Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Zambia
Zambia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 40.98 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Zambia, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Zambia stood at 40.98 0-100.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Zambia peaked at 42.66 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 25.03 0-100, in 1998.
That places Zambia 141st out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 25.11 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 25.03 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 25.06 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 30.66 0-100 | +22.4% |
| 2003 | 27.79 0-100 | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 31.43 0-100 | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 33.41 0-100 | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 32.63 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 34.05 0-100 | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 35.63 0-100 | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 37.71 0-100 | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 37.35 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 41.41 0-100 | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 41.61 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 41.01 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 42.66 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 41.04 0-100 | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 41.06 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 42.33 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 41.58 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 39.29 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 37.06 0-100 | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 37.21 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 39.87 0-100 | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 40.4 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 40.98 0-100 | +1.4% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 40.98 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.76 0-100, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 40.98 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36.26 0-100, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.07 0-100 | 25.03 0-100 | 25.11 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 32.04 0-100 | 25.06 0-100 | 37.71 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 40.94 0-100 | 37.35 0-100 | 42.66 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.1 0-100 | 37.06 0-100 | 40.98 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More reference data data for Zambia
- 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)
- Global number of reported disasters by size, gaps filled 0 events (2025)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 40.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Consumer price index 483.32 2010 = 100 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Zambia?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Zambia was 40.98 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 42.66 0-100 in 2014.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.03 0-100 in 1998.
- How does Zambia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Zambia ranks 141st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. 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).