Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Yemen
Yemen: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 6.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Yemen, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Yemen stood at 6.5%.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and down 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Yemen peaked at 27.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2021.
Yemen ranks 202nd of 206 countries on this measure, 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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 21.7% | — |
| 1998 | 16.2% | -25.3% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 15.3% | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 17.1% | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 21.4% | +24.8% |
| 2006 | 26.6% | +24.3% |
| 2007 | 27.0% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 27.0% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 24.5% | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 23.2% | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | -10.1% |
| 2012 | 21.3% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 22.8% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 17.1% | -25.1% |
| 2015 | 13.6% | -20.1% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 9.7% | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 5.7% | -41.4% |
| 2019 | 5.2% | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 4.5% | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 8.1% | +87.4% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | -26.7% |
| 2024 | 6.1% | +3.1% |
| 2025 | 6.5% | +6.6% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 6.5% is below the median for low income countries, which is 19.8%, 33% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 6.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 41.4%, 16% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Yemen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +87.4% | 4.3% | 8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.9% | 16.2% | 21.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.1% | 15.3% | 27.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 5.2% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 4.3% | 8.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More reference data data for Yemen
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1676 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0827 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5619 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2189 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 15.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 17.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4503 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Yemen?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Yemen was 6.5% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 27.0% in 2008.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2021.
- How does Yemen rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Yemen ranks 202nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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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