Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 19.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Equatorial Guinea, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Equatorial Guinea is 19.1%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 21.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2000.
That places Equatorial Guinea 189th 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 Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9.6% | — |
| 1998 | 9.5% | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 9.5% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 9.5% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | +16.1% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 10.5% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 10.5% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | +48.6% |
| 2009 | 15.5% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 13.6% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14.5% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 21.5% | +48.5% |
| 2015 | 21.1% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 20.2% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 19.5% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 21.3% | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 20.8% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 19.7% | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 20.1% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 18.3% | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 18.7% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 19.0% | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 19.1% | +0.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 19.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 43.9%, 43% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 19.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 64% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +48.6% | 10.5% | 15.6% |
| 2014 | +48.5% | 14.5% | 21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 9.5% | 15.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 13.6% | 21.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 18.3% | 20.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More reference data data for Equatorial Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0013 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0083 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0083 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0402 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0358 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 1.11 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Equatorial Guinea?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Equatorial Guinea was 19.1% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 21.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 189th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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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