Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
205
Highest
88.5%
Singapore
Lowest
2.1%
South Sudan, Republic of
Median
42.6%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,168
What the numbers show
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 88.5% in Singapore; the lowest is 2.1% in South Sudan, Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.6%, and the mean is 44.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 342.9%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan, Republic of (down 75.4%).
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 88.5% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 2 | Japan | 84.4% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 83.9% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 4 | Denmark | 81.4% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 79.8% | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 6 | Norway | 79.7% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 7 | Switzerland | 79.7% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 8 | Finland | 79.5% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 9 | Australia | 78.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Sweden | 78.7% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 11 | Netherlands, The | 78.3% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 12 | Canada | 78.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 13 | Iceland | 75.9% | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 14 | Ireland | 75.6% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 75.3% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 74.3% | 2024 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 17 | Liechtenstein | 74.1% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 73.7% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 19 | Korea, Republic of | 73.1% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 20 | Monaco | 72.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | United States | 70.2% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 22 | Estonia, Republic of | 69.8% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 68.7% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania, Republic of | 67.9% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 25 | Bermuda | 67.7% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 26 | France | 67.6% | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 27 | Belgium | 67.5% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 28 | Czech Republic | 67.5% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 67.0% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 30 | Israel | 66.6% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 31 | Qatar | 66.1% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 65.8% | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 33 | Slovenia, Republic of | 65.7% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 34 | Greenland | 64.4% | 2024 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 35 | Cayman Islands | 64.2% | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 36 | Guam | 63.7% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 37 | Chile | 62.9% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 38 | Portugal | 62.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 39 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 62.0% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 40 | Malaysia | 62.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | China (People’s Republic of) | 61.6% | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 42 | Andorra, Principality of | 61.5% | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 43 | Cyprus | 61.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 44 | Italy | 59.6% | 2024 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 59.4% | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 46 | Brunei Darussalam | 59.4% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia, Republic of | 59.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 58.9% | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia, Republic of | 58.4% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 50 | Poland, Republic of | 57.7% | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 51 | Slovak Republic | 57.4% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 57.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 53 | San Marino, Republic of | 56.5% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 54 | Bahamas, The | 56.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 55 | Malta | 55.9% | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 56 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 55.9% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 57 | Oman | 55.2% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 58 | Seychelles | 55.1% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 59 | Bhutan | 54.6% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 60 | Hungary | 54.3% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 61 | Barbados | 54.1% | 2024 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 62 | Aruba | 54.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 63 | Botswana | 52.9% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 52.7% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 65 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 52.4% | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 66 | Fiji, Republic of | 52.4% | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 67 | India | 52.3% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 68 | Cabo Verde | 52.3% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 69 | Georgia | 52.1% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 70 | American Samoa | 52.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 52.0% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 72 | Kuwait | 50.7% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 73 | Montenegro | 50.4% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 50.0% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 75 | Albania | 49.9% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 49.4% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 77 | Samoa | 49.2% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 78 | Thailand | 49.1% | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 79 | Moldova, Republic of | 48.9% | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 80 | Jordan | 48.8% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 81 | Panama | 48.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 82 | Morocco | 48.3% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 83 | Greece | 48.0% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 84 | Indonesia | 47.9% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 85 | Argentina | 47.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 86 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.4% | 2024 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 87 | Philippines | 47.3% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 88 | Jamaica | 47.1% | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 89 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 47.0% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 47.0% | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 91 | Ghana | 46.8% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 92 | Namibia | 46.7% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 93 | United States Virgin Islands | 46.3% | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.9% | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 95 | Serbia, Republic of | 45.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 96 | St. Lucia | 45.6% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 96 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.6% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 45.4% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 45.2% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 100 | Dominica | 43.3% | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 101 | Türkiye, Republic of | 42.9% | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 102 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.8% | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 103 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 42.6% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 104 | Kosovo | 42.5% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 105 | Vietnam | 42.3% | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 106 | Colombia | 42.0% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 107 | Benin | 41.6% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 108 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 41.2% | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 109 | Guyana | 41.0% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 110 | Grenada | 40.8% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 111 | Tonga | 40.8% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 112 | El Salvador | 40.5% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 113 | South Africa | 40.4% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 114 | Peru | 40.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 115 | Tunisia | 40.2% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 116 | Mexico | 39.9% | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 117 | Kenya | 39.9% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 118 | Brazil | 39.8% | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 119 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 39.8% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 120 | Belize | 39.7% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 121 | Algeria | 39.7% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 122 | Ecuador | 39.5% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 123 | Côte d'Ivoire | 39.3% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 39.1% | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 125 | Uganda | 38.6% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 126 | Cambodia | 38.2% | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 127 | Russian Federation | 37.9% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 128 | Cuba | 37.8% | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 129 | Naoero, Republic of | 37.7% | 2024 | up 115.6% | rising |
| 129 | Palau, Republic of | 37.7% | 2024 | up 115.6% | rising |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 37.4% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 132 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 37.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 133 | Mongolia | 36.9% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 134 | Paraguay | 36.9% | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 135 | Armenia, Republic of | 36.7% | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 136 | Maldives | 36.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 137 | Djibouti | 35.2% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 138 | Zambia | 35.1% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 139 | Gambia, The | 35.1% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 140 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | 34.9% | 2024 | up 163.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Suriname | 34.1% | 2024 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 142 | Gabon | 33.4% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 143 | Pakistan | 32.8% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 144 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 32.6% | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 145 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 32.6% | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 146 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 32.6% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 147 | Ukraine | 32.5% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 32.4% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 149 | Honduras | 32.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 150 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 32.3% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 151 | Bolivia | 32.2% | 2024 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 152 | Kiribati | 32.1% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 153 | Mozambique, Republic of | 31.5% | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 154 | Malawi | 31.3% | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.9% | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 30.6% | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 157 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 30.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 158 | Niger | 30.2% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 159 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 30.0% | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 160 | Cameroon | 29.9% | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 161 | Togo | 29.6% | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 29.4% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 163 | Belarus, Republic of | 29.4% | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 164 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 29.0% | 2024 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 165 | Madagascar, Republic of | 28.4% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 28.2% | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea | 28.2% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 168 | Tuvalu | 27.1% | 2024 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 169 | Nepal | 26.7% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 26.7% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 171 | Kyrgyz Republic | 26.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 172 | Papua New Guinea | 26.4% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 173 | Zimbabwe | 26.3% | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 174 | Guatemala | 26.0% | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 175 | Nigeria | 25.6% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 25.6% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 177 | Burundi | 25.5% | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 178 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 25.4% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 24.5% | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 180 | Chad | 23.8% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 181 | Nicaragua | 23.6% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 182 | Congo, Republic of | 23.0% | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 183 | Iraq | 22.5% | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Lebanon | 21.9% | 2024 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 185 | Turkmenistan | 21.6% | 2024 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 186 | Liberia | 21.2% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 187 | Palestine | 20.6% | 2024 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 188 | Comoros, Union of the | 20.5% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 189 | Mali | 20.5% | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 190 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 20.4% | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 191 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 18.3% | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.1% | 2024 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 193 | Libya | 16.6% | 2024 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 194 | Eritrea, The State of | 16.5% | 2024 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 195 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 15.7% | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 196 | Central African Republic | 14.2% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 197 | Myanmar | 13.3% | 2024 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 198 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.5% | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 199 | Syrian Arab Republic | 10.9% | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 200 | Sudan | 10.4% | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 201 | Yemen, Republic of | 7.7% | 2024 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 202 | Somalia | 7.2% | 2024 | up 342.9% | volatile |
| 203 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 5.8% | 2024 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 204 | Haiti | 4.6% | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 205 | South Sudan, Republic of | 2.1% | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |