Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Palestine

Palestine: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 25.38 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
25.38 0-100
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
190th
of 206 countries
All-time high
44.62 0-100
in 2017
All-time low
24.38 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Palestine, 1996–2025

0102030401996201020251996: 24.7 0-1001998: 24.4 0-1002000: 24.4 0-1002002: 24.5 0-1002003: 24.4 0-1002004: 42.7 0-1002005: 33 0-1002006: 34.7 0-1002007: 36.3 0-1002008: 37.6 0-1002009: 41.5 0-1002010: 43.4 0-1002011: 39.5 0-1002012: 39.1 0-1002013: 39.2 0-1002014: 42.8 0-1002015: 42 0-1002016: 40.9 0-1002017: 44.6 0-1002018: 39.9 0-1002019: 36.7 0-1002020: 36.6 0-1002021: 33.3 0-1002022: 32.3 0-1002023: 26.2 0-1002024: 24.9 0-1002025: 25.4 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 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in Palestine stood at 25.38 0-100.

The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Palestine peaked at 44.62 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 24.38 0-100, in 2000.

That places Palestine 190th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Palestine, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Palestine, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 24.67 0-100 —
1998 24.4 0-100 -1.1%
2000 24.38 0-100 -0.1%
2002 24.52 0-100 +0.6%
2003 24.44 0-100 -0.3%
2004 42.73 0-100 +74.8%
2005 32.99 0-100 -22.8%
2006 34.75 0-100 +5.3%
2007 36.32 0-100 +4.5%
2008 37.62 0-100 +3.6%
2009 41.52 0-100 +10.4%
2010 43.39 0-100 +4.5%
2011 39.5 0-100 -9.0%
2012 39.11 0-100 -1.0%
2013 39.22 0-100 +0.3%
2014 42.85 0-100 +9.3%
2015 41.99 0-100 -2.0%
2016 40.86 0-100 -2.7%
2017 44.62 0-100 +9.2%
2018 39.89 0-100 -10.6%
2019 36.71 0-100 -8.0%
2020 36.61 0-100 -0.3%
2021 33.28 0-100 -9.1%
2022 32.34 0-100 -2.8%
2023 26.16 0-100 -19.1%
2024 24.93 0-100 -4.7%
2025 25.38 0-100 +1.8%

Palestine compared with similar countries

  • Palestine's 25.38 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 65% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Palestine's 25.38 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 52% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Palestine 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
2004 +74.8% 24.44 0-100 42.73 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 24.53 0-100 24.4 0-100 24.67 0-100 2
2000s 33.25 0-100 24.38 0-100 42.73 0-100 9
2010s 40.81 0-100 36.71 0-100 44.62 0-100 10
2020s 29.78 0-100 24.93 0-100 36.61 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Palestine

  1. 187 Liberia 28.36 0-100 compare
  2. 188 Equatorial Guinea 27.28 0-100 compare
  3. 189 Burundi 26.7 0-100 compare
  4. 191 North Korea 25.24 0-100 compare
  5. 192 Mali 24.33 0-100 compare
  6. 193 Venezuela 23.83 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Palestine?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Palestine was 25.38 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 Palestine?
The highest recorded value was 44.62 0-100 in 2017.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Palestine?
The lowest recorded value was 24.38 0-100 in 2000.
How does Palestine rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Palestine ranks 190th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Palestine?
Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine 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
206 places, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
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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).