei 67.58 0-100 compare
  4. 46 Saudi Arabia 66.57 0-100 compare
  5. 47 American Samoa 66.26 0-100 compare
  6. 48 Mauritius 66.22 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Italy?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Italy was 66.75 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 Italy?
The highest recorded value was 67.93 0-100 in 2023.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 55.23 0-100 in 2007.
How does Italy rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Italy ranks 45th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Italy 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).