Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Zambia
Zambia: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 38.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Zambia, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 38.2% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Zambia peaked at 38.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11.8%, in 2000.
Zambia ranks 134th 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11.9% | — |
| 1998 | 11.8% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 11.8% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 18.5% | +57.0% |
| 2003 | 18.5% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 23.6% | +27.8% |
| 2005 | 26.1% | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 25.4% | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 26.7% | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 32.3% | +20.9% |
| 2009 | 33.9% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 34.0% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 36.4% | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 36.9% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 36.5% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 38.5% | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 37.0% | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 37.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 38.1% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 37.0% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 33.9% | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 30.5% | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 30.8% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 33.8% | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 34.2% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 37.3% | +9.0% |
| 2025 | 38.2% | +2.4% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 38.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.3%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 38.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Zambia 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 | +57.0% | 11.8% | 18.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.8% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.1% | 11.8% | 33.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 36.5% | 33.9% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.1% | 30.5% | 38.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More reference data data for Zambia
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.0386 (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.0941 (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.018 (2026)
- Country level monthly temperature anomalies 0.3261 (2026)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Exchange rate, old LCU per USD extended forward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Urban area long term, annual growth rate 3.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban area long term, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban area long term, per capita 0.0001 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Zambia?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Zambia was 38.2% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 38.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8% in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Zambia ranks 134th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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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