Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Uganda

Uganda: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 44.53 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
44.53 0-100
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
134th
of 205 countries
All-time high
45.41 0-100
in 2015
All-time low
35.57 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Uganda, 1996–2024

010203040501996201020241996: 35.6 0-1001998: 40.7 0-1002000: 40.8 0-1002002: 42.1 0-1002003: 38.6 0-1002004: 40.7 0-1002005: 39.5 0-1002006: 41.4 0-1002007: 42.6 0-1002008: 40.9 0-1002009: 41.9 0-1002010: 42.6 0-1002011: 42.1 0-1002012: 41.4 0-1002013: 42.1 0-1002014: 45.4 0-1002015: 45.4 0-1002016: 44 0-1002017: 44.3 0-1002018: 41.7 0-1002019: 41.3 0-1002020: 40.1 0-1002021: 40.3 0-1002022: 41.3 0-1002023: 42.9 0-1002024: 44.5 0-100

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 44.53 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Uganda peaked at 45.41 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 35.57 0-100, in 1996.

Uganda ranks 134th of 205 countries on this measure, 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 Uganda, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Uganda, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 35.57 0-100
1998 40.75 0-100 +14.6%
2000 40.77 0-100 +0.1%
2002 42.12 0-100 +3.3%
2003 38.63 0-100 -8.3%
2004 40.69 0-100 +5.3%
2005 39.47 0-100 -3.0%
2006 41.37 0-100 +4.8%
2007 42.59 0-100 +2.9%
2008 40.94 0-100 -3.9%
2009 41.91 0-100 +2.4%
2010 42.63 0-100 +1.7%
2011 42.06 0-100 -1.3%
2012 41.38 0-100 -1.6%
2013 42.06 0-100 +1.7%
2014 45.36 0-100 +7.8%
2015 45.41 0-100 +0.1%
2016 43.98 0-100 -3.2%
2017 44.25 0-100 +0.6%
2018 41.69 0-100 -5.8%
2019 41.29 0-100 -1.0%
2020 40.13 0-100 -2.8%
2021 40.28 0-100 +0.4%
2022 41.33 0-100 +2.6%
2023 42.95 0-100 +3.9%
2024 44.53 0-100 +3.7%

Uganda compared with similar countries

  • Uganda's 44.53 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 27.11 0-100, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Uganda's 44.53 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 38.16 0-100 35.57 0-100 40.75 0-100 2
2000s 40.94 0-100 38.63 0-100 42.59 0-100 9
2010s 43.01 0-100 41.29 0-100 45.41 0-100 10
2020s 41.84 0-100 40.13 0-100 44.53 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 131 Kenya 45.55 0-100 compare
  2. 132 Cote d'Ivoire 45.2 0-100 compare
  3. 133 Russia 45.09 0-100 compare
  4. 135 Paraguay 44.45 0-100 compare
  5. 136 Armenia 44.26 0-100 compare
  6. 137 Mongolia 43.77 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Uganda?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Uganda was 44.53 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 Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 45.41 0-100 in 2015.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 35.57 0-100 in 1996.
How does Uganda rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Uganda ranks 134th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. 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

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).