Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Tanzania

Tanzania: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 45.65 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
45.65 0-100
Change on year
up 5.0%
World rank
129th
of 205 countries
All-time high
45.65 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
29.73 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Tanzania, 1996–2024

010203040501996201020241996: 29.7 0-1001998: 35.5 0-1002000: 35.5 0-1002002: 38.1 0-1002003: 36.2 0-1002004: 37.5 0-1002005: 40.9 0-1002006: 43.1 0-1002007: 43.4 0-1002008: 41.3 0-1002009: 42.4 0-1002010: 42.5 0-1002011: 41.8 0-1002012: 39.6 0-1002013: 40.2 0-1002014: 42 0-1002015: 43.8 0-1002016: 44.5 0-1002017: 44.4 0-1002018: 42.3 0-1002019: 41.4 0-1002020: 41.8 0-1002021: 41.9 0-1002022: 43 0-1002023: 43.5 0-1002024: 45.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Tanzania recorded 45.65 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Tanzania peaked at 45.65 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.73 0-100, in 1996.

That places Tanzania 129th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Tanzania, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Tanzania, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 29.73 0-100
1998 35.49 0-100 +19.4%
2000 35.51 0-100 +0.1%
2002 38.11 0-100 +7.3%
2003 36.24 0-100 -4.9%
2004 37.46 0-100 +3.4%
2005 40.9 0-100 +9.2%
2006 43.08 0-100 +5.3%
2007 43.38 0-100 +0.7%
2008 41.3 0-100 -4.8%
2009 42.38 0-100 +2.6%
2010 42.53 0-100 +0.4%
2011 41.77 0-100 -1.8%
2012 39.65 0-100 -5.1%
2013 40.21 0-100 +1.4%
2014 41.96 0-100 +4.3%
2015 43.82 0-100 +4.4%
2016 44.5 0-100 +1.6%
2017 44.39 0-100 -0.3%
2018 42.28 0-100 -4.7%
2019 41.43 0-100 -2.0%
2020 41.84 0-100 +1.0%
2021 41.87 0-100 +0.1%
2022 43.03 0-100 +2.8%
2023 43.46 0-100 +1.0%
2024 45.65 0-100 +5.0%

Tanzania compared with similar countries

  • Tanzania's 45.65 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Tanzania's 45.65 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 32.61 0-100 29.73 0-100 35.49 0-100 2
2000s 39.82 0-100 35.51 0-100 43.38 0-100 9
2010s 42.25 0-100 39.65 0-100 44.5 0-100 10
2020s 43.17 0-100 41.84 0-100 45.65 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Tanzania

  1. 126 Cuba 46.1 0-100 compare
  2. 127 Sri Lanka 46 0-100 compare
  3. 128 Marshall Islands 45.68 0-100 compare
  4. 130 Cambodia 45.63 0-100 compare
  5. 131 Kenya 45.55 0-100 compare
  6. 132 Cote d'Ivoire 45.2 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Tanzania?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Tanzania was 45.65 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 Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 45.65 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 29.73 0-100 in 1996.
How does Tanzania rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Tanzania ranks 129th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania 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

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
Last refreshed

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).