Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Kenya
Kenya: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 50.51 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Kenya, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 50.51 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Kenya peaked at 50.51 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 27.49 0-100, in 2002.
That places Kenya 114th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 44.73 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 31.49 0-100 | -29.6% |
| 2000 | 31.49 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 27.49 0-100 | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 28.06 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 36.63 0-100 | +30.6% |
| 2005 | 36.84 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 37.98 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 40.58 0-100 | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 41.94 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 42.17 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 44.18 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 43.63 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 45.05 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 45.79 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 45.91 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 47.32 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 48.31 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 48.75 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 47.81 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 49.12 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 47.12 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 47.44 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 47.54 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 48.37 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 48.55 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 50.51 0-100 | +4.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 50.51 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 50.51 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Kenya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -29.6% | 44.73 0-100 | 31.49 0-100 |
| 2004 | +30.6% | 28.06 0-100 | 36.63 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.11 0-100 | 31.49 0-100 | 44.73 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 35.91 0-100 | 27.49 0-100 | 42.17 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 46.59 0-100 | 43.63 0-100 | 49.12 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.26 0-100 | 47.12 0-100 | 50.51 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 12.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.377 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 68.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Kenya?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Kenya was 50.51 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 50.51 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.49 0-100 in 2002.
- How does Kenya rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Kenya ranks 114th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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).