Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Congo
Congo: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 21.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Congo, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Congo recorded 21.4% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Congo peaked at 28.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 2000.
That places Congo 186th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 12.3% | — |
| 1998 | 12.1% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 12.1% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 12.2% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 12.1% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 18.7% | +54.0% |
| 2005 | 16.3% | -12.7% |
| 2006 | 17.1% | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 16.6% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 21.7% | +30.8% |
| 2009 | 21.7% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 21.9% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 22.2% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 23.3% | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 22.5% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 26.1% | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 28.1% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 28.5% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 27.1% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 24.8% | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 24.7% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 20.2% | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 19.9% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 21.3% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 21.7% | +4.8% |
| 2025 | 21.4% | -1.5% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 21.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.3%, 66% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Congo's 21.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 72% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Congo 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 | +54.0% | 12.1% | 18.7% |
| 2008 | +30.8% | 16.6% | 21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.5% | 12.1% | 21.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 24.9% | 21.9% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.9% | 19.9% | 21.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More reference data data for Congo
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1866 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0031 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0668 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0724 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9126 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.017 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Congo?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Congo was 21.4% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 28.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 2000.
- How does Congo rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Congo ranks 186th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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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