Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Macao
Macao: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 64.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Macao, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Macao is 64.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Macao peaked at 64.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 40.8%, in 2000.
Macao ranks 38th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Macao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 41.1% | — |
| 1998 | 40.8% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 40.8% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 51.6% | +26.4% |
| 2003 | 62.1% | +20.5% |
| 2004 | 63.2% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 62.0% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 51.4% | -17.2% |
| 2007 | 51.4% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 51.9% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 63.1% | +21.7% |
| 2010 | 63.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 63.1% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 53.0% | -16.0% |
| 2013 | 53.0% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 64.7% | +22.1% |
| 2015 | 64.7% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 60.9% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 64.7% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 60.9% | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 60.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 60.8% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 60.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 60.8% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 60.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 60.8% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 64.8% | +6.5% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 64.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.0%, 100% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Macao's 64.8% 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 Macao 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +26.4% | 40.8% | 51.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.0% | 40.8% | 41.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 55.3% | 40.8% | 63.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 60.9% | 53.0% | 64.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.5% | 60.8% | 64.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More reference data data for Macao
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0073 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 4.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0073 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.037 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 4.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0544 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 0.0544 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 8.57 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Macao?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Macao was 64.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 64.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.8% in 2000.
- How does Macao rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Macao ranks 38th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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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