Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Namibia
Namibia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 53.27 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Namibia, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 53.27 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Namibia peaked at 68.42 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 52.2 0-100, in 2005.
That places Namibia 96th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Namibia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 68.42 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 60.45 0-100 | -11.7% |
| 2000 | 60.48 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 54.06 0-100 | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 54.61 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 53.38 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 52.2 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 56.72 0-100 | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 57.1 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 58.59 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 60.54 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 56.03 0-100 | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 55.02 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 59.08 0-100 | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 57.86 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 57.49 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 57.03 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 55.91 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 56.56 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 57.44 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 56.92 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 54.25 0-100 | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 54.44 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 54.56 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 54.33 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 53.27 0-100 | -2.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 53.27 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 53.27 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.43 0-100 | 60.45 0-100 | 68.42 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 56.41 0-100 | 52.2 0-100 | 60.54 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 56.93 0-100 | 55.02 0-100 | 59.08 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.17 0-100 | 53.27 0-100 | 54.56 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 93 Philippines 54.15 0-100 compare
- 94 Trinidad and Tobago 53.5 0-100 compare
- 95 Serbia 53.32 0-100 compare
- 97 Dominican Republic 52.79 0-100 compare
- 98 Ghana 52.5 0-100 compare
- 99 Bulgaria 52.17 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Namibia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0579 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0157 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.194 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1306 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0853 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Namibia?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Namibia was 53.27 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 68.42 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.2 0-100 in 2005.
- How does Namibia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Namibia ranks 96th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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).