Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in South Sudan
South Sudan: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 6.27 0-100 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in South Sudan, 2011–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in South Sudan is 6.27 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 8.3% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in South Sudan peaked at 21.84 0-100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5.03 0-100, in 2021.
That places South Sudan 206th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18.32 0-100 | — |
| 2012 | 21.84 0-100 | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 17.96 0-100 | -17.8% |
| 2014 | 14.18 0-100 | -21.1% |
| 2015 | 11.01 0-100 | -22.4% |
| 2016 | 9.31 0-100 | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 7.59 0-100 | -18.5% |
| 2018 | 8.72 0-100 | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 8.32 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 6.84 0-100 | -17.7% |
| 2021 | 5.03 0-100 | -26.5% |
| 2022 | 5.57 0-100 | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 5.82 0-100 | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 6.84 0-100 | +17.5% |
| 2025 | 6.27 0-100 | -8.3% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 6.27 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 23% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 6.27 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 17% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.03 0-100 | 7.59 0-100 | 21.84 0-100 | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.06 0-100 | 5.03 0-100 | 6.84 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
More reference data data for South Sudan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3667 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.41 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0368 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.41 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.23 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4032 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 33.2 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 62.9 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2004 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in South Sudan?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in South Sudan was 6.27 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 21.84 0-100 in 2012.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.03 0-100 in 2021.
- How does South Sudan rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- South Sudan ranks 206th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Sudan 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).