Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Yemen
Yemen: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 14.03 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Yemen, 1996–2025
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 Yemen stood at 14.03 0-100.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Yemen peaked at 34.79 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 11.66 0-100, in 2021.
That places Yemen 201st out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom 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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 31.61 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 26.13 0-100 | -17.3% |
| 2000 | 26.12 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 24.33 0-100 | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 24.31 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 25.68 0-100 | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 29.47 0-100 | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 34.59 0-100 | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 34.75 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 34.79 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 32.29 0-100 | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 30.99 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 28.17 0-100 | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 28.61 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 30.13 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 24.4 0-100 | -19.0% |
| 2015 | 20.97 0-100 | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 18.74 0-100 | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 16.97 0-100 | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 12.98 0-100 | -23.5% |
| 2019 | 12.48 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 11.79 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 11.66 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 15.18 0-100 | +30.2% |
| 2023 | 13.44 0-100 | -11.4% |
| 2024 | 13.63 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 14.03 0-100 | +3.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 14.03 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 26.7 0-100, 53% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 14.03 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.39 0-100, 29% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.87 0-100 | 26.13 0-100 | 31.61 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.59 0-100 | 24.31 0-100 | 34.79 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 22.44 0-100 | 12.48 0-100 | 30.99 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.29 0-100 | 11.66 0-100 | 15.18 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 198 Central African Republic 19.3 0-100 compare
- 199 Myanmar 19.23 0-100 compare
- 200 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.07 0-100 compare
- 202 Somalia 13.32 0-100 compare
- 203 Sudan 12.36 0-100 compare
- 204 Afghanistan 12.03 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Yemen
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1676 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0827 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5619 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2189 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 15.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 17.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4503 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Yemen?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Yemen was 14.03 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 34.79 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.66 0-100 in 2021.
- How does Yemen rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Yemen ranks 201st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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).