Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
87.7%
Singapore
Lowest
0.0%
South Sudan
Median
45.1%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,392
What the numbers show
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 87.7% in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.1%, and the mean is 45.7%.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 456.0%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 100.0%).
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 87.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 2 | Japan | 86.2% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 85.4% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 4 | Denmark | 85.1% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84.8% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Finland | 84.7% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 7 | New Zealand | 82.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 8 | Norway | 82.2% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 82.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | Netherlands | 80.6% | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 11 | Canada | 80.4% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Australia | 80.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 13 | Ireland | 78.4% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 14 | Austria | 76.6% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 15 | Iceland | 76.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 16 | Estonia | 76.1% | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 17 | South Korea | 75.7% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 75.5% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 19 | Germany | 75.5% | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 20 | Liechtenstein | 75.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Monaco | 74.3% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 22 | Belgium | 71.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 23 | Lithuania | 70.8% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 24 | Czechia | 70.8% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 69.8% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 26 | France | 69.8% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 27 | Bermuda | 69.1% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Israel | 68.8% | 2025 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 29 | United States | 68.8% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 68.1% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 31 | Slovenia | 68.0% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 68.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 33 | Andorra | 67.3% | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 66.3% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 35 | Greenland | 66.2% | 2025 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 65.9% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | Qatar | 65.2% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 38 | Macao | 64.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Malaysia | 64.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 40 | Italy | 63.9% | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 41 | Guam | 63.9% | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 42 | Cayman Islands | 63.7% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritius | 62.4% | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 44 | Latvia | 62.3% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 62.2% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 46 | Brunei | 62.1% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 62.0% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 48 | Poland | 61.7% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 61.1% | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 50 | Aruba | 60.4% | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 51 | Malta | 60.3% | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 60.0% | 2025 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 53 | Seychelles | 59.1% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 54 | Bhutan | 58.6% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 55 | China | 57.7% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 56 | Slovakia | 57.3% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 57 | American Samoa | 56.8% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 58 | San Marino | 56.8% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 59 | Bahamas | 56.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 60 | Barbados | 55.6% | 2025 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 61 | India | 55.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 55.4% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 63 | Hungary | 55.0% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 64 | Botswana | 54.4% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 65 | Albania | 54.3% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 66 | Fiji | 53.7% | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 67 | Montenegro | 53.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 68 | Bahrain | 53.5% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53.4% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 70 | Rwanda | 53.2% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 53.0% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 53.0% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 73 | Oman | 52.7% | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 74 | Greece | 51.6% | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 75 | Senegal | 51.3% | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 76 | Georgia | 51.3% | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 77 | Argentina | 50.6% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 78 | Indonesia | 50.4% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 79 | Kuwait | 50.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 80 | Thailand | 50.3% | 2025 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.3% | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 82 | Morocco | 49.2% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 83 | Philippines | 49.2% | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 84 | Ghana | 49.1% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 85 | Moldova | 49.1% | 2025 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 86 | Panama | 49.0% | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 87 | Vietnam | 48.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 88 | Jamaica | 48.4% | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 89 | Antigua and Barbuda | 48.3% | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 48.1% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 47.9% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 92 | Jordan | 47.6% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 93 | Namibia | 47.6% | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 47.3% | 2025 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 47.1% | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 47.0% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 97 | Guyana | 46.7% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 98 | United States Virgin Islands | 46.3% | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 99 | Turkey | 45.6% | 2025 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 45.4% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 101 | Serbia | 45.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 102 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 103 | Samoa | 45.1% | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 104 | South Africa | 45.0% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 105 | Kenya | 44.5% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 106 | Brazil | 44.2% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 107 | Ecuador | 43.9% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 108 | Dominica | 43.9% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 109 | Suriname | 43.5% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 110 | Egypt | 43.4% | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 111 | Colombia | 43.0% | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 42.6% | 2025 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 113 | Kosovo | 42.5% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 114 | Benin | 42.4% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 115 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 42.0% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 116 | Peru | 42.0% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 117 | Palau | 41.5% | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 118 | Algeria | 41.4% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 119 | Mexico | 41.2% | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 41.2% | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Mongolia | 41.0% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 122 | Nauru | 41.0% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 123 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40.9% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 124 | Tanzania | 40.9% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 125 | Grenada | 40.9% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 126 | Tonga | 40.7% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 127 | El Salvador | 40.1% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 128 | Paraguay | 39.9% | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 129 | Tunisia | 39.8% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 130 | Armenia | 39.7% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 131 | Uganda | 39.5% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 132 | Micronesia (country) | 39.3% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 133 | Belize | 39.2% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 134 | Zambia | 38.2% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 135 | Gambia | 37.3% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 136 | Cambodia | 36.6% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 36.1% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 138 | Maldives | 36.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 139 | Cuba | 35.6% | 2025 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 140 | Djibouti | 34.6% | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 142 | Russia | 34.3% | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 34.2% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 144 | Gabon | 33.9% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 145 | Malawi | 33.8% | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 146 | Marshall Islands | 33.6% | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Kiribati | 33.5% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 33.3% | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 149 | Honduras | 33.2% | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 150 | Pakistan | 32.8% | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 151 | Lesotho | 32.8% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 152 | East Timor | 32.6% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 153 | Laos | 32.6% | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 154 | Ukraine | 32.3% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 155 | Bolivia | 32.3% | 2025 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 156 | Angola | 30.9% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 157 | Tajikistan | 30.7% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 30.2% | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 159 | Mauritania | 30.2% | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 160 | Cameroon | 29.9% | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 29.7% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 162 | Mozambique | 29.6% | 2025 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 29.4% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 164 | Nepal | 29.0% | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 165 | Togo | 28.8% | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 166 | Guatemala | 28.7% | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 167 | Tuvalu | 28.5% | 2025 | up 48.6% | flat |
| 168 | Niger | 28.2% | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | 28.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 170 | Madagascar | 28.0% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 171 | Eswatini | 27.8% | 2025 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea | 27.5% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 173 | Belarus | 27.5% | 2025 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.3% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 175 | Nigeria | 27.2% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 176 | Sierra Leone | 27.1% | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 177 | Iran | 27.0% | 2025 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 178 | Nicaragua | 26.6% | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 26.6% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 24.6% | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 181 | Chad | 24.2% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 182 | Iraq | 23.9% | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Lebanon | 22.3% | 2025 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 184 | Liberia | 22.2% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 185 | Comoros | 21.7% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 186 | Congo | 21.4% | 2025 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 187 | Burundi | 19.8% | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Turkmenistan | 19.4% | 2025 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.1% | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 190 | Mali | 18.1% | 2025 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 191 | North Korea | 16.7% | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Venezuela | 16.4% | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 193 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.7% | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 194 | Palestine | 15.6% | 2025 | down 50.2% | rising |
| 195 | Libya | 14.4% | 2025 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 196 | Eritrea | 14.2% | 2025 | down 21.5% | flat |
| 197 | Central African Republic | 12.4% | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 198 | Syria | 12.3% | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 199 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.9% | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 200 | Myanmar | 11.3% | 2025 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 201 | Somalia | 6.8% | 2025 | up 456.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Yemen | 6.5% | 2025 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 203 | Sudan | 5.9% | 2025 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 3.9% | 2025 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 205 | Haiti | 2.9% | 2025 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 206 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |