Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Somalia
Somalia: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 6.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Somalia, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 6.8% 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 25.7% on the previous year and up 456.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Somalia peaked at 6.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1996.
Somalia ranks 201st of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.0% | — |
| 1998 | 0.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 1.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | — |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -57.6% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | +18.7% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | +135.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.3% | — |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +26.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | — |
| 2016 | 2.7% | +116.7% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -24.3% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | +22.5% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | +57.0% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 4.1% | +19.9% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | +37.6% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | -4.7% |
| 2025 | 6.8% | +25.7% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 6.8% is below the median for low income countries, which is 19.8%, 35% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 6.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 23% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 0.0% | 4.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 3.5% | 6.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More reference data data for Somalia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2637 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 10.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0493 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8842 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3652 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 41.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 43.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2685 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Somalia?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Somalia was 6.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1996.
- How does Somalia rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Somalia ranks 201st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 456.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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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