Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Gabon
Gabon: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 33.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Gabon, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Gabon is 33.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Gabon peaked at 33.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2004.
Gabon ranks 144th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Gabon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 31.4% | — |
| 1998 | 25.9% | -17.4% |
| 2000 | 25.9% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 26.0% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 17.4% | -32.9% |
| 2005 | 18.5% | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 25.3% | +36.6% |
| 2007 | 25.3% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 25.1% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 28.3% | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 28.9% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 25.0% | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 24.1% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 27.4% | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 30.2% | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 30.2% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 27.6% | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 29.2% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 29.1% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 28.3% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 31.5% | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 31.7% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 31.2% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 32.2% | +3.0% |
| 2025 | 33.9% | +5.6% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 33.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 43.9%, 77% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 33.9% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Gabon 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 | +36.6% | 18.5% | 25.3% |
| 2004 | -32.9% | 26.0% | 17.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.7% | 25.9% | 31.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.2% | 17.4% | 28.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.1% | 24.1% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.5% | 28.3% | 33.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 34.3% compare
- 142 Russia 34.3% compare
- 143 Puerto Rico 34.2% compare
- 145 Malawi 33.8% compare
- 146 Marshall Islands 33.6% compare
- 147 Kiribati 33.5% compare
More reference data data for Gabon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0505 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0931 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0031 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0931 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.107 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1347 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2352 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5278 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Gabon?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Gabon was 33.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 33.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2004.
- How does Gabon rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Gabon ranks 144th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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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