Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 67.48 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Saudi Arabia, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in Saudi Arabia stood at 67.48 0-100. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 67.48 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 39.65 0-100, in 2003.
That places Saudi Arabia 55th 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 43.76 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 43.65 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 43.64 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 39.68 0-100 | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 39.65 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 40.59 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 41.71 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 46.82 0-100 | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 47.73 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 49.5 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 49.87 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 52.24 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 50.89 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 50.63 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 49.4 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 52.24 0-100 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 52.42 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 55.68 0-100 | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 53.93 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 55.45 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 55.22 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 52.92 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 58.02 0-100 | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 61.19 0-100 | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 64.74 0-100 | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 65.58 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 67.48 0-100 | +2.9% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 67.48 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 91% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 67.48 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.71 0-100 | 43.65 0-100 | 43.76 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.35 0-100 | 39.65 0-100 | 49.87 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 52.81 0-100 | 49.4 0-100 | 55.68 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.66 0-100 | 52.92 0-100 | 67.48 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1771 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6194 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2207 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9641 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Saudi Arabia?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Saudi Arabia was 67.48 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 67.48 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.65 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 55th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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).