Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Malta
Malta: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 67.96 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malta, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Malta recorded 67.96 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Malta peaked at 77.41 0-100 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 66.65 0-100, in 2024.
That places Malta 54th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Malta, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 72.46 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 68.15 0-100 | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 68.13 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 68.22 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 67.14 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 66.78 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 69.71 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 71.75 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 73.34 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 76.63 0-100 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 73.71 0-100 | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 73.59 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 73.55 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 75.1 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 77.41 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 75.15 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 74.2 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 76.07 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 75.53 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 75.63 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 74.32 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 72.08 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 75.61 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 71.83 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 70.52 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 66.65 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2025 | 67.96 0-100 | +2.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 67.96 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 92% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Malta's 67.96 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.3 0-100 | 68.15 0-100 | 72.46 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 70.6 0-100 | 66.78 0-100 | 76.63 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 75.06 0-100 | 73.55 0-100 | 77.41 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.78 0-100 | 66.65 0-100 | 75.61 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 51 Poland 68.64 0-100 compare
- 52 Croatia 68.1 0-100 compare
- 53 Seychelles 68.01 0-100 compare
- 55 Saudi Arabia 67.48 0-100 compare
- 56 Bhutan 66.79 0-100 compare
- 57 Saint Kitts and Nevis 66.65 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Malta
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0404 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0227 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0043 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Malta?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Malta was 67.96 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 77.41 0-100 in 2013.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.65 0-100 in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Malta ranks 54th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. 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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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).