Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Nauru

Nauru: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 51.54 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
51.54 0-100
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
101st
of 205 countries
All-time high
56.88 0-100
in 2018
All-time low
42 0-100
in 2007
Years of data
18
2007–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Nauru, 2007–2024

02040602007201520242007: 42 0-1002008: 44.7 0-1002009: 45.7 0-1002010: 45.9 0-1002011: 45.8 0-1002012: 45.8 0-1002013: 45.9 0-1002014: 47.2 0-1002015: 51.5 0-1002016: 50.5 0-1002017: 50.5 0-1002018: 56.9 0-1002019: 50.5 0-1002020: 50.5 0-1002021: 50.5 0-1002022: 50.5 0-1002023: 50.5 0-1002024: 51.5 0-100

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 Nauru is 51.54 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Nauru peaked at 56.88 0-100 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 42 0-100, in 2007.

That places Nauru 101st 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 18 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Nauru, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Nauru, 2007 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
2007 42 0-100
2008 44.7 0-100 +6.4%
2009 45.74 0-100 +2.3%
2010 45.94 0-100 +0.4%
2011 45.82 0-100 -0.3%
2012 45.85 0-100 +0.1%
2013 45.88 0-100 +0.1%
2014 47.2 0-100 +2.9%
2015 51.49 0-100 +9.1%
2016 50.47 0-100 -2.0%
2017 50.48 0-100 +0.0%
2018 56.88 0-100 +12.7%
2019 50.54 0-100 -11.1%
2020 50.45 0-100 -0.2%
2021 50.51 0-100 +0.1%
2022 50.5 0-100 -0.0%
2023 50.53 0-100 +0.1%
2024 51.54 0-100 +2.0%

Nauru compared with similar countries

  • Nauru's 51.54 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 71% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Nauru's 51.54 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 98% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 44.15 0-100 42 0-100 45.74 0-100 3
2010s 49.06 0-100 45.82 0-100 56.88 0-100 10
2020s 50.7 0-100 50.45 0-100 51.54 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Nauru

  1. 98 Ghana 52.5 0-100 compare
  2. 99 Bulgaria 52.17 0-100 compare
  3. 100 Grenada 51.73 0-100 compare
  4. 101 Palau 51.54 0-100 compare
  5. 103 North Macedonia 50.71 0-100 compare
  6. 104 Tonga 50.62 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Nauru?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Nauru was 51.54 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 Nauru?
The highest recorded value was 56.88 0-100 in 2018.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Nauru?
The lowest recorded value was 42 0-100 in 2007.
How does Nauru rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Nauru ranks 101st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Nauru?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nauru 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

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
Last refreshed

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).