Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Madagascar

Madagascar: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 34.56 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
34.56 0-100
Change on year
up 5.4%
World rank
167th
of 205 countries
All-time high
42.56 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
31.91 0-100
in 2015
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Madagascar, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 32.5 0-1001998: 32.4 0-1002000: 32.4 0-1002002: 41.5 0-1002003: 34.3 0-1002004: 38.2 0-1002005: 40.3 0-1002006: 40 0-1002007: 42.6 0-1002008: 41.3 0-1002009: 40.9 0-1002010: 38.6 0-1002011: 36.9 0-1002012: 33.7 0-1002013: 33.2 0-1002014: 32 0-1002015: 31.9 0-1002016: 35.1 0-1002017: 35.4 0-1002018: 34.1 0-1002019: 34.5 0-1002020: 33.7 0-1002021: 32.9 0-1002022: 33.5 0-1002023: 32.8 0-1002024: 34.6 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Madagascar is 34.56 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Madagascar peaked at 42.56 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 31.91 0-100, in 2015.

Madagascar ranks 167th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Madagascar, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Madagascar, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 32.48 0-100
1998 32.36 0-100 -0.4%
2000 32.4 0-100 +0.1%
2002 41.46 0-100 +28.0%
2003 34.27 0-100 -17.4%
2004 38.2 0-100 +11.5%
2005 40.33 0-100 +5.6%
2006 39.98 0-100 -0.9%
2007 42.56 0-100 +6.4%
2008 41.3 0-100 -3.0%
2009 40.86 0-100 -1.1%
2010 38.58 0-100 -5.6%
2011 36.91 0-100 -4.3%
2012 33.67 0-100 -8.8%
2013 33.23 0-100 -1.3%
2014 32.05 0-100 -3.6%
2015 31.91 0-100 -0.4%
2016 35.09 0-100 +10.0%
2017 35.4 0-100 +0.9%
2018 34.08 0-100 -3.7%
2019 34.47 0-100 +1.1%
2020 33.71 0-100 -2.2%
2021 32.95 0-100 -2.2%
2022 33.49 0-100 +1.6%
2023 32.77 0-100 -2.1%
2024 34.56 0-100 +5.4%

Madagascar compared with similar countries

  • Madagascar's 34.56 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 27.11 0-100, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Madagascar's 34.56 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 95% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Madagascar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2002 +28.0% 32.4 0-100 41.46 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 32.42 0-100 32.36 0-100 32.48 0-100 2
2000s 39.04 0-100 32.4 0-100 42.56 0-100 9
2010s 34.54 0-100 31.91 0-100 38.58 0-100 10
2020s 33.49 0-100 32.77 0-100 34.56 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 164 Cameroon 35.77 0-100 compare
  2. 165 Togo 35.76 0-100 compare
  3. 166 Vanuatu 35.46 0-100 compare
  4. 168 Solomon Islands 34.45 0-100 compare
  5. 169 Burkina Faso 34.33 0-100 compare
  6. 170 Nepal 34.14 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Madagascar?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Madagascar was 34.56 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 Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 42.56 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 31.91 0-100 in 2015.
How does Madagascar rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Madagascar ranks 167th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Madagascar 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
205 places, 5,161 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).