Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malta

Malta: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 63.44 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
63.44 0-100
Change on year
down 4.1%
World rank
58th
of 205 countries
All-time high
74.44 0-100
in 2013
All-time low
63.44 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malta, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 70.8 0-1001998: 67 0-1002000: 67 0-1002002: 67 0-1002003: 65.2 0-1002004: 64.7 0-1002005: 67.3 0-1002006: 69.5 0-1002007: 71.1 0-1002008: 73.5 0-1002009: 70.6 0-1002010: 70.5 0-1002011: 70.6 0-1002012: 72.2 0-1002013: 74.4 0-1002014: 72 0-1002015: 71 0-1002016: 72.9 0-1002017: 71 0-1002018: 71.1 0-1002019: 70.7 0-1002020: 72.3 0-1002021: 71.2 0-1002022: 69.1 0-1002023: 66.1 0-1002024: 63.4 0-100

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

Analysis

Malta recorded 63.44 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Malta peaked at 74.44 0-100 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 63.44 0-100, in 2024.

That places Malta 58th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malta, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Malta, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 70.8 0-100
1998 66.96 0-100 -5.4%
2000 67 0-100 +0.1%
2002 67 0-100 +0.0%
2003 65.17 0-100 -2.7%
2004 64.68 0-100 -0.8%
2005 67.34 0-100 +4.1%
2006 69.46 0-100 +3.1%
2007 71.12 0-100 +2.4%
2008 73.51 0-100 +3.4%
2009 70.58 0-100 -4.0%
2010 70.55 0-100 -0.0%
2011 70.56 0-100 +0.0%
2012 72.18 0-100 +2.3%
2013 74.44 0-100 +3.1%
2014 72.04 0-100 -3.2%
2015 70.96 0-100 -1.5%
2016 72.93 0-100 +2.8%
2017 71.01 0-100 -2.6%
2018 71.06 0-100 +0.1%
2019 70.66 0-100 -0.6%
2020 72.3 0-100 +2.3%
2021 71.23 0-100 -1.5%
2022 69.09 0-100 -3.0%
2023 66.14 0-100 -4.3%
2024 63.44 0-100 -4.1%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 63.44 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 87% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Malta's 63.44 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 46.69 0-100, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 68.88 0-100 66.96 0-100 70.8 0-100 2
2000s 68.43 0-100 64.68 0-100 73.51 0-100 9
2010s 71.64 0-100 70.55 0-100 74.44 0-100 10
2020s 68.44 0-100 63.44 0-100 72.3 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 55 Slovakia 64.13 0-100 compare
  2. 56 Aruba 64.11 0-100 compare
  3. 57 Seychelles 63.53 0-100 compare
  4. 59 Fiji 63.18 0-100 compare
  5. 60 Barbados 63.1 0-100 compare
  6. 61 Bahrain 63.01 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Malta?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Malta was 63.44 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 Malta?
The highest recorded value was 74.44 0-100 in 2013.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 63.44 0-100 in 2024.
How does Malta rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Malta ranks 58th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malta 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).