Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Nepal
Nepal: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 29.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Nepal, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 29.0% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.9% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Nepal peaked at 32.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 17.2%, in 2003.
Nepal ranks 164th of 206 countries on this measure, 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 19.8% | — |
| 1998 | 19.6% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 19.6% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 17.2% | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 17.2% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 27.1% | +57.7% |
| 2005 | 22.7% | -16.1% |
| 2006 | 22.7% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 24.2% | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 31.7% | +31.0% |
| 2009 | 30.5% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 32.3% | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 30.4% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 25.3% | -16.8% |
| 2013 | 26.4% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 29.2% | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 24.6% | -15.9% |
| 2016 | 27.8% | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 29.8% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 30.3% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 26.8% | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 26.9% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 26.9% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 27.6% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 30.1% | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 30.5% | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 29.0% | -4.9% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 29.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.3%, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 29.0% is below the median for South Asia, which is 39.4%, 74% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Nepal 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 | +57.7% | 17.2% | 27.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 19.6% | 19.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 23.6% | 17.2% | 31.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.3% | 24.6% | 32.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.5% | 26.9% | 30.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 161 Burkina Faso 29.7% compare
- 162 Mozambique 29.6% compare
- 163 Sao Tome and Principe 29.4% compare
- 165 Togo 28.8% compare
- 166 Guatemala 28.7% compare
- 167 Tuvalu 28.5% compare
More reference data data for Nepal
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7753 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7853 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.7974 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.28 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Nepal?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Nepal was 29.0% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 32.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.2% in 2003.
- How does Nepal rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Nepal ranks 164th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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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