Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Kuwait
Kuwait: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 57.59 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Kuwait, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in Kuwait stood at 57.59 0-100. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Kuwait peaked at 57.59 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 43.64 0-100, in 2000.
Kuwait ranks 81st of 206 countries on this measure, 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 51.52 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 43.65 0-100 | -15.3% |
| 2000 | 43.64 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 49.78 0-100 | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 53.38 0-100 | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 52.8 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 52.2 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 49.69 0-100 | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 48.87 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 50.65 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 54.27 0-100 | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 54.74 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 53.07 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 52.43 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 52.2 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 54.73 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 56.8 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 52.46 0-100 | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 52.38 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 54.88 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 50.45 0-100 | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 50.24 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 52.77 0-100 | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 57.52 0-100 | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 56.39 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 55.69 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 57.59 0-100 | +3.4% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 57.59 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 78% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 57.59 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.58 0-100 | 43.65 0-100 | 51.52 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 50.59 0-100 | 43.64 0-100 | 54.27 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 53.41 0-100 | 50.45 0-100 | 56.8 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.03 0-100 | 50.24 0-100 | 57.59 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More reference data data for Kuwait
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0052 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Kuwait?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Kuwait was 57.59 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 57.59 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.64 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Kuwait rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Kuwait ranks 81st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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).