Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Moldova

Moldova: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 56.35 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
56.35 0-100
Change on year
up 11.2%
World rank
80th
of 205 countries
All-time high
56.35 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
33.81 0-100
in 2005
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Moldova, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 37.1 0-1001998: 39.5 0-1002000: 38.3 0-1002002: 37.2 0-1002003: 37.1 0-1002004: 35.3 0-1002005: 33.8 0-1002006: 35 0-1002007: 36.6 0-1002008: 37.2 0-1002009: 36.8 0-1002010: 39.6 0-1002011: 40.1 0-1002012: 40.4 0-1002013: 41.6 0-1002014: 42.3 0-1002015: 39.1 0-1002016: 39.6 0-1002017: 43.5 0-1002018: 47.1 0-1002019: 46 0-1002020: 46 0-1002021: 47.3 0-1002022: 48.7 0-1002023: 50.7 0-1002024: 56.4 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Moldova stood at 56.35 0-100. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.2% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Moldova peaked at 56.35 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33.81 0-100, in 2005.

That places Moldova 80th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Moldova, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Moldova, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 37.1 0-100
1998 39.53 0-100 +6.6%
2000 38.33 0-100 -3.0%
2002 37.22 0-100 -2.9%
2003 37.12 0-100 -0.3%
2004 35.27 0-100 -5.0%
2005 33.81 0-100 -4.1%
2006 34.96 0-100 +3.4%
2007 36.63 0-100 +4.8%
2008 37.2 0-100 +1.6%
2009 36.83 0-100 -1.0%
2010 39.59 0-100 +7.5%
2011 40.08 0-100 +1.2%
2012 40.4 0-100 +0.8%
2013 41.59 0-100 +2.9%
2014 42.32 0-100 +1.7%
2015 39.11 0-100 -7.6%
2016 39.65 0-100 +1.4%
2017 43.51 0-100 +9.8%
2018 47.15 0-100 +8.4%
2019 46.03 0-100 -2.4%
2020 46.05 0-100 +0.0%
2021 47.25 0-100 +2.6%
2022 48.74 0-100 +3.1%
2023 50.69 0-100 +4.0%
2024 56.35 0-100 +11.2%

Moldova compared with similar countries

  • Moldova's 56.35 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Moldova's 56.35 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 86% of the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 38.31 0-100 37.1 0-100 39.53 0-100 2
2000s 36.37 0-100 33.81 0-100 38.33 0-100 9
2010s 41.94 0-100 39.11 0-100 47.15 0-100 10
2020s 49.82 0-100 46.05 0-100 56.35 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Moldova

  1. 77 Costa Rica 56.92 0-100 compare
  2. 78 Saint Lucia 56.56 0-100 compare
  3. 78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56.56 0-100 compare
  4. 81 Thailand 56.27 0-100 compare
  5. 82 Panama 56.11 0-100 compare
  6. 83 Senegal 55.9 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Moldova?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Moldova was 56.35 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 Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 56.35 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 33.81 0-100 in 2005.
How does Moldova rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Moldova ranks 80th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Moldova 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).