Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malawi
Malawi: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 37.23 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malawi, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Malawi stood at 37.23 0-100.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Malawi peaked at 40.79 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 29.31 0-100, in 2003.
That places Malawi 159th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 34.35 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 39.53 0-100 | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 39.56 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 31.89 0-100 | -19.4% |
| 2003 | 29.31 0-100 | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 32.32 0-100 | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 33.02 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 34.59 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 35.7 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 38.6 0-100 | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 40.61 0-100 | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 40.79 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 39.99 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 40.14 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 40.25 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 40.79 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 39.96 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 39.5 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 40.1 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 39.02 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 38 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 36.79 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 38.12 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 36.15 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 36.4 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 37.23 0-100 | +2.3% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 37.23 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 27.11 0-100, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 37.23 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.94 0-100 | 34.35 0-100 | 39.53 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 35.07 0-100 | 29.31 0-100 | 40.61 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 39.85 0-100 | 38 0-100 | 40.79 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.94 0-100 | 36.15 0-100 | 38.12 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 156 Iran 37.61 0-100 compare
- 157 Mozambique 37.42 0-100 compare
- 158 Sao Tome and Principe 37.37 0-100 compare
- 160 Mauritania 36.93 0-100 compare
- 161 Niger 36.38 0-100 compare
- 162 Eswatini 36.15 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Malawi
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1596 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3426 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5353 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.87 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Malawi?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Malawi was 37.23 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 40.79 0-100 in 2010.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.31 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Malawi rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Malawi ranks 159th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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).