Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Estonia
Estonia: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 76.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Estonia, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 76.1% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Estonia peaked at 76.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 43.5%, in 1998.
Estonia ranks 16th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 47.1% | — |
| 1998 | 43.5% | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 54.4% | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 57.1% | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 61.4% | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 61.6% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 62.4% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 64.7% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 64.0% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 67.4% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 65.3% | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 67.3% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 67.2% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 67.1% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 67.1% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 69.7% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 67.2% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 67.8% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 67.9% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 71.1% | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 69.5% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 69.9% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 72.8% | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 73.0% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 71.9% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 72.5% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 76.1% | +4.9% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 76.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 65.0%, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 76.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61.8%, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Estonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +25.0% | 43.5% | 54.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.3% | 43.5% | 47.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 62.0% | 54.4% | 67.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 68.2% | 67.1% | 71.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.7% | 69.9% | 76.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0328 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2652 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0363 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2652 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.193 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1743 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1975 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Estonia?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Estonia was 76.1% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.5% in 1998.
- How does Estonia rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Estonia ranks 16th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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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