Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Singapore

Singapore: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 95.67 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
95.67 0-100
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
1st
of 205 countries
All-time high
96.94 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
91.54 0-100
in 2002
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Singapore, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 94.8 0-1001998: 96.2 0-1002000: 96.9 0-1002002: 91.5 0-1002003: 91.8 0-1002004: 93.3 0-1002005: 93.6 0-1002006: 94.1 0-1002007: 95.7 0-1002008: 95.9 0-1002009: 93.4 0-1002010: 93.7 0-1002011: 92.7 0-1002012: 95 0-1002013: 93.6 0-1002014: 93.4 0-1002015: 93.9 0-1002016: 95 0-1002017: 94.4 0-1002018: 94.4 0-1002019: 95 0-1002020: 94.4 0-1002021: 94.5 0-1002022: 94.1 0-1002023: 95.3 0-1002024: 95.7 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Singapore stood at 95.67 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Singapore peaked at 96.94 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 91.54 0-100, in 2002.

Singapore ranks 1st of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Singapore, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Singapore, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 94.77 0-100
1998 96.25 0-100 +1.6%
2000 96.94 0-100 +0.7%
2002 91.54 0-100 -5.6%
2003 91.83 0-100 +0.3%
2004 93.28 0-100 +1.6%
2005 93.62 0-100 +0.4%
2006 94.09 0-100 +0.5%
2007 95.67 0-100 +1.7%
2008 95.93 0-100 +0.3%
2009 93.36 0-100 -2.7%
2010 93.68 0-100 +0.3%
2011 92.7 0-100 -1.0%
2012 94.99 0-100 +2.5%
2013 93.62 0-100 -1.4%
2014 93.38 0-100 -0.3%
2015 93.87 0-100 +0.5%
2016 95 0-100 +1.2%
2017 94.43 0-100 -0.6%
2018 94.45 0-100 +0.0%
2019 94.98 0-100 +0.6%
2020 94.42 0-100 -0.6%
2021 94.47 0-100 +0.1%
2022 94.14 0-100 -0.3%
2023 95.33 0-100 +1.3%
2024 95.67 0-100 +0.4%

Singapore compared with similar countries

  • Singapore's 95.67 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 1.3× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Singapore's 95.67 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 1.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 95.51 0-100 94.77 0-100 96.25 0-100 2
2000s 94.03 0-100 91.54 0-100 96.94 0-100 9
2010s 94.11 0-100 92.7 0-100 95 0-100 10
2020s 94.8 0-100 94.14 0-100 95.67 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Singapore

  1. 2 Japan 91.94 0-100 compare
  2. 3 Luxembourg 91 0-100 compare
  3. 4 Denmark 88.53 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Singapore?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Singapore was 95.67 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 Singapore?
The highest recorded value was 96.94 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Singapore?
The lowest recorded value was 91.54 0-100 in 2002.
How does Singapore rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Singapore ranks 1st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Singapore?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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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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).