Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Uruguay

Uruguay: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 64.77 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
64.77 0-100
Change on year
down 4.7%
World rank
53rd
of 205 countries
All-time high
68.83 0-100
in 2022
All-time low
56.71 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Uruguay, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 65.7 0-1001998: 60.4 0-1002000: 59.3 0-1002002: 61.2 0-1002003: 60.9 0-1002004: 56.7 0-1002005: 62.1 0-1002006: 61.9 0-1002007: 62.2 0-1002008: 63.6 0-1002009: 64.1 0-1002010: 64.2 0-1002011: 63 0-1002012: 60.9 0-1002013: 60.8 0-1002014: 64.3 0-1002015: 63.7 0-1002016: 62.8 0-1002017: 60.9 0-1002018: 61.9 0-1002019: 64.7 0-1002020: 66.3 0-1002021: 67.4 0-1002022: 68.8 0-1002023: 67.9 0-1002024: 64.8 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Uruguay stood at 64.77 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Uruguay peaked at 68.83 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 56.71 0-100, in 2004.

That places Uruguay 53rd out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Uruguay, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 65.69 0-100
1998 60.4 0-100 -8.1%
2000 59.34 0-100 -1.8%
2002 61.16 0-100 +3.1%
2003 60.88 0-100 -0.5%
2004 56.71 0-100 -6.9%
2005 62.1 0-100 +9.5%
2006 61.92 0-100 -0.3%
2007 62.24 0-100 +0.5%
2008 63.58 0-100 +2.1%
2009 64.14 0-100 +0.9%
2010 64.17 0-100 +0.1%
2011 62.98 0-100 -1.9%
2012 60.89 0-100 -3.3%
2013 60.75 0-100 -0.2%
2014 64.31 0-100 +5.8%
2015 63.7 0-100 -0.9%
2016 62.82 0-100 -1.4%
2017 60.86 0-100 -3.1%
2018 61.87 0-100 +1.6%
2019 64.72 0-100 +4.6%
2020 66.3 0-100 +2.4%
2021 67.42 0-100 +1.7%
2022 68.83 0-100 +2.1%
2023 67.95 0-100 -1.3%
2024 64.77 0-100 -4.7%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 64.77 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 89% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 64.77 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 51.73 0-100, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 63.05 0-100 60.4 0-100 65.69 0-100 2
2000s 61.34 0-100 56.71 0-100 64.14 0-100 9
2010s 62.71 0-100 60.75 0-100 64.72 0-100 10
2020s 67.05 0-100 64.77 0-100 68.83 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 50 Croatia 65.14 0-100 compare
  2. 51 Bahamas 65.13 0-100 compare
  3. 52 Saint Kitts and Nevis 64.78 0-100 compare
  4. 54 Poland 64.43 0-100 compare
  5. 55 Slovakia 64.13 0-100 compare
  6. 56 Aruba 64.11 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Uruguay?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Uruguay was 64.77 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 Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 68.83 0-100 in 2022.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 56.71 0-100 in 2004.
How does Uruguay rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Uruguay ranks 53rd out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay 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
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).