Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 33.65 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Nigeria, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in Nigeria stood at 33.65 0-100.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Nigeria peaked at 37.33 0-100 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 21.06 0-100, in 2002.
Nigeria ranks 179th of 206 countries on this measure, 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 27.2 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 24.1 0-100 | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 27.03 0-100 | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 21.06 0-100 | -22.1% |
| 2003 | 23.77 0-100 | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 29.62 0-100 | +24.6% |
| 2005 | 29.73 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 30.55 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 32.24 0-100 | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 33.13 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 31.3 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 30.44 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 30.7 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 34.26 0-100 | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 33.84 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 31.99 0-100 | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 35.85 0-100 | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 35.67 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 37.08 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 37.33 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 34.8 0-100 | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 33.6 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 32.69 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 32.53 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 35.83 0-100 | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 32.67 0-100 | -8.8% |
| 2025 | 33.65 0-100 | +3.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 33.65 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 86% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 33.65 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 93% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.65 0-100 | 24.1 0-100 | 27.2 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.71 0-100 | 21.06 0-100 | 33.13 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 34.2 0-100 | 30.44 0-100 | 37.33 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.49 0-100 | 32.53 0-100 | 35.83 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Nigeria?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Nigeria was 33.65 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 37.33 0-100 in 2018.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.06 0-100 in 2002.
- How does Nigeria rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Nigeria ranks 179th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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).