Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Mali

Mali: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 26.31 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
26.31 0-100
Change on year
down 4.3%
World rank
191st
of 205 countries
All-time high
35.69 0-100
in 2009
All-time low
24.9 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Mali, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 25 0-1001998: 24.9 0-1002000: 24.9 0-1002002: 35.6 0-1002003: 30.4 0-1002004: 31.9 0-1002005: 34.1 0-1002006: 33.5 0-1002007: 34.5 0-1002008: 35.1 0-1002009: 35.7 0-1002010: 33.4 0-1002011: 35.4 0-1002012: 33.6 0-1002013: 34.8 0-1002014: 30.9 0-1002015: 33.1 0-1002016: 33.3 0-1002017: 34.4 0-1002018: 32.3 0-1002019: 30 0-1002020: 29.5 0-1002021: 28.4 0-1002022: 27.9 0-1002023: 27.5 0-1002024: 26.3 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 Mali is 26.31 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Mali peaked at 35.69 0-100 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 24.9 0-100, in 1998.

Mali ranks 191st of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Mali, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Mali, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 25.02 0-100
1998 24.9 0-100 -0.5%
2000 24.94 0-100 +0.2%
2002 35.58 0-100 +42.6%
2003 30.42 0-100 -14.5%
2004 31.89 0-100 +4.8%
2005 34.08 0-100 +6.9%
2006 33.51 0-100 -1.7%
2007 34.54 0-100 +3.1%
2008 35.13 0-100 +1.7%
2009 35.69 0-100 +1.6%
2010 33.37 0-100 -6.5%
2011 35.35 0-100 +6.0%
2012 33.64 0-100 -4.8%
2013 34.76 0-100 +3.3%
2014 30.92 0-100 -11.0%
2015 33.1 0-100 +7.0%
2016 33.27 0-100 +0.5%
2017 34.39 0-100 +3.4%
2018 32.3 0-100 -6.1%
2019 30.04 0-100 -7.0%
2020 29.52 0-100 -1.7%
2021 28.38 0-100 -3.9%
2022 27.89 0-100 -1.7%
2023 27.5 0-100 -1.4%
2024 26.31 0-100 -4.3%

Mali compared with similar countries

  • Mali's 26.31 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 27.11 0-100, 97% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Mali's 26.31 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 73% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Mali 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 +42.6% 24.94 0-100 35.58 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 24.96 0-100 24.9 0-100 25.02 0-100 2
2000s 32.87 0-100 24.94 0-100 35.69 0-100 9
2010s 33.11 0-100 30.04 0-100 35.35 0-100 10
2020s 27.92 0-100 26.31 0-100 29.52 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Mali

  1. 188 Comoros 27.84 0-100 compare
  2. 189 Liberia 27.11 0-100 compare
  3. 190 North Korea 26.62 0-100 compare
  4. 192 Guinea-Bissau 24.75 0-100 compare
  5. 193 Libya 23.74 0-100 compare
  6. 194 Eritrea 23.03 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Mali?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Mali was 26.31 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 Mali?
The highest recorded value was 35.69 0-100 in 2009.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Mali?
The lowest recorded value was 24.9 0-100 in 1998.
How does Mali rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Mali ranks 191st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Mali?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Mali 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).