Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Eswatini
Eswatini: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 27.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 27.8% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini peaked at 38.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2004.
That places Eswatini 171st 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 30.5% | — |
| 1998 | 30.2% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 30.2% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 30.3% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 19.6% | -35.3% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | -24.4% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 28.2% | +76.5% |
| 2007 | 27.6% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 34.1% | +23.4% |
| 2009 | 32.3% | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 37.0% | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 34.2% | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 37.4% | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 38.5% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 37.4% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 37.7% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 38.6% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 37.5% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 34.7% | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 33.8% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 31.4% | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 29.3% | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 31.3% | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 29.0% | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 26.1% | -10.0% |
| 2025 | 27.8% | +6.4% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 27.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.3%, 86% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 27.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 94% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +76.5% | 16.0% | 28.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.3% | 30.2% | 30.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.9% | 14.8% | 34.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 36.7% | 33.8% | 38.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.1% | 26.1% | 31.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More reference data data for Eswatini
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0203 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3059 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3309 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0048 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3309 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0679 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0557 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.026 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eswatini was 27.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 38.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2004.
- How does Eswatini rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Eswatini ranks 171st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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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