Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Zambia
Zambia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 44.37 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Zambia, 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 Zambia stood at 44.37 0-100.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Zambia peaked at 44.94 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 21.71 0-100, in 2000.
That places Zambia 137th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 21.83 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 21.72 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 21.71 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 27.5 0-100 | +26.6% |
| 2003 | 26.77 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 30.84 0-100 | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 32.99 0-100 | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 32.24 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 33.56 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 39.14 0-100 | +16.6% |
| 2009 | 40.73 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 40.83 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 43.31 0-100 | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 43.8 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 42.88 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 44.94 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 43.41 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 43.46 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 44.49 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 43.37 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 40.26 0-100 | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 36.88 0-100 | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 37.17 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 40.02 0-100 | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 40.6 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 43.49 0-100 | +7.1% |
| 2025 | 44.37 0-100 | +2.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 44.37 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 44.37 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.11 0-100, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.78 0-100 | 21.72 0-100 | 21.83 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 31.72 0-100 | 21.71 0-100 | 40.73 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 43.07 0-100 | 40.26 0-100 | 44.94 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.42 0-100 | 36.88 0-100 | 44.37 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More reference data data for Zambia
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.0386 (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.0941 (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.018 (2026)
- Country level monthly temperature anomalies 0.3261 (2026)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Exchange rate, old LCU per USD extended forward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Urban area long term, annual growth rate 3.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban area long term, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban area long term, per capita 0.0001 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Zambia?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Zambia was 44.37 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 44.94 0-100 in 2014.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.71 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Zambia ranks 137th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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).