Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Malawi
Malawi: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 40 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malawi, 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 Malawi stood at 40 0-100.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Malawi peaked at 44.66 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 27.92 0-100, in 2003.
That places Malawi 151st out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 30.64 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 35.9 0-100 | +17.2% |
| 2000 | 35.89 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 28.75 0-100 | -19.9% |
| 2003 | 27.92 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 31.72 0-100 | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 32.64 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 34.39 0-100 | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 35.52 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 42.12 0-100 | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 43.97 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 44.66 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 44.08 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 43.87 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 43.23 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 43.62 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 42.8 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 42.17 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 42.94 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 41.71 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 40.62 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 39.08 0-100 | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 40.45 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 38.16 0-100 | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 38.58 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 39.44 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2025 | 40 0-100 | +1.4% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 40 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 40 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 | 33.27 0-100 | 30.64 0-100 | 35.9 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 34.77 0-100 | 27.92 0-100 | 43.97 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 42.97 0-100 | 40.62 0-100 | 44.66 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.28 0-100 | 38.16 0-100 | 40.45 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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- 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)
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- 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 40 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 44.66 0-100 in 2010.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.92 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Malawi rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Malawi ranks 151st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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).