Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in North Korea
North Korea: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 25.24 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in North Korea, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
North Korea recorded 25.24 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in North Korea peaked at 25.24 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.46 0-100, in 2003.
That places North Korea 191st 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 North Korea, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11.06 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 2.62 0-100 | -76.3% |
| 2000 | 2.61 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.5 0-100 | -42.6% |
| 2003 | 1.46 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 12.6 0-100 | +762.6% |
| 2005 | 12.42 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 12.41 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 12.42 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 17.78 0-100 | +43.1% |
| 2009 | 16.96 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 23.92 0-100 | +41.0% |
| 2011 | 23.78 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 15.75 0-100 | -33.8% |
| 2013 | 15.75 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 21.85 0-100 | +38.8% |
| 2015 | 21.84 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 21.85 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 21.85 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 21.42 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 24.3 0-100 | +13.4% |
| 2020 | 24.23 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 21.38 0-100 | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 24.1 0-100 | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 25.19 0-100 | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 25.19 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 25.24 0-100 | +0.2% |
North Korea compared with similar countries
- North Korea's 25.24 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 95% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- North Korea's 25.24 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 45% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in North Korea 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 | +762.6% | 1.46 0-100 | 12.6 0-100 |
| 1998 | -76.3% | 11.06 0-100 | 2.62 0-100 |
| 2008 | +43.1% | 12.42 0-100 | 17.78 0-100 |
| 2002 | -42.6% | 2.61 0-100 | 1.5 0-100 |
| 2010 | +41.0% | 16.96 0-100 | 23.92 0-100 |
| 2014 | +38.8% | 15.75 0-100 | 21.85 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.84 0-100 | 2.62 0-100 | 11.06 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.02 0-100 | 1.46 0-100 | 17.78 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 21.23 0-100 | 15.75 0-100 | 24.3 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.22 0-100 | 21.38 0-100 | 25.24 0-100 | 6 |
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 325.47 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in North Korea?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in North Korea was 25.24 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 North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 25.24 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.46 0-100 in 2003.
- How does North Korea rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- North Korea ranks 191st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in North Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Korea 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).