Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 37.8 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea stood at 37.8 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Papua New Guinea peaked at 44.73 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 31.11 0-100, in 2005.
That places Papua New Guinea 159th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 44.73 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 39.25 0-100 | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 39.24 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 35.77 0-100 | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 35.74 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 39.8 0-100 | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 31.11 0-100 | -21.9% |
| 2006 | 36.28 0-100 | +16.6% |
| 2007 | 36.58 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 42.22 0-100 | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 41.79 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 41.26 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 41.31 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 41.92 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 41.39 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 40.09 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 40.08 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 38.74 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 40.64 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 40.93 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 40.36 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 37.39 0-100 | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 36.97 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 32.99 0-100 | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 32.99 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 36.51 0-100 | +10.7% |
| 2025 | 37.8 0-100 | +3.5% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 37.8 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 96% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 37.8 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 67% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.99 0-100 | 39.25 0-100 | 44.73 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 37.61 0-100 | 31.11 0-100 | 42.22 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 40.67 0-100 | 38.74 0-100 | 41.92 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.78 0-100 | 32.99 0-100 | 37.8 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 156 Lesotho 39.25 0-100 compare
- 157 Tajikistan 38.29 0-100 compare
- 158 Angola 37.84 0-100 compare
- 160 Vanuatu 37.02 0-100 compare
- 161 Mauritania 36.85 0-100 compare
- 162 Sao Tome and Principe 36.66 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Papua New Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6846 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5295 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2811 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0038 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Papua New Guinea?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Papua New Guinea was 37.8 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 44.73 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.11 0-100 in 2005.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 159th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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).