Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Sudan
Sudan: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 12.36 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Sudan, 1996–2025
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 Sudan is 12.36 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.7% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Sudan peaked at 28.03 0-100 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 12.36 0-100, in 2025.
That places Sudan 203rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Sudan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 26.24 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 26.13 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 26.12 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 21.8 0-100 | -16.5% |
| 2003 | 18.15 0-100 | -16.8% |
| 2004 | 24.15 0-100 | +33.1% |
| 2005 | 21.44 0-100 | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 28.03 0-100 | +30.7% |
| 2007 | 27.79 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 24.94 0-100 | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 26.75 0-100 | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 24.02 0-100 | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 24.3 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 24.26 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 24.32 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 24.28 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 24.63 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 25.05 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 26.03 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 20.49 0-100 | -21.3% |
| 2019 | 22.21 0-100 | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 21.98 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 21.33 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 19.33 0-100 | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 14.49 0-100 | -25.0% |
| 2024 | 13.53 0-100 | -6.6% |
| 2025 | 12.36 0-100 | -8.7% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 12.36 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 46% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 12.36 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 34% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.18 0-100 | 26.13 0-100 | 26.24 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.35 0-100 | 18.15 0-100 | 28.03 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 23.96 0-100 | 20.49 0-100 | 26.03 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.17 0-100 | 12.36 0-100 | 21.98 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 200 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.07 0-100 compare
- 201 Yemen 14.03 0-100 compare
- 202 Somalia 13.32 0-100 compare
- 204 Afghanistan 12.03 0-100 compare
- 205 Haiti 10.57 0-100 compare
- 206 South Sudan 6.27 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Sudan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5846 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.81 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.69 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4356 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 19.69 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.96 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.8148 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 80.68 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 93.88 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.37 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Sudan?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Sudan was 12.36 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 28.03 0-100 in 2006.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.36 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Sudan rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Sudan ranks 203rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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).