Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Turkey

Turkey: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 52.94 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
52.94 0-100
Change on year
up 3.3%
World rank
106th
of 206 countries
All-time high
63.03 0-100
in 2014
All-time low
45.17 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Turkey, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 53.4 0-1001998: 45.2 0-1002000: 45.5 0-1002002: 49.8 0-1002003: 49.1 0-1002004: 53.5 0-1002005: 52.6 0-1002006: 53.4 0-1002007: 55.5 0-1002008: 57.6 0-1002009: 59.4 0-1002010: 60.8 0-1002011: 61.7 0-1002012: 62.8 0-1002013: 60.7 0-1002014: 63 0-1002015: 60.4 0-1002016: 58.1 0-1002017: 59.7 0-1002018: 53.8 0-1002019: 56.8 0-1002020: 54.9 0-1002021: 53.7 0-1002022: 52.4 0-1002023: 50.6 0-1002024: 51.3 0-1002025: 52.9 0-100

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

Analysis

Turkey recorded 52.94 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.

That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Turkey peaked at 63.03 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 45.17 0-100, in 1998.

Turkey ranks 106th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Turkey, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Turkey, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 53.44 0-100 —
1998 45.17 0-100 -15.5%
2000 45.51 0-100 +0.8%
2002 49.83 0-100 +9.5%
2003 49.05 0-100 -1.6%
2004 53.55 0-100 +9.2%
2005 52.56 0-100 -1.8%
2006 53.4 0-100 +1.6%
2007 55.46 0-100 +3.9%
2008 57.57 0-100 +3.8%
2009 59.39 0-100 +3.2%
2010 60.84 0-100 +2.4%
2011 61.72 0-100 +1.4%
2012 62.8 0-100 +1.8%
2013 60.72 0-100 -3.3%
2014 63.03 0-100 +3.8%
2015 60.39 0-100 -4.2%
2016 58.15 0-100 -3.7%
2017 59.67 0-100 +2.6%
2018 53.83 0-100 -9.8%
2019 56.77 0-100 +5.5%
2020 54.91 0-100 -3.3%
2021 53.66 0-100 -2.3%
2022 52.39 0-100 -2.4%
2023 50.59 0-100 -3.4%
2024 51.27 0-100 +1.3%
2025 52.94 0-100 +3.3%

Turkey compared with similar countries

  • Turkey's 52.94 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Turkey's 52.94 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.35 0-100, 76% of the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 49.31 0-100 45.17 0-100 53.44 0-100 2
2000s 52.93 0-100 45.51 0-100 59.39 0-100 9
2010s 59.79 0-100 53.83 0-100 63.03 0-100 10
2020s 52.63 0-100 50.59 0-100 54.91 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Turkey

  1. 103 Nauru 53.97 0-100 compare
  2. 104 Dominican Republic 53.22 0-100 compare
  3. 105 Serbia 53.02 0-100 compare
  4. 107 Grenada 52.45 0-100 compare
  5. 108 Suriname 52.11 0-100 compare
  6. 109 South Africa 51.87 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Turkey?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Turkey was 52.94 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 Turkey?
The highest recorded value was 63.03 0-100 in 2014.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Turkey?
The lowest recorded value was 45.17 0-100 in 1998.
How does Turkey rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Turkey ranks 106th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Turkey?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Turkey 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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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
206 places, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
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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).