Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Pakistan
Pakistan: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 39.94 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Pakistan, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 39.94 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Pakistan peaked at 45.59 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 36.17 0-100, in 2003.
That places Pakistan 153rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 39.36 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 39.25 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 39.24 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 38.3 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 36.17 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 38.79 0-100 | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 39.16 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 41.18 0-100 | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 41.31 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 39.03 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 39.25 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 39.23 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 38.29 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 41.25 0-100 | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 41.08 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 40.78 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 42.42 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 43.69 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 45.59 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 43.8 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 44.29 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 41.71 0-100 | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 43.75 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 40.16 0-100 | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 39.7 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 41.35 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2025 | 39.94 0-100 | -3.4% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 39.94 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 39.94 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 83% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.3 0-100 | 39.25 0-100 | 39.36 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 39.16 0-100 | 36.17 0-100 | 41.31 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 42.04 0-100 | 38.29 0-100 | 45.59 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.1 0-100 | 39.7 0-100 | 43.75 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Pakistan?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Pakistan was 39.94 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 45.59 0-100 in 2017.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.17 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Pakistan rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Pakistan ranks 153rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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).