Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Maldives

Maldives: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 47.04 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
47.04 0-100
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
120th
of 205 countries
All-time high
66.1 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
45.32 0-100
in 2017
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Maldives, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 66.1 0-1001998: 65.9 0-1002000: 66 0-1002002: 66 0-1002003: 65.7 0-1002004: 55 0-1002005: 51 0-1002006: 51 0-1002007: 51 0-1002008: 48.9 0-1002009: 48.3 0-1002010: 51.2 0-1002011: 49.5 0-1002012: 50.6 0-1002013: 49.5 0-1002014: 48 0-1002015: 46.8 0-1002016: 50 0-1002017: 45.3 0-1002018: 45.3 0-1002019: 51.5 0-1002020: 49.4 0-1002021: 54.2 0-1002022: 47 0-1002023: 47.1 0-1002024: 47 0-100

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

Analysis

Maldives recorded 47.04 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Maldives peaked at 66.1 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 45.32 0-100, in 2017.

That places Maldives 120th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Maldives, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Maldives, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 66.1 0-100
1998 65.93 0-100 -0.3%
2000 65.99 0-100 +0.1%
2002 65.99 0-100 +0.0%
2003 65.74 0-100 -0.4%
2004 55 0-100 -16.3%
2005 51.02 0-100 -7.2%
2006 50.99 0-100 -0.1%
2007 51.04 0-100 +0.1%
2008 48.93 0-100 -4.1%
2009 48.29 0-100 -1.3%
2010 51.23 0-100 +6.1%
2011 49.45 0-100 -3.5%
2012 50.6 0-100 +2.3%
2013 49.46 0-100 -2.2%
2014 48 0-100 -3.0%
2015 46.83 0-100 -2.4%
2016 50.05 0-100 +6.9%
2017 45.32 0-100 -9.4%
2018 45.35 0-100 +0.1%
2019 51.48 0-100 +13.5%
2020 49.43 0-100 -4.0%
2021 54.2 0-100 +9.7%
2022 47.04 0-100 -13.2%
2023 47.06 0-100 +0.0%
2024 47.04 0-100 -0.0%

Maldives compared with similar countries

  • Maldives's 47.04 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 95% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Maldives's 47.04 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 46.52 0-100, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 66.01 0-100 65.93 0-100 66.1 0-100 2
2000s 55.89 0-100 48.29 0-100 65.99 0-100 9
2010s 48.78 0-100 45.32 0-100 51.48 0-100 10
2020s 48.95 0-100 47.04 0-100 54.2 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 117 Peru 47.44 0-100 compare
  2. 118 Ecuador 47.07 0-100 compare
  3. 119 Mexico 47.06 0-100 compare
  4. 121 Brazil 46.98 0-100 compare
  5. 122 South Africa 46.95 0-100 compare
  6. 123 Tunisia 46.69 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Maldives?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Maldives was 47.04 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 Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 66.1 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 45.32 0-100 in 2017.
How does Maldives rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Maldives ranks 120th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Maldives 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).