Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Niger
Niger: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 34.65 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Niger, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Niger recorded 34.65 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Niger peaked at 39.51 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 24.45 0-100, in 2000.
That places Niger 174th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Niger, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 24.64 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 24.46 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 24.45 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 30.12 0-100 | +23.2% |
| 2003 | 30.08 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 35.64 0-100 | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 37.62 0-100 | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 36.16 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 35.83 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 35.42 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 36.78 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 35.03 0-100 | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 36.34 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 38.77 0-100 | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 38.06 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 39.02 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 38.96 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 39.51 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 38.21 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 38.55 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 37.35 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 37.57 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 37.86 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 38.03 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 38.46 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 34.57 0-100 | -10.1% |
| 2025 | 34.65 0-100 | +0.2% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 34.65 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Niger's 34.65 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 96% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.55 0-100 | 24.46 0-100 | 24.64 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.57 0-100 | 24.45 0-100 | 37.62 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 37.98 0-100 | 35.03 0-100 | 39.51 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.86 0-100 | 34.57 0-100 | 38.46 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 171 Solomon Islands 35.05 0-100 compare
- 172 Kyrgyzstan 34.94 0-100 compare
- 173 Iran 34.8 0-100 compare
- 175 Madagascar 34.47 0-100 compare
- 176 Zimbabwe 34.2 0-100 compare
- 177 Nicaragua 34.05 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Niger
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2425 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 9.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 9.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8132 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3983 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 37.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 42.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 3.1 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Niger?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Niger was 34.65 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 39.51 0-100 in 2016.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.45 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Niger rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Niger ranks 174th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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).