Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Palau
Palau: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 41.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Palau, 2008–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Palau stood at 41.5%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.9% on the previous year and up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Palau peaked at 41.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2010.
Palau ranks 117th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12.5% | — |
| 2009 | 12.7% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | -20.1% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | +50.7% |
| 2012 | 15.3% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 16.8% | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 30.4% | +80.6% |
| 2016 | 30.4% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 30.4% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 37.1% | +22.1% |
| 2019 | 37.2% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 36.4% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 36.4% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 35.8% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 35.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 36.4% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 41.5% | +13.9% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 41.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.0%, 64% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Palau's 41.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 46.9%, 88% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Palau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +80.6% | 16.8% | 30.4% |
| 2011 | +50.7% | 10.1% | 15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 23.8% | 10.1% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.0% | 35.8% | 41.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palau
More reference data data for Palau
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0.0935 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament and government, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Palau?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Palau was 41.5% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 41.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2010.
- How does Palau rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Palau ranks 117th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau 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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