Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 37.02 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Vanuatu, 2004–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 37.02 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Vanuatu peaked at 57.43 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 34.76 0-100, in 2023.
That places Vanuatu 160th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 45.17 0-100 | — |
| 2005 | 57.43 0-100 | +27.1% |
| 2006 | 57.41 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 50.52 0-100 | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 52.81 0-100 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 51.96 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 54.37 0-100 | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 54.35 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 53.91 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 53.9 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 42.36 0-100 | -21.4% |
| 2015 | 37.65 0-100 | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 37.66 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 37.66 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 43.25 0-100 | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 38.09 0-100 | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 36.75 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 35.74 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 35.74 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 34.76 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 34.76 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 37.02 0-100 | +6.5% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 37.02 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 94% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 37.02 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 66% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +27.1% | 45.17 0-100 | 57.43 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.55 0-100 | 45.17 0-100 | 57.43 0-100 | 6 |
| 2010s | 45.32 0-100 | 37.65 0-100 | 54.37 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.79 0-100 | 34.76 0-100 | 37.02 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 157 Tajikistan 38.29 0-100 compare
- 158 Angola 37.84 0-100 compare
- 159 Papua New Guinea 37.8 0-100 compare
- 161 Mauritania 36.85 0-100 compare
- 162 Sao Tome and Principe 36.66 0-100 compare
- 163 Nepal 36.59 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Vanuatu
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0174 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0819 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0994 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0994 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0658 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4612 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5857 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Vanuatu?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Vanuatu was 37.02 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 57.43 0-100 in 2005.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.76 0-100 in 2023.
- How does Vanuatu rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Vanuatu ranks 160th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. 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
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).