Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Niger
Niger: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 28.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Niger, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Niger stood at 28.2%.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Niger peaked at 32.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 2000.
Niger ranks 168th 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 12.3% | — |
| 1998 | 12.1% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 12.1% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 19.4% | +60.4% |
| 2003 | 19.4% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 27.0% | +39.4% |
| 2005 | 29.5% | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 28.1% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 27.8% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 28.1% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 29.5% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 27.8% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 29.1% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 31.5% | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 31.4% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 32.3% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 32.3% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 32.8% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 31.5% | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 31.8% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 30.6% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 30.9% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 31.5% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 32.0% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 28.1% | -12.2% |
| 2025 | 28.2% | +0.4% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 28.2% is above the median for low income countries, which is 19.8%, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Niger's 28.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 95% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Niger 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 | +60.4% | 12.1% | 19.4% |
| 2004 | +39.4% | 19.4% | 27.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.5% | 12.1% | 29.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 31.1% | 27.8% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.3% | 28.1% | 32.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More reference data data for Niger
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2425 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 9.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 9.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8132 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3983 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 37.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 42.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 3.1 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Niger?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Niger was 28.2% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 32.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 2000.
- How does Niger rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Niger ranks 168th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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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