Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 27.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sierra Leone, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 27.1% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sierra Leone peaked at 27.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1998.
Sierra Leone ranks 176th 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5.5% | — |
| 1998 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 15.0% | — |
| 2005 | 16.7% | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 19.4% | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 20.7% | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 21.4% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 20.8% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 21.9% | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 21.9% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 23.8% | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 23.8% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 24.8% | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 23.2% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 25.3% | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 25.5% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 26.5% | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 26.0% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 26.6% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 25.7% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 26.5% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 26.1% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 26.0% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 27.1% | +4.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 27.1% is above the median for low income countries, which is 19.8%, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 27.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 91% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Sierra Leone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -100.0% | 5.5% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.8% | 0.0% | 5.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.7% | 0.0% | 21.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 21.9% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.3% | 25.7% | 27.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More reference data data for Sierra Leone
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0238 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0797 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6534 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sierra Leone?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sierra Leone was 27.1% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 27.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1998.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Sierra Leone ranks 176th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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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