Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 45.12 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Marshall Islands, 2005–2025
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 Marshall Islands is 45.12 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Marshall Islands peaked at 48.3 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27.92 0-100, in 2011.
Marshall Islands ranks 135th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 39.07 0-100 | — |
| 2006 | 33.75 0-100 | -13.6% |
| 2007 | 31.27 0-100 | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 33.26 0-100 | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 32.97 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 36.9 0-100 | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 27.92 0-100 | -24.3% |
| 2012 | 27.92 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 28.57 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 28.97 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 45.15 0-100 | +55.9% |
| 2016 | 45.18 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 45.17 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 44.74 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 44.78 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 47.21 0-100 | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 47.23 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 48.3 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 48.3 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 45.02 0-100 | -6.8% |
| 2025 | 45.12 0-100 | +0.2% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 45.12 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 87% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 45.12 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 80% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Marshall Islands 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +55.9% | 28.97 0-100 | 45.15 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.06 0-100 | 31.27 0-100 | 39.07 0-100 | 5 |
| 2010s | 37.53 0-100 | 27.92 0-100 | 45.18 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.86 0-100 | 45.02 0-100 | 48.3 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
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- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0.4736 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament and government, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Global number of reported disasters by size, gaps filled 0 events (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Marshall Islands?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Marshall Islands was 45.12 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 48.3 0-100 in 2023.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.92 0-100 in 2011.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Marshall Islands ranks 135th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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).