Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Paraguay
Paraguay: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 39.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Paraguay, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Paraguay stood at 39.9%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Paraguay peaked at 39.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 15.3%, in 2002.
That places Paraguay 128th 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 Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 22.1% | — |
| 1998 | 16.7% | -24.6% |
| 2000 | 16.8% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 15.3% | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 21.5% | +39.8% |
| 2005 | 25.4% | +18.0% |
| 2006 | 27.0% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 27.0% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 31.6% | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 32.7% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 33.0% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 33.3% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 32.2% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 32.3% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 32.7% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 32.2% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 34.3% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 35.2% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 37.6% | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 38.2% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 36.1% | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 35.8% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 37.2% | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 38.6% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 39.8% | +3.2% |
| 2025 | 39.9% | +0.2% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 39.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 43.9%, 91% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 39.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 44.2%, 90% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Paraguay 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 | +39.8% | 15.4% | 21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.4% | 16.7% | 22.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 23.6% | 15.3% | 32.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 34.1% | 32.2% | 38.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.9% | 35.8% | 39.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More reference data data for Paraguay
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3166 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6344 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.06 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 29.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 3.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Paraguay?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Paraguay was 39.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 39.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.3% in 2002.
- How does Paraguay rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Paraguay ranks 128th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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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