Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Kenya
Kenya: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 44.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kenya, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kenya is 44.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kenya peaked at 44.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 18.5%, in 2002.
That places Kenya 105th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 34.8% | — |
| 1998 | 21.5% | -38.1% |
| 2000 | 21.5% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 18.5% | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 19.8% | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 29.4% | +48.8% |
| 2005 | 29.9% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 31.1% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 33.7% | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 35.1% | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 35.3% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 37.3% | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 36.8% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 38.2% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 39.4% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 39.5% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 40.9% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 41.9% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 42.4% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 41.4% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 42.7% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 40.7% | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 41.0% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 41.3% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 42.2% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 42.5% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 44.5% | +4.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 44.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.3%, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 44.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Kenya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +48.8% | 19.8% | 29.4% |
| 1998 | -38.1% | 34.8% | 21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.2% | 21.5% | 34.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.3% | 18.5% | 35.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 40.0% | 36.8% | 42.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.0% | 40.7% | 44.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More reference data data for Kenya
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 12.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.377 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 68.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kenya?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kenya was 44.5% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 44.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.5% in 2002.
- How does Kenya rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Kenya ranks 105th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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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