Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 46.38 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
46.38 0-100
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
124th
of 204 countries
All-time high
76.14 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
40.68 0-100
in 2022
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Puerto Rico, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 76.1 0-1001998: 76 0-1002000: 76 0-1002002: 76 0-1002003: 75.8 0-1002004: 67.1 0-1002005: 75.6 0-1002006: 61.7 0-1002007: 60.7 0-1002008: 61 0-1002009: 55.5 0-1002010: 55.3 0-1002011: 55.4 0-1002012: 56.2 0-1002013: 55.4 0-1002014: 58.3 0-1002015: 57.6 0-1002016: 57.6 0-1002017: 41.8 0-1002018: 44.9 0-1002019: 46.9 0-1002020: 43.7 0-1002021: 43.7 0-1002022: 40.7 0-1002023: 45.4 0-1002024: 46.4 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Puerto Rico is 46.38 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Puerto Rico peaked at 76.14 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 40.68 0-100, in 2022.

Puerto Rico ranks 124th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76.05 0-100 75.96 0-100 76.14 0-100 2
2000s 67.72 0-100 55.51 0-100 76.03 0-100 9
2010s 52.94 0-100 41.85 0-100 58.35 0-100 10
2020s 43.97 0-100 40.68 0-100 46.38 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 121 South Africa 46.95 0-100 compare
  2. 122 Tunisia 46.69 0-100 compare
  3. 123 Algeria 46.46 0-100 compare
  4. 125 Cuba 46.1 0-100 compare
  5. 126 Sri Lanka 46 0-100 compare
  6. 127 Marshall Islands 45.68 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Puerto Rico?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Puerto Rico was 46.38 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 Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 76.14 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 40.68 0-100 in 2022.
How does Puerto Rico rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Puerto Rico ranks 124th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. 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

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
204 places, 5,142 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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).