Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Kiribati

Kiribati: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 42.9 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
42.9 0-100
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
138th
of 205 countries
All-time high
46.84 0-100
in 2004
All-time low
38.02 0-100
in 2012
Years of data
21
2004–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Kiribati, 2004–2024

010203040502004201420242004: 46.8 0-1002005: 42.6 0-1002006: 41.9 0-1002007: 41.2 0-1002008: 40.9 0-1002009: 39.1 0-1002010: 38.4 0-1002011: 39.1 0-1002012: 38 0-1002013: 38 0-1002014: 43.3 0-1002015: 43.3 0-1002016: 43.3 0-1002017: 43.3 0-1002018: 43.3 0-1002019: 46 0-1002020: 46.3 0-1002021: 46.4 0-1002022: 46.4 0-1002023: 43.4 0-1002024: 42.9 0-100

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 Kiribati is 42.9 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Kiribati peaked at 46.84 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 38.02 0-100, in 2012.

Kiribati ranks 138th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Kiribati, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Kiribati, 2004 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
2004 46.84 0-100
2005 42.56 0-100 -9.2%
2006 41.91 0-100 -1.5%
2007 41.2 0-100 -1.7%
2008 40.86 0-100 -0.8%
2009 39.14 0-100 -4.2%
2010 38.36 0-100 -2.0%
2011 39.05 0-100 +1.8%
2012 38.02 0-100 -2.6%
2013 38.03 0-100 +0.0%
2014 43.33 0-100 +13.9%
2015 43.3 0-100 -0.1%
2016 43.31 0-100 +0.0%
2017 43.31 0-100 +0.0%
2018 43.33 0-100 +0.0%
2019 46.02 0-100 +6.2%
2020 46.34 0-100 +0.7%
2021 46.38 0-100 +0.1%
2022 46.37 0-100 -0.0%
2023 43.41 0-100 -6.4%
2024 42.9 0-100 -1.2%

Kiribati compared with similar countries

  • Kiribati's 42.9 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Kiribati's 42.9 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 81% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 42.08 0-100 39.14 0-100 46.84 0-100 6
2010s 41.61 0-100 38.02 0-100 46.02 0-100 10
2020s 45.08 0-100 42.9 0-100 46.38 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Kiribati

  1. 135 Paraguay 44.45 0-100 compare
  2. 136 Armenia 44.26 0-100 compare
  3. 137 Mongolia 43.77 0-100 compare
  4. 139 Suriname 42.51 0-100 compare
  5. 140 Djibouti 41.75 0-100 compare
  6. 141 Zambia 40.98 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Kiribati?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Kiribati was 42.9 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 Kiribati?
The highest recorded value was 46.84 0-100 in 2004.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Kiribati?
The lowest recorded value was 38.02 0-100 in 2012.
How does Kiribati rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Kiribati ranks 138th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Kiribati?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kiribati 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).