Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 56.37 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
56.37 0-100
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
89th
of 206 countries
All-time high
57 0-100
in 2014
All-time low
26.6 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in North Macedonia, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 36.9 0-1001998: 26.6 0-1002000: 26.6 0-1002002: 37.9 0-1002003: 37.2 0-1002004: 47.7 0-1002005: 43.8 0-1002006: 45.6 0-1002007: 45.7 0-1002008: 48.7 0-1002009: 49.4 0-1002010: 43.5 0-1002011: 46.6 0-1002012: 52.3 0-1002013: 52.5 0-1002014: 57 0-1002015: 52.3 0-1002016: 49.4 0-1002017: 52 0-1002018: 55.3 0-1002019: 52.7 0-1002020: 52.1 0-1002021: 52.4 0-1002022: 53.7 0-1002023: 53.9 0-1002024: 54.9 0-1002025: 56.4 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 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in North Macedonia stood at 56.37 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in North Macedonia peaked at 57 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 26.6 0-100, in 1998.

North Macedonia ranks 89th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in North Macedonia, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in North Macedonia, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 36.88 0-100 —
1998 26.6 0-100 -27.9%
2000 26.62 0-100 +0.1%
2002 37.89 0-100 +42.3%
2003 37.17 0-100 -1.9%
2004 47.67 0-100 +28.3%
2005 43.81 0-100 -8.1%
2006 45.58 0-100 +4.0%
2007 45.7 0-100 +0.3%
2008 48.68 0-100 +6.5%
2009 49.44 0-100 +1.6%
2010 43.47 0-100 -12.1%
2011 46.6 0-100 +7.2%
2012 52.35 0-100 +12.3%
2013 52.47 0-100 +0.2%
2014 57 0-100 +8.6%
2015 52.27 0-100 -8.3%
2016 49.44 0-100 -5.4%
2017 51.96 0-100 +5.1%
2018 55.33 0-100 +6.5%
2019 52.67 0-100 -4.8%
2020 52.09 0-100 -1.1%
2021 52.35 0-100 +0.5%
2022 53.69 0-100 +2.5%
2023 53.91 0-100 +0.4%
2024 54.88 0-100 +1.8%
2025 56.37 0-100 +2.7%

North Macedonia compared with similar countries

  • North Macedonia's 56.37 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • North Macedonia's 56.37 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.35 0-100, 81% of the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 31.74 0-100 26.6 0-100 36.88 0-100 2
2000s 42.51 0-100 26.62 0-100 49.44 0-100 9
2010s 51.36 0-100 43.47 0-100 57 0-100 10
2020s 53.88 0-100 52.09 0-100 56.37 0-100 6

Countries ranked near North Macedonia

  1. 86 Panama 56.78 0-100 compare
  2. 87 Moldova 56.73 0-100 compare
  3. 88 Samoa 56.49 0-100 compare
  4. 90 Philippines 56.33 0-100 compare
  5. 91 Jamaica 56.21 0-100 compare
  6. 92 Morocco 55.96 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in North Macedonia?
Government effectiveness - governance score in North Macedonia was 56.37 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 North Macedonia?
The highest recorded value was 57 0-100 in 2014.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in North Macedonia?
The lowest recorded value was 26.6 0-100 in 1998.
How does North Macedonia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
North Macedonia ranks 89th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in North Macedonia?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this North Macedonia 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
206 places, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
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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).