Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Singapore
Singapore: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 95.17 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Singapore, 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 Singapore stood at 95.17 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Singapore peaked at 99.63 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 92.54 0-100, in 2011.
Singapore ranks 1st of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Singapore, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 97.43 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 99 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 99.63 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 92.78 0-100 | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 93.12 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 95.28 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 95.66 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 96.19 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 97.58 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 95.46 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 93.19 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 93.43 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 92.54 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 94.59 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 93.04 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 93.25 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 93.69 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 95.04 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 94.52 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 94.45 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 94.91 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 94.3 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 95 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 94.98 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 95.27 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 95.55 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 95.17 0-100 | -0.4% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 95.17 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 1.3× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 95.17 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 1.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.22 0-100 | 97.43 0-100 | 99 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 95.43 0-100 | 92.78 0-100 | 99.63 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 93.95 0-100 | 92.54 0-100 | 95.04 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.04 0-100 | 94.3 0-100 | 95.55 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 2 Japan 94.12 0-100 compare
- 3 Luxembourg 92.81 0-100 compare
- 4 Switzerland 92.64 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Singapore
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0066 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0618 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0618 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0096 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0378 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2664 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (1992)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2567 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Singapore?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Singapore was 95.17 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 99.63 0-100 in 2000.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.54 0-100 in 2011.
- How does Singapore rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Singapore ranks 1st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Singapore 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).