Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Senegal

Senegal: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 55.9 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
55.9 0-100
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
83rd
of 205 countries
All-time high
55.9 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
36.69 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Senegal, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 45.4 0-1001998: 40.1 0-1002000: 40.1 0-1002002: 40.8 0-1002003: 36.7 0-1002004: 39.2 0-1002005: 40.8 0-1002006: 41.2 0-1002007: 42.7 0-1002008: 46.1 0-1002009: 44.7 0-1002010: 45.8 0-1002011: 46.5 0-1002012: 46.7 0-1002013: 47.8 0-1002014: 48.9 0-1002015: 48.2 0-1002016: 47.7 0-1002017: 50.8 0-1002018: 49.7 0-1002019: 53.8 0-1002020: 53 0-1002021: 53.9 0-1002022: 53.7 0-1002023: 54.3 0-1002024: 55.9 0-100

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

Analysis

Senegal recorded 55.9 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Senegal peaked at 55.9 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.69 0-100, in 2003.

That places Senegal 83rd 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 Senegal, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Senegal, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 45.45 0-100
1998 40.11 0-100 -11.8%
2000 40.14 0-100 +0.1%
2002 40.84 0-100 +1.7%
2003 36.69 0-100 -10.2%
2004 39.19 0-100 +6.8%
2005 40.84 0-100 +4.2%
2006 41.15 0-100 +0.8%
2007 42.72 0-100 +3.8%
2008 46.12 0-100 +8.0%
2009 44.71 0-100 -3.1%
2010 45.79 0-100 +2.4%
2011 46.47 0-100 +1.5%
2012 46.67 0-100 +0.4%
2013 47.83 0-100 +2.5%
2014 48.93 0-100 +2.3%
2015 48.18 0-100 -1.5%
2016 47.75 0-100 -0.9%
2017 50.76 0-100 +6.3%
2018 49.67 0-100 -2.2%
2019 53.76 0-100 +8.2%
2020 53 0-100 -1.4%
2021 53.89 0-100 +1.7%
2022 53.68 0-100 -0.4%
2023 54.29 0-100 +1.1%
2024 55.9 0-100 +3.0%

Senegal compared with similar countries

  • Senegal's 55.9 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Senegal's 55.9 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.78 0-100 40.11 0-100 45.45 0-100 2
2000s 41.38 0-100 36.69 0-100 46.12 0-100 9
2010s 48.58 0-100 45.79 0-100 53.76 0-100 10
2020s 54.15 0-100 53 0-100 55.9 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 80 Moldova 56.35 0-100 compare
  2. 81 Thailand 56.27 0-100 compare
  3. 82 Panama 56.11 0-100 compare
  4. 84 Jordan 55.54 0-100 compare
  5. 85 Greece 55.06 0-100 compare
  6. 86 Argentina 54.91 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Senegal?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Senegal was 55.9 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 Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 55.9 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 36.69 0-100 in 2003.
How does Senegal rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Senegal ranks 83rd out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Senegal 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).