Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malaysia

Malaysia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 69.13 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
69.13 0-100
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
40th
of 205 countries
All-time high
70.02 0-100
in 2010
All-time low
65.07 0-100
in 2009
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malaysia, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 66.4 0-1001998: 65.6 0-1002000: 68.3 0-1002002: 69.2 0-1002003: 69.5 0-1002004: 67.7 0-1002005: 66.5 0-1002006: 67.4 0-1002007: 68.7 0-1002008: 66.5 0-1002009: 65.1 0-1002010: 70 0-1002011: 68.9 0-1002012: 68.4 0-1002013: 68.3 0-1002014: 69.2 0-1002015: 67.6 0-1002016: 66.5 0-1002017: 66.1 0-1002018: 68 0-1002019: 67.2 0-1002020: 68.2 0-1002021: 67 0-1002022: 66.6 0-1002023: 65.9 0-1002024: 69.1 0-100

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 Malaysia stood at 69.13 0-100.

That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Malaysia peaked at 70.02 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 65.07 0-100, in 2009.

Malaysia ranks 40th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malaysia, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Malaysia, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 66.37 0-100
1998 65.55 0-100 -1.2%
2000 68.35 0-100 +4.3%
2002 69.22 0-100 +1.3%
2003 69.53 0-100 +0.4%
2004 67.7 0-100 -2.6%
2005 66.48 0-100 -1.8%
2006 67.4 0-100 +1.4%
2007 68.69 0-100 +1.9%
2008 66.53 0-100 -3.2%
2009 65.07 0-100 -2.2%
2010 70.02 0-100 +7.6%
2011 68.87 0-100 -1.6%
2012 68.38 0-100 -0.7%
2013 68.28 0-100 -0.1%
2014 69.21 0-100 +1.4%
2015 67.61 0-100 -2.3%
2016 66.45 0-100 -1.7%
2017 66.14 0-100 -0.5%
2018 68.05 0-100 +2.9%
2019 67.23 0-100 -1.2%
2020 68.21 0-100 +1.5%
2021 66.97 0-100 -1.8%
2022 66.62 0-100 -0.5%
2023 65.87 0-100 -1.1%
2024 69.13 0-100 +4.9%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 69.13 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 1.4× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 69.13 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 65.96 0-100 65.55 0-100 66.37 0-100 2
2000s 67.66 0-100 65.07 0-100 69.53 0-100 9
2010s 68.02 0-100 66.14 0-100 70.02 0-100 10
2020s 67.36 0-100 65.87 0-100 69.13 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 37 Slovenia 72.52 0-100 compare
  2. 38 Chile 70.09 0-100 compare
  3. 39 Portugal 69.76 0-100 compare
  4. 41 San Marino 68.79 0-100 compare
  5. 42 China 68.76 0-100 compare
  6. 43 Cyprus 68.25 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Malaysia?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Malaysia was 69.13 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 70.02 0-100 in 2010.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 65.07 0-100 in 2009.
How does Malaysia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Malaysia ranks 40th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malaysia 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
Last refreshed

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).