Government Effectiveness - Governance score in North Korea

North Korea: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 26.62 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
26.62 0-100
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
189th
of 204 countries
All-time high
26.97 0-100
in 2019
All-time low
3.47 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in North Korea, 1996–2024

5101520251996201020241996: 12.8 0-1001998: 5.2 0-1002000: 5.3 0-1002002: 3.6 0-1002003: 3.5 0-1002004: 14.8 0-1002005: 14.1 0-1002006: 14.1 0-1002007: 14.1 0-1002008: 13.7 0-1002009: 17.4 0-1002010: 23.3 0-1002011: 23.1 0-1002012: 16.2 0-1002013: 16.2 0-1002014: 22.9 0-1002015: 22.9 0-1002016: 22.9 0-1002017: 22.9 0-1002018: 22.5 0-1002019: 27 0-1002020: 26.9 0-1002021: 22.5 0-1002022: 25.4 0-1002023: 26.6 0-1002024: 26.6 0-100

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 26.62 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

The figure is up 16.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in North Korea peaked at 26.97 0-100 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.47 0-100, in 2003.

That places North Korea 189th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 9.02 0-100 5.23 0-100 12.81 0-100 2
2000s 11.18 0-100 3.47 0-100 17.44 0-100 9
2010s 22.02 0-100 16.25 0-100 26.97 0-100 10
2020s 25.62 0-100 22.52 0-100 26.94 0-100 5

Countries ranked near North Korea

  1. 186 Equatorial Guinea 28.35 0-100 compare
  2. 187 Comoros 27.84 0-100 compare
  3. 188 Liberia 27.11 0-100 compare
  4. 190 Mali 26.31 0-100 compare
  5. 191 Guinea-Bissau 24.75 0-100 compare
  6. 192 Libya 23.74 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in North Korea?
Government effectiveness - governance score in North Korea was 26.62 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 North Korea?
The highest recorded value was 26.97 0-100 in 2019.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in North Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 3.47 0-100 in 2003.
How does North Korea rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
North Korea ranks 189th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in North Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. 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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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
204 places, 5,142 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).