Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Vanuatu

Vanuatu: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 35.46 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
35.46 0-100
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
166th
of 205 countries
All-time high
56.75 0-100
in 2005
All-time low
34.94 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
21
2004–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Vanuatu, 2004–2024

02040602004201420242004: 45.2 0-1002005: 56.8 0-1002006: 56.7 0-1002007: 50.1 0-1002008: 51.9 0-1002009: 51.3 0-1002010: 53.4 0-1002011: 53.4 0-1002012: 53 0-1002013: 53.1 0-1002014: 41.8 0-1002015: 37 0-1002016: 37 0-1002017: 37 0-1002018: 42.8 0-1002019: 37.8 0-1002020: 36.6 0-1002021: 35.7 0-1002022: 35.7 0-1002023: 34.9 0-1002024: 35.5 0-100

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

Analysis

Vanuatu recorded 35.46 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Vanuatu peaked at 56.75 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 34.94 0-100, in 2023.

That places Vanuatu 166th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Vanuatu, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Vanuatu, 2004 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
2004 45.22 0-100
2005 56.75 0-100 +25.5%
2006 56.71 0-100 -0.1%
2007 50.06 0-100 -11.7%
2008 51.87 0-100 +3.6%
2009 51.27 0-100 -1.2%
2010 53.45 0-100 +4.3%
2011 53.43 0-100 -0.0%
2012 53.05 0-100 -0.7%
2013 53.05 0-100 +0.0%
2014 41.82 0-100 -21.2%
2015 37.03 0-100 -11.5%
2016 37.04 0-100 +0.0%
2017 37.05 0-100 +0.0%
2018 42.83 0-100 +15.6%
2019 37.8 0-100 -11.8%
2020 36.61 0-100 -3.2%
2021 35.74 0-100 -2.4%
2022 35.74 0-100 -0.0%
2023 34.94 0-100 -2.2%
2024 35.46 0-100 +1.5%

Vanuatu compared with similar countries

  • Vanuatu's 35.46 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 91% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Vanuatu's 35.46 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 67% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2005 +25.5% 45.22 0-100 56.75 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 51.98 0-100 45.22 0-100 56.75 0-100 6
2010s 44.65 0-100 37.03 0-100 53.45 0-100 10
2020s 35.7 0-100 34.94 0-100 36.61 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Vanuatu

  1. 163 Angola 36.07 0-100 compare
  2. 164 Cameroon 35.77 0-100 compare
  3. 165 Togo 35.76 0-100 compare
  4. 167 Madagascar 34.56 0-100 compare
  5. 168 Solomon Islands 34.45 0-100 compare
  6. 169 Burkina Faso 34.33 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Vanuatu?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Vanuatu was 35.46 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 Vanuatu?
The highest recorded value was 56.75 0-100 in 2005.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Vanuatu?
The lowest recorded value was 34.94 0-100 in 2023.
How does Vanuatu rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Vanuatu ranks 166th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Vanuatu?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Vanuatu 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
Last refreshed

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).