Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Somalia

Somalia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 13.42 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
13.42 0-100
Change on year
down 10.9%
World rank
203rd
of 205 countries
All-time high
15.07 0-100
in 2023
All-time low
8.45 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Somalia, 1996–2024

0510151996201020241996: 11.9 0-1001998: 11.8 0-1002000: 11.8 0-1002002: 14.1 0-1002003: 8.7 0-1002004: 13.9 0-1002005: 11.9 0-1002006: 11.9 0-1002007: 11.9 0-1002008: 12.1 0-1002009: 14.1 0-1002010: 10.8 0-1002011: 10.7 0-1002012: 11.2 0-1002013: 10.7 0-1002014: 8.5 0-1002015: 11.5 0-1002016: 12.9 0-1002017: 12.4 0-1002018: 11.8 0-1002019: 12.2 0-1002020: 13.6 0-1002021: 13.2 0-1002022: 13.5 0-1002023: 15.1 0-1002024: 13.4 0-100

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

Analysis

Somalia recorded 13.42 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.9% on the previous year and up 58.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Somalia peaked at 15.07 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.45 0-100, in 2014.

That places Somalia 203rd out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Somalia, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Somalia, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 11.9 0-100
1998 11.79 0-100 -1.0%
2000 11.83 0-100 +0.3%
2002 14.05 0-100 +18.8%
2003 8.7 0-100 -38.1%
2004 13.94 0-100 +60.3%
2005 11.92 0-100 -14.5%
2006 11.9 0-100 -0.2%
2007 11.93 0-100 +0.2%
2008 12.05 0-100 +1.0%
2009 14.14 0-100 +17.4%
2010 10.81 0-100 -23.6%
2011 10.68 0-100 -1.2%
2012 11.19 0-100 +4.7%
2013 10.7 0-100 -4.4%
2014 8.45 0-100 -21.0%
2015 11.46 0-100 +35.6%
2016 12.91 0-100 +12.6%
2017 12.43 0-100 -3.7%
2018 11.81 0-100 -5.0%
2019 12.23 0-100 +3.6%
2020 13.64 0-100 +11.5%
2021 13.16 0-100 -3.5%
2022 13.51 0-100 +2.6%
2023 15.07 0-100 +11.6%
2024 13.42 0-100 -10.9%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 13.42 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 27.11 0-100, 50% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 13.42 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 37% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Somalia 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 +60.3% 8.7 0-100 13.94 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 11.85 0-100 11.79 0-100 11.9 0-100 2
2000s 12.27 0-100 8.7 0-100 14.14 0-100 9
2010s 11.27 0-100 8.45 0-100 12.91 0-100 10
2020s 13.76 0-100 13.16 0-100 15.07 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 200 Sudan 16.46 0-100 compare
  2. 201 Yemen 14.93 0-100 compare
  3. 202 Afghanistan 13.74 0-100 compare
  4. 204 Haiti 12.15 0-100 compare
  5. 205 South Sudan 9.09 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Somalia?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Somalia was 13.42 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 Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 15.07 0-100 in 2023.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 8.45 0-100 in 2014.
How does Somalia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Somalia ranks 203rd out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is up 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Somalia 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).