Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 43.66 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Puerto Rico, 1996–2025
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 Puerto Rico is 43.66 0-100, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Puerto Rico peaked at 77.8 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 39.45 0-100, in 2022.
Puerto Rico ranks 140th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 77.8 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 77.53 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 77.51 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 77.65 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 77.57 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 68.35 0-100 | -11.9% |
| 2005 | 77.47 0-100 | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 62.77 0-100 | -19.0% |
| 2007 | 62.75 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 63.28 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 54.51 0-100 | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 54.34 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 54.36 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 55.12 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 54.41 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 57.22 0-100 | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 56.52 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 56.53 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 41.56 0-100 | -26.5% |
| 2018 | 44.47 0-100 | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 46.35 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 43.27 0-100 | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 43.28 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 39.45 0-100 | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 43.94 0-100 | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 44.85 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 43.66 0-100 | -2.7% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 43.66 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 59% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 43.66 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.22 0-100, 82% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Puerto Rico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -26.5% | 56.53 0-100 | 41.56 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.67 0-100 | 77.53 0-100 | 77.8 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 69.1 0-100 | 54.51 0-100 | 77.65 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 52.09 0-100 | 41.56 0-100 | 57.22 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.07 0-100 | 39.45 0-100 | 44.85 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More reference data data for Puerto Rico
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0791 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1709 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2501 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2501 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2653 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0773 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9674 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Puerto Rico?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Puerto Rico was 43.66 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 77.8 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.45 0-100 in 2022.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Puerto Rico ranks 140th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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).