Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Norway

Norway: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 87.18 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
87.18 0-100
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
6th
of 205 countries
All-time high
91.47 0-100
in 2017
All-time low
84.72 0-100
in 2008
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Norway, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 88.2 0-1001998: 86.5 0-1002000: 88.5 0-1002002: 88.3 0-1002003: 87.5 0-1002004: 88.2 0-1002005: 88.2 0-1002006: 89 0-1002007: 88.6 0-1002008: 84.7 0-1002009: 86.1 0-1002010: 86 0-1002011: 86.6 0-1002012: 89.3 0-1002013: 88.9 0-1002014: 89.3 0-1002015: 88.8 0-1002016: 89.5 0-1002017: 91.5 0-1002018: 89 0-1002019: 89.2 0-1002020: 89.3 0-1002021: 90.1 0-1002022: 86.8 0-1002023: 86.1 0-1002024: 87.2 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 Norway is 87.18 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Norway peaked at 91.47 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 84.72 0-100, in 2008.

Norway ranks 6th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Norway, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Norway, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 88.22 0-100
1998 86.49 0-100 -2.0%
2000 88.48 0-100 +2.3%
2002 88.25 0-100 -0.3%
2003 87.53 0-100 -0.8%
2004 88.2 0-100 +0.8%
2005 88.22 0-100 +0.0%
2006 89.03 0-100 +0.9%
2007 88.56 0-100 -0.5%
2008 84.72 0-100 -4.3%
2009 86.08 0-100 +1.6%
2010 85.95 0-100 -0.2%
2011 86.59 0-100 +0.7%
2012 89.26 0-100 +3.1%
2013 88.95 0-100 -0.4%
2014 89.33 0-100 +0.4%
2015 88.81 0-100 -0.6%
2016 89.46 0-100 +0.7%
2017 91.47 0-100 +2.2%
2018 89.01 0-100 -2.7%
2019 89.15 0-100 +0.2%
2020 89.25 0-100 +0.1%
2021 90.07 0-100 +0.9%
2022 86.75 0-100 -3.7%
2023 86.09 0-100 -0.8%
2024 87.18 0-100 +1.3%

Norway compared with similar countries

  • Norway's 87.18 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 1.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Norway's 87.18 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 87.36 0-100 86.49 0-100 88.22 0-100 2
2000s 87.68 0-100 84.72 0-100 89.03 0-100 9
2010s 88.8 0-100 85.95 0-100 91.47 0-100 10
2020s 87.87 0-100 86.09 0-100 90.07 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 3 Luxembourg 91 0-100 compare
  2. 4 Denmark 88.53 0-100 compare
  3. 5 New Zealand 87.3 0-100 compare
  4. 7 Switzerland 87.12 0-100 compare
  5. 8 Finland 86.67 0-100 compare
  6. 9 Australia 86.52 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Norway?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Norway was 87.18 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 Norway?
The highest recorded value was 91.47 0-100 in 2017.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 84.72 0-100 in 2008.
How does Norway rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Norway ranks 6th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Norway 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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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
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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).