Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 39.25 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Lesotho, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 39.25 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Lesotho peaked at 57.14 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 37.3 0-100, in 2023.
Lesotho ranks 156th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 56.55 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 56.28 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 56.26 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 56.4 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 57.14 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 44.05 0-100 | -22.9% |
| 2005 | 47.7 0-100 | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 42.57 0-100 | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 41.74 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 45.58 0-100 | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 48.31 0-100 | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 48.01 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 48 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 45.98 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 45.4 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 44.38 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 42.77 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 41.81 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 41.33 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 41.3 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 40.82 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 39.22 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 39.92 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 38.45 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 37.3 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 40.34 0-100 | +8.2% |
| 2025 | 39.25 0-100 | -2.7% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 39.25 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 39.25 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56.41 0-100 | 56.28 0-100 | 56.55 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 48.86 0-100 | 41.74 0-100 | 57.14 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 43.98 0-100 | 40.82 0-100 | 48.01 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.08 0-100 | 37.3 0-100 | 40.34 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More reference data data for Lesotho
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0331 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5388 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0101 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.111 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1115 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0549 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Lesotho?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Lesotho was 39.25 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 57.14 0-100 in 2003.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.3 0-100 in 2023.
- How does Lesotho rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Lesotho ranks 156th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho 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).