Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Serbia
Serbia: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 45.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Serbia, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Serbia stood at 45.4%.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Serbia peaked at 48.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 21.5%, in 1998.
Serbia ranks 101st of 206 countries on this measure, 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 Serbia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 29.4% | — |
| 1998 | 21.5% | -26.7% |
| 2000 | 21.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 31.0% | +43.9% |
| 2003 | 30.3% | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 37.6% | +24.3% |
| 2005 | 35.3% | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 36.7% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 36.5% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 39.9% | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 41.5% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 41.2% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 40.2% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 40.2% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 41.9% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 47.8% | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 45.2% | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 46.9% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 47.9% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 48.7% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 47.4% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 45.1% | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 46.0% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 48.6% | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 47.6% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 46.4% | -2.6% |
| 2025 | 45.4% | -2.2% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 45.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 43.9%, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 45.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61.8%, 73% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Serbia 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 | +43.9% | 21.5% | 31.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.5% | 21.5% | 29.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 34.5% | 21.5% | 41.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 40.2% | 48.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.5% | 45.1% | 48.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 98 United States Virgin Islands 46.3% compare
- 99 Turkey 45.6% compare
- 100 Dominican Republic 45.4% compare
- 102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.3% compare
- 103 Samoa 45.1% compare
- 104 South Africa 45.0% compare
More reference data data for Serbia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6055 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3321 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3467 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 15.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.89 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Serbia?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Serbia was 45.4% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 48.7% in 2018.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.5% in 1998.
- How does Serbia rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Serbia ranks 101st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia 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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