Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 85.82 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Liechtenstein, 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 Liechtenstein stood at 85.82 0-100.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Liechtenstein peaked at 88.59 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 77.47 0-100, in 2005.
Liechtenstein ranks 14th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Liechtenstein, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 77.8 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 77.53 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 77.51 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 77.65 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 77.57 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 79.52 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 77.47 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 88.07 0-100 | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 88.11 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 88.59 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 86.03 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 86.03 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 86.02 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 86.03 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 86.02 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 86.23 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 86.22 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 86.23 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 86.23 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.24 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86.27 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 86.15 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 82.33 0-100 | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 82.51 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 85.74 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 85.74 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 85.82 0-100 | +0.1% |
Liechtenstein compared with similar countries
- Liechtenstein's 85.82 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Liechtenstein's 85.82 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.35 0-100, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.67 0-100 | 77.53 0-100 | 77.8 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 82.28 0-100 | 77.47 0-100 | 88.59 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 86.15 0-100 | 86.02 0-100 | 86.27 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.72 0-100 | 82.33 0-100 | 86.15 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Liechtenstein
More reference data data for Liechtenstein
- Urban area long term, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate -0.189 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban area long term, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Urban area long term, annual growth rate 2.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Liechtenstein?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Liechtenstein was 85.82 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 Liechtenstein?
- The highest recorded value was 88.59 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Liechtenstein?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.47 0-100 in 2005.
- How does Liechtenstein rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Liechtenstein ranks 14th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Liechtenstein?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liechtenstein 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).