Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Russia
Russia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 42.09 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Russia, 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 Russia is 42.09 0-100, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Russia peaked at 50.6 0-100 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 29.61 0-100, in 2000.
That places Russia 144th 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 Russia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 35.31 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 32.38 0-100 | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 29.61 0-100 | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 34.74 0-100 | +17.3% |
| 2003 | 34.61 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 36.37 0-100 | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 33.26 0-100 | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 35.34 0-100 | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 37.06 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 37.01 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 36.22 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 36.68 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 36.72 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 36.04 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 37.09 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 46.94 0-100 | +26.6% |
| 2015 | 44.69 0-100 | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 44.26 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 45.65 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 46.58 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 50.6 0-100 | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 50.35 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 48.91 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 47.07 0-100 | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 47.07 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 44.88 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2025 | 42.09 0-100 | -6.2% |
Russia compared with similar countries
- Russia's 42.09 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 57% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Russia's 42.09 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.35 0-100, 61% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.85 0-100 | 32.38 0-100 | 35.31 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 34.91 0-100 | 29.61 0-100 | 37.06 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 42.52 0-100 | 36.04 0-100 | 50.6 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.73 0-100 | 42.09 0-100 | 50.35 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Russia
- 141 Gambia 43.5 0-100 compare
- 142 Bangladesh 43.24 0-100 compare
- 143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.6 0-100 compare
- 145 Djibouti 41.53 0-100 compare
- 146 East Timor 41.26 0-100 compare
- 147 Gabon 41.06 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Russia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 9.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 26.58 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 26.58 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 31.32 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 19.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 129.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 26.88 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Russia?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Russia was 42.09 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 Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 50.6 0-100 in 2019.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.61 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Russia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Russia ranks 144th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Russia 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).