Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Benin
Benin: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 42.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Benin, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Benin stood at 42.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Benin peaked at 42.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19.6%, in 2000.
That places Benin 114th 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: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 19.8% | — |
| 1998 | 19.6% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 19.6% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 27.0% | +38.0% |
| 2003 | 26.9% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 34.4% | +27.8% |
| 2005 | 33.2% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 31.5% | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 33.2% | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 37.9% | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 39.3% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 38.8% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 39.2% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 38.7% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 38.2% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 38.9% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 37.2% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 38.0% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 38.6% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 40.9% | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 41.7% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 42.8% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 41.8% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 41.4% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 41.4% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 41.6% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 42.4% | +2.1% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 42.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.3%, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 42.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +38.0% | 19.6% | 27.0% |
| 2004 | +27.8% | 26.9% | 34.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 19.6% | 19.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 31.4% | 19.6% | 39.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 39.0% | 37.2% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.9% | 41.4% | 42.8% | 6 |
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More reference data data for Benin
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1562 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6635 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5244 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8505 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Benin?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Benin was 42.4% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 42.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.6% in 2000.
- How does Benin rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Benin ranks 114th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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