Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Uganda
Uganda: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 45.97 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 45.97 0-100, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Uganda peaked at 47.15 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33.99 0-100, in 1996.
Uganda ranks 134th 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 33.99 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 39.25 0-100 | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 39.24 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 40.94 0-100 | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 38.89 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 41.41 0-100 | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 40.33 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 42.31 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 43.46 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 43.18 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 44.08 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 44.04 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 43.42 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 43.35 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 43.44 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 46.81 0-100 | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 47.15 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 45.49 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 45.81 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 42.88 0-100 | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 42.5 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 39.96 0-100 | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 40.12 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 41.43 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 42.91 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 44.99 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2025 | 45.97 0-100 | +2.2% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 45.97 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 1.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 45.97 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.62 0-100 | 33.99 0-100 | 39.25 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 41.54 0-100 | 38.89 0-100 | 44.08 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 44.49 0-100 | 42.5 0-100 | 47.15 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.56 0-100 | 39.96 0-100 | 45.97 0-100 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Uganda?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Uganda was 45.97 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 47.15 0-100 in 2015.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.99 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Uganda rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Uganda ranks 134th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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).