Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Rwanda

Rwanda: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 58.12 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
58.12 0-100
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
74th
of 205 countries
All-time high
59.29 0-100
in 2023
All-time low
23.57 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Rwanda, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 25.9 0-1001998: 25.8 0-1002000: 25.8 0-1002002: 23.8 0-1002003: 23.6 0-1002004: 37.7 0-1002005: 37.1 0-1002006: 44.2 0-1002007: 44.1 0-1002008: 46.6 0-1002009: 46.8 0-1002010: 48.8 0-1002011: 49 0-1002012: 49.6 0-1002013: 51.2 0-1002014: 50.6 0-1002015: 50.4 0-1002016: 53.7 0-1002017: 57.5 0-1002018: 56.7 0-1002019: 55.8 0-1002020: 56.4 0-1002021: 55.4 0-1002022: 58.5 0-1002023: 59.3 0-1002024: 58.1 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 Rwanda is 58.12 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Rwanda peaked at 59.29 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.57 0-100, in 2003.

That places Rwanda 74th 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 Rwanda, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Rwanda, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 25.95 0-100
1998 25.77 0-100 -0.7%
2000 25.83 0-100 +0.2%
2002 23.75 0-100 -8.0%
2003 23.57 0-100 -0.8%
2004 37.71 0-100 +60.0%
2005 37.13 0-100 -1.6%
2006 44.16 0-100 +18.9%
2007 44.1 0-100 -0.1%
2008 46.58 0-100 +5.6%
2009 46.76 0-100 +0.4%
2010 48.76 0-100 +4.3%
2011 49.01 0-100 +0.5%
2012 49.59 0-100 +1.2%
2013 51.16 0-100 +3.2%
2014 50.56 0-100 -1.2%
2015 50.38 0-100 -0.4%
2016 53.68 0-100 +6.6%
2017 57.5 0-100 +7.1%
2018 56.73 0-100 -1.3%
2019 55.79 0-100 -1.7%
2020 56.41 0-100 +1.1%
2021 55.43 0-100 -1.7%
2022 58.5 0-100 +5.5%
2023 59.29 0-100 +1.3%
2024 58.12 0-100 -2.0%

Rwanda compared with similar countries

  • Rwanda's 58.12 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 27.11 0-100, 2.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Rwanda's 58.12 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Rwanda 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.

YearChange FromTo
2004 +60.0% 23.57 0-100 37.71 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 25.86 0-100 25.77 0-100 25.95 0-100 2
2000s 36.62 0-100 23.57 0-100 46.76 0-100 9
2010s 52.32 0-100 48.76 0-100 57.5 0-100 10
2020s 57.55 0-100 55.43 0-100 59.29 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 71 India 59.21 0-100 compare
  2. 72 United States Virgin Islands 58.63 0-100 compare
  3. 73 Montenegro 58.47 0-100 compare
  4. 75 Kuwait 57.72 0-100 compare
  5. 76 Albania 57.41 0-100 compare
  6. 77 Costa Rica 56.92 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Rwanda?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Rwanda was 58.12 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 Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 59.29 0-100 in 2023.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 23.57 0-100 in 2003.
How does Rwanda rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Rwanda ranks 74th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda 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).