Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Poland

Poland: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 64.43 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
64.43 0-100
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
54th
of 205 countries
All-time high
69.01 0-100
in 2014
All-time low
55.78 0-100
in 2007
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Poland, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 64.9 0-1001998: 59 0-1002000: 59.2 0-1002002: 57.1 0-1002003: 60.4 0-1002004: 56.9 0-1002005: 60.3 0-1002006: 57.3 0-1002007: 55.8 0-1002008: 59.3 0-1002009: 60.4 0-1002010: 62 0-1002011: 62.6 0-1002012: 63 0-1002013: 64.1 0-1002014: 69 0-1002015: 68.3 0-1002016: 65.9 0-1002017: 63.5 0-1002018: 64.8 0-1002019: 64.2 0-1002020: 64.5 0-1002021: 62.8 0-1002022: 61.4 0-1002023: 63.7 0-1002024: 64.4 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 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Poland stood at 64.43 0-100.

That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Poland peaked at 69.01 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 55.78 0-100, in 2007.

That places Poland 54th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Poland, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Poland, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 64.86 0-100
1998 59 0-100 -9.0%
2000 59.17 0-100 +0.3%
2002 57.05 0-100 -3.6%
2003 60.36 0-100 +5.8%
2004 56.88 0-100 -5.8%
2005 60.31 0-100 +6.0%
2006 57.31 0-100 -5.0%
2007 55.78 0-100 -2.7%
2008 59.3 0-100 +6.3%
2009 60.42 0-100 +1.9%
2010 61.98 0-100 +2.6%
2011 62.59 0-100 +1.0%
2012 63.01 0-100 +0.7%
2013 64.06 0-100 +1.7%
2014 69.01 0-100 +7.7%
2015 68.29 0-100 -1.0%
2016 65.92 0-100 -3.5%
2017 63.46 0-100 -3.7%
2018 64.8 0-100 +2.1%
2019 64.23 0-100 -0.9%
2020 64.5 0-100 +0.4%
2021 62.79 0-100 -2.6%
2022 61.36 0-100 -2.3%
2023 63.67 0-100 +3.8%
2024 64.43 0-100 +1.2%

Poland compared with similar countries

  • Poland's 64.43 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 89% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Poland's 64.43 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 98% of the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 61.93 0-100 59 0-100 64.86 0-100 2
2000s 58.51 0-100 55.78 0-100 60.42 0-100 9
2010s 64.74 0-100 61.98 0-100 69.01 0-100 10
2020s 63.35 0-100 61.36 0-100 64.5 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 51 Bahamas 65.13 0-100 compare
  2. 52 Saint Kitts and Nevis 64.78 0-100 compare
  3. 53 Uruguay 64.77 0-100 compare
  4. 55 Slovakia 64.13 0-100 compare
  5. 56 Aruba 64.11 0-100 compare
  6. 57 Seychelles 63.53 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Poland?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Poland was 64.43 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 Poland?
The highest recorded value was 69.01 0-100 in 2014.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 55.78 0-100 in 2007.
How does Poland rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Poland ranks 54th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Poland?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Poland 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).