Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Myanmar

Myanmar: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 21.04 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
21.04 0-100
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
196th
of 205 countries
All-time high
28.93 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
17.82 0-100
in 2005
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Myanmar, 1996–2024

01020301996201020241996: 25.1 0-1001998: 25 0-1002000: 25.1 0-1002002: 20.8 0-1002003: 20.7 0-1002004: 19.4 0-1002005: 17.8 0-1002006: 20.4 0-1002007: 20.4 0-1002008: 20 0-1002009: 18.9 0-1002010: 25.7 0-1002011: 25.9 0-1002012: 21.1 0-1002013: 21.2 0-1002014: 26.1 0-1002015: 26.9 0-1002016: 28.9 0-1002017: 27 0-1002018: 25.7 0-1002019: 25.7 0-1002020: 25.7 0-1002021: 21.4 0-1002022: 19.4 0-1002023: 20.6 0-1002024: 21 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 Myanmar stood at 21.04 0-100.

That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Myanmar peaked at 28.93 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.82 0-100, in 2005.

Myanmar ranks 196th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Myanmar, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Myanmar, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 25.11 0-100
1998 25.03 0-100 -0.3%
2000 25.06 0-100 +0.1%
2002 20.79 0-100 -17.0%
2003 20.69 0-100 -0.5%
2004 19.42 0-100 -6.1%
2005 17.82 0-100 -8.2%
2006 20.41 0-100 +14.5%
2007 20.43 0-100 +0.1%
2008 20.04 0-100 -1.9%
2009 18.91 0-100 -5.7%
2010 25.74 0-100 +36.1%
2011 25.85 0-100 +0.4%
2012 21.09 0-100 -18.4%
2013 21.23 0-100 +0.7%
2014 26.06 0-100 +22.7%
2015 26.89 0-100 +3.2%
2016 28.93 0-100 +7.6%
2017 27 0-100 -6.7%
2018 25.68 0-100 -4.9%
2019 25.72 0-100 +0.2%
2020 25.71 0-100 -0.0%
2021 21.37 0-100 -16.9%
2022 19.36 0-100 -9.4%
2023 20.59 0-100 +6.3%
2024 21.04 0-100 +2.2%

Myanmar compared with similar countries

  • Myanmar's 21.04 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 54% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Myanmar's 21.04 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 40% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 25.07 0-100 25.03 0-100 25.11 0-100 2
2000s 20.4 0-100 17.82 0-100 25.06 0-100 9
2010s 25.42 0-100 21.09 0-100 28.93 0-100 10
2020s 21.61 0-100 19.36 0-100 25.71 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 193 Libya 23.74 0-100 compare
  2. 194 Eritrea 23.03 0-100 compare
  3. 195 Venezuela 22.83 0-100 compare
  4. 197 Central African Republic 20.69 0-100 compare
  5. 198 Syria 18.82 0-100 compare
  6. 199 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.41 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Myanmar?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Myanmar was 21.04 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 Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 28.93 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 17.82 0-100 in 2005.
How does Myanmar rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Myanmar ranks 196th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar 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).