Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Syria
Syria: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 19.88 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Syria, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Syria recorded 19.88 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.
The figure is up 17.7% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Syria peaked at 38.03 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 16.88 0-100, in 2024.
That places Syria 197th 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 Syria, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 27.2 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 21.72 0-100 | -20.2% |
| 2000 | 26.12 0-100 | +20.2% |
| 2002 | 23.7 0-100 | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 20.05 0-100 | -15.4% |
| 2004 | 25.15 0-100 | +25.5% |
| 2005 | 24.4 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 30.74 0-100 | +26.0% |
| 2007 | 32.96 0-100 | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 36.24 0-100 | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 37.29 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 38.03 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 37.32 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 30.97 0-100 | -17.0% |
| 2013 | 28.25 0-100 | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 30.46 0-100 | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 25.96 0-100 | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 20.78 0-100 | -19.9% |
| 2017 | 20.78 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 20.79 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 18.06 0-100 | -13.1% |
| 2020 | 20.1 0-100 | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 19.35 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 17.68 0-100 | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 17.68 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16.88 0-100 | -4.5% |
| 2025 | 19.88 0-100 | +17.7% |
Syria compared with similar countries
- Syria's 19.88 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 74% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Syria's 19.88 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 41% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.46 0-100 | 21.72 0-100 | 27.2 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.52 0-100 | 20.05 0-100 | 37.29 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 27.14 0-100 | 18.06 0-100 | 38.03 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.6 0-100 | 16.88 0-100 | 20.1 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Syria
- 194 Guinea-Bissau 22.25 0-100 compare
- 195 Libya 21.86 0-100 compare
- 196 Eritrea 21.12 0-100 compare
- 198 Central African Republic 19.3 0-100 compare
- 199 Myanmar 19.23 0-100 compare
- 200 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.07 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Syria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1191 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.5377 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3995 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1542 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 16.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 29.26 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.93 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Syria?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Syria was 19.88 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 38.03 0-100 in 2010.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.88 0-100 in 2024.
- How does Syria rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Syria ranks 197th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syria 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).