Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Macao
Macao: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 76.14 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Macao, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Macao is 76.14 0-100, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Macao peaked at 78.66 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 56.26 0-100, in 2000.
Macao ranks 33rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Macao, 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 | 67.03 0-100 | +19.1% |
| 2003 | 77.57 0-100 | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 78.66 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 77.47 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 66.82 0-100 | -13.7% |
| 2007 | 66.85 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 67.34 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 74.52 0-100 | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 74.52 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 74.51 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 64.39 0-100 | -13.6% |
| 2013 | 64.38 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 76.1 0-100 | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 76.09 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 72.27 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 76.1 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 72.27 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 72.3 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 72.19 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 72.2 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 72.2 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 72.2 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 72.21 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 76.14 0-100 | +5.4% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 76.14 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 1.0× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Macao's 76.14 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 1.4× the median. (34 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 | 70.28 0-100 | 56.26 0-100 | 78.66 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 72.29 0-100 | 64.38 0-100 | 76.1 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.86 0-100 | 72.19 0-100 | 76.14 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More reference data data for Macao
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0073 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 4.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0073 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.037 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 4.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0544 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 0.0544 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 8.57 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Macao?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Macao was 76.14 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 Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 78.66 0-100 in 2004.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.26 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Macao rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Macao ranks 33rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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).