Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Kuwait
Kuwait: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 50.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kuwait, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 50.3% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kuwait peaked at 50.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 33.7%, in 2000.
That places Kuwait 79th 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 41.6% | — |
| 1998 | 33.7% | -18.9% |
| 2000 | 33.7% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 40.8% | +20.9% |
| 2003 | 44.4% | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 43.8% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 43.2% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 41.5% | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 40.6% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 42.4% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 46.0% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 46.5% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 44.8% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 44.2% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 44.0% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 46.7% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 48.8% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 44.5% | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 44.4% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 46.9% | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 42.4% | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 42.2% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 44.8% | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 50.2% | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 49.1% | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 48.4% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 50.3% | +4.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 50.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.0%, 77% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 50.3% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 41.4%, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.6% | 33.7% | 41.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 41.8% | 33.7% | 46.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 45.3% | 42.4% | 48.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.5% | 42.2% | 50.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More reference data data for Kuwait
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0052 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kuwait?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Kuwait was 50.3% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 50.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.7% in 2000.
- How does Kuwait rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Kuwait ranks 79th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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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