Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 77.58 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in United Kingdom, 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 United Kingdom is 77.58 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in United Kingdom peaked at 91.01 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 75.34 0-100, in 2023.
United Kingdom ranks 28th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 87.44 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 87 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 88.52 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 89.49 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 87.23 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 85.78 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 91.01 0-100 | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 88.2 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 87.42 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 86.83 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 83.64 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 83.01 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 82.61 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 82.91 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 81.34 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 85.2 0-100 | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 84.95 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 85.2 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 84.08 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 83.39 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 80.75 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 80.07 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 79.49 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 78.41 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 75.34 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 76.9 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 77.58 0-100 | +0.9% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 77.58 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 1.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 77.58 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.35 0-100, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.22 0-100 | 87 0-100 | 87.44 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 87.57 0-100 | 83.64 0-100 | 91.01 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 83.34 0-100 | 80.75 0-100 | 85.2 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.97 0-100 | 75.34 0-100 | 80.07 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.26 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.01 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 10.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 6.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 15.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 59.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 5.48 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in United Kingdom?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in United Kingdom was 77.58 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 United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 91.01 0-100 in 2005.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.34 0-100 in 2023.
- How does United Kingdom rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- United Kingdom ranks 28th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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).