Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Sudan
Sudan: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 5.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sudan, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 5.9% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.5% on the previous year and down 67.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sudan peaked at 20.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2025.
That places Sudan 203rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16.3% | — |
| 1998 | 16.2% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 12.8% | -21.0% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | -28.6% |
| 2004 | 16.5% | +80.6% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 20.7% | +46.7% |
| 2007 | 20.5% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 17.7% | -13.9% |
| 2009 | 19.5% | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 16.9% | -13.2% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 17.1% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 17.7% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 17.7% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 18.0% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 18.5% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 19.4% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 13.9% | -28.5% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 12.9% | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 8.1% | -37.5% |
| 2024 | 7.1% | -11.9% |
| 2025 | 5.9% | -16.5% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 5.9% is below the median for low income countries, which is 19.8%, 30% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 5.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 20% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.2% | 16.2% | 16.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.3% | 9.1% | 20.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 13.9% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 5.9% | 15.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More reference data data for Sudan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5846 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.81 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.69 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4356 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 19.69 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.96 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.8148 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 80.68 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 93.88 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.37 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sudan?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sudan was 5.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 20.7% in 2006.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2025.
- How does Sudan rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Sudan ranks 203rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan 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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