Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Montenegro

Montenegro: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 61.98 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
61.98 0-100
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
65th
of 206 countries
All-time high
62.57 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
47.21 0-100
in 2010
Years of data
20
2006–2025

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Montenegro, 2006–2025

02040602006201520252006: 55.8 0-1002007: 49.1 0-1002008: 52 0-1002009: 53.7 0-1002010: 47.2 0-1002011: 47.4 0-1002012: 53.2 0-1002013: 54.5 0-1002014: 60 0-1002015: 60.4 0-1002016: 58.8 0-1002017: 59.4 0-1002018: 58 0-1002019: 58.2 0-1002020: 56.3 0-1002021: 54.6 0-1002022: 55.4 0-1002023: 60.8 0-1002024: 62.6 0-1002025: 62 0-100

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

Analysis

Montenegro recorded 61.98 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Montenegro peaked at 62.57 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 47.21 0-100, in 2010.

That places Montenegro 65th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Montenegro, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Montenegro, 2006 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
2006 55.79 0-100 —
2007 49.06 0-100 -12.1%
2008 51.99 0-100 +6.0%
2009 53.65 0-100 +3.2%
2010 47.21 0-100 -12.0%
2011 47.38 0-100 +0.4%
2012 53.18 0-100 +12.2%
2013 54.48 0-100 +2.4%
2014 59.97 0-100 +10.1%
2015 60.38 0-100 +0.7%
2016 58.8 0-100 -2.6%
2017 59.38 0-100 +1.0%
2018 58.04 0-100 -2.3%
2019 58.23 0-100 +0.3%
2020 56.32 0-100 -3.3%
2021 54.63 0-100 -3.0%
2022 55.42 0-100 +1.5%
2023 60.77 0-100 +9.7%
2024 62.57 0-100 +3.0%
2025 61.98 0-100 -0.9%

Montenegro compared with similar countries

  • Montenegro's 61.98 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 1.2× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Montenegro's 61.98 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.35 0-100, 89% of the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 52.62 0-100 49.06 0-100 55.79 0-100 4
2010s 55.71 0-100 47.21 0-100 60.38 0-100 10
2020s 58.62 0-100 54.63 0-100 62.57 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Montenegro

  1. 62 Fiji 63.17 0-100 compare
  2. 63 Cape Verde 62.83 0-100 compare
  3. 64 India 62.62 0-100 compare
  4. 66 Albania 61.98 0-100 compare
  5. 67 Hungary 61.96 0-100 compare
  6. 68 Antigua and Barbuda 61.36 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Montenegro?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Montenegro was 61.98 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 Montenegro?
The highest recorded value was 62.57 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Montenegro?
The lowest recorded value was 47.21 0-100 in 2010.
How does Montenegro rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Montenegro ranks 65th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Montenegro?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Montenegro 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
206 places, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
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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).