Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Cameroon
Cameroon: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 29.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 29.9% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon peaked at 34.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2002.
Cameroon ranks 160th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 22.6% | — |
| 1998 | 19.5% | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 19.5% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 17.4% | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 18.0% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 23.7% | +31.7% |
| 2005 | 23.6% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 23.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 26.0% | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 28.7% | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 29.8% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 30.0% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 29.8% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 30.0% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 30.6% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 34.7% | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 33.5% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 33.6% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 33.2% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 32.0% | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 30.9% | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 28.4% | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 29.0% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 29.5% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 29.6% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 29.3% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 29.9% | +1.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 29.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.3%, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 29.9% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Cameroon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +31.7% | 18.0% | 23.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.1% | 19.5% | 22.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 23.4% | 17.4% | 29.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 31.8% | 29.8% | 34.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.3% | 28.4% | 29.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 157 Tajikistan 30.7% compare
- 158 Papua New Guinea 30.2% compare
- 159 Mauritania 30.2% compare
- 161 Burkina Faso 29.7% compare
- 162 Mozambique 29.6% compare
- 163 Sao Tome and Principe 29.4% compare
More reference data data for Cameroon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon was 29.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 34.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2002.
- How does Cameroon rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Cameroon ranks 160th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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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