Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Guatemala
Guatemala: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 28.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guatemala, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guatemala stood at 28.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guatemala peaked at 38.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 20.6%, in 2000.
That places Guatemala 166th 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 Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 24.0% | — |
| 1998 | 28.3% | +17.9% |
| 2000 | 20.6% | -27.1% |
| 2002 | 25.1% | +22.0% |
| 2003 | 24.8% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 25.6% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 25.5% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 29.2% | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 29.6% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 36.8% | +24.0% |
| 2009 | 38.0% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 37.0% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 35.6% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 35.4% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 35.9% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 37.2% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 35.8% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 35.3% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 34.6% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 32.7% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 31.8% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 30.9% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 28.8% | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 27.8% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 29.2% | +5.1% |
| 2025 | 28.7% | -1.7% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 28.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 43.9%, 65% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 28.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 44.2%, 65% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Guatemala 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 | -27.1% | 28.3% | 20.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.1% | 24.0% | 28.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.4% | 20.6% | 38.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 35.1% | 31.8% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.4% | 27.8% | 31.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More reference data data for Guatemala
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9286 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1246 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 18.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6786 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guatemala?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Guatemala was 28.7% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 38.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.6% in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Guatemala ranks 166th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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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