Government Effectiveness - Governance score in East Timor

East Timor: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 33.87 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
33.87 0-100
Change on year
down 2.4%
World rank
173rd
of 205 countries
All-time high
45.91 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
25.46 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
23
2002–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in East Timor, 2002–2024

010203040502002201320242002: 45.9 0-1002003: 35.6 0-1002004: 41.9 0-1002005: 28.8 0-1002006: 27.9 0-1002007: 27.9 0-1002008: 28.8 0-1002009: 28.2 0-1002010: 25.7 0-1002011: 26.6 0-1002012: 26.9 0-1002013: 25.5 0-1002014: 32.1 0-1002015: 32.1 0-1002016: 32.1 0-1002017: 32.1 0-1002018: 32.3 0-1002019: 37.4 0-1002020: 37.3 0-1002021: 37.1 0-1002022: 36.6 0-1002023: 34.7 0-1002024: 33.9 0-100

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

Analysis

East Timor recorded 33.87 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in East Timor peaked at 45.91 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 25.46 0-100, in 2013.

That places East Timor 173rd out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in East Timor, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in East Timor, 2002 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
2002 45.91 0-100
2003 35.62 0-100 -22.4%
2004 41.95 0-100 +17.8%
2005 28.79 0-100 -31.4%
2006 27.87 0-100 -3.2%
2007 27.95 0-100 +0.3%
2008 28.76 0-100 +2.9%
2009 28.2 0-100 -1.9%
2010 25.66 0-100 -9.0%
2011 26.65 0-100 +3.9%
2012 26.89 0-100 +0.9%
2013 25.46 0-100 -5.3%
2014 32.11 0-100 +26.1%
2015 32.09 0-100 -0.1%
2016 32.1 0-100 +0.0%
2017 32.1 0-100 +0.0%
2018 32.32 0-100 +0.7%
2019 37.39 0-100 +15.7%
2020 37.35 0-100 -0.1%
2021 37.11 0-100 -0.6%
2022 36.56 0-100 -1.5%
2023 34.71 0-100 -5.0%
2024 33.87 0-100 -2.4%

East Timor compared with similar countries

  • East Timor's 33.87 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 87% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • East Timor's 33.87 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 64% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in East Timor 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
2005 -31.4% 41.95 0-100 28.79 0-100
2014 +26.1% 25.46 0-100 32.11 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 33.13 0-100 27.87 0-100 45.91 0-100 8
2010s 30.28 0-100 25.46 0-100 37.39 0-100 10
2020s 35.92 0-100 33.87 0-100 37.35 0-100 5

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 170 Nepal 34.14 0-100 compare
  2. 171 Guinea 34.07 0-100 compare
  3. 172 Kyrgyzstan 34.06 0-100 compare
  4. 174 Papua New Guinea 33.83 0-100 compare
  5. 175 Guatemala 33.66 0-100 compare
  6. 176 Sierra Leone 32.54 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in East Timor?
Government effectiveness - governance score in East Timor was 33.87 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 East Timor?
The highest recorded value was 45.91 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in East Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 25.46 0-100 in 2013.
How does East Timor rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
East Timor ranks 173rd out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in East Timor?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this East Timor 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
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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).