Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Guam
Guam: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 63.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guam, 2004–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guam stood at 63.9%.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guam peaked at 65.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.1%, in 2006.
That places Guam 41st out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Guam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 41.7% | — |
| 2005 | 30.1% | -27.8% |
| 2006 | 30.1% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 30.1% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 30.6% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 30.7% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 30.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 30.7% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 30.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 30.7% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 52.3% | +70.6% |
| 2015 | 52.3% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 52.3% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 52.3% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 52.3% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 52.4% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 52.2% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 52.2% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 58.5% | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 58.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 65.5% | +12.1% |
| 2025 | 63.9% | -2.5% |
Guam compared with similar countries
- Guam's 63.9% is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.0%, 98% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Guam's 63.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 46.9%, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Guam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +70.6% | 30.7% | 52.3% |
| 2005 | -27.8% | 41.7% | 30.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.2% | 30.1% | 41.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 43.7% | 30.7% | 52.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.5% | 52.2% | 65.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guam
More reference data data for Guam
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.004 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.0037 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 0.0037 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 0.0037 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0052 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0012 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guam?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guam was 63.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Guam?
- The highest recorded value was 65.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Guam?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.1% in 2006.
- How does Guam rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Guam ranks 41st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Guam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guam 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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