Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate by country
Countries reporting
202
Highest
0.444
American Samoa
Lowest
0.1773
Ghana
Median
0.2254
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,168
What the numbers show
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 0.444 in American Samoa; the lowest is 0.1773 in Ghana.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2254, and the mean is 0.2432.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 173 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 9.1%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 53.5%).
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 0.444 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Nauru | 0.4331 | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 2 | Palau | 0.4331 | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 4 | Greenland | 0.4169 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 5 | Andorra | 0.3869 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3869 | 2024 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 5 | Bermuda | 0.3869 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 5 | Guam | 0.3869 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3869 | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 5 | Monaco | 0.3869 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 5 | San Marino | 0.3869 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 5 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.3869 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 13 | Macao | 0.3466 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Dominica | 0.3425 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 14 | Grenada | 0.3425 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 0.3425 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3425 | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 18 | Fiji | 0.3374 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 18 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3374 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 18 | Kiribati | 0.3374 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 18 | Maldives | 0.3374 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 18 | Marshall Islands | 0.3374 | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 18 | Tuvalu | 0.3374 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 24 | Samoa | 0.3335 | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 25 | Aruba | 0.3173 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 25 | Cayman Islands | 0.3173 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 25 | Liechtenstein | 0.3173 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 0.3119 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 29 | Tonga | 0.3088 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 0.3088 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 31 | Palestine | 0.2952 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 0.2873 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 33 | Belize | 0.2862 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 34 | Barbados | 0.2822 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 0.2819 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 36 | Bahamas | 0.2814 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 37 | Seychelles | 0.2658 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 38 | East Timor | 0.2652 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 39 | Guyana | 0.2629 | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 39 | Suriname | 0.2629 | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 41 | Belarus | 0.2617 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 41 | Cuba | 0.2617 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 41 | North Korea | 0.2617 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 44 | Brunei | 0.2578 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2533 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 45 | Georgia | 0.2533 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 0.2533 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 45 | Montenegro | 0.2533 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 49 | Bhutan | 0.2522 | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 0.2504 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2504 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 52 | Syria | 0.2492 | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 54 | Myanmar | 0.2415 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 55 | Iran | 0.2393 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 0.2386 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 56 | Guatemala | 0.2386 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 56 | Panama | 0.2386 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 59 | Armenia | 0.2379 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 0.2379 | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 59 | Jamaica | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 63 | Japan | 0.2377 | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 64 | Australia | 0.2376 | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 0.2372 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 65 | Ecuador | 0.2372 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 65 | Paraguay | 0.2372 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 65 | Uruguay | 0.2372 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 69 | Canada | 0.2363 | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 69 | Israel | 0.2363 | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 69 | New Zealand | 0.2363 | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 69 | United States | 0.2363 | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 73 | Haiti | 0.236 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 74 | Malta | 0.236 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 75 | Albania | 0.2352 | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 76 | Moldova | 0.2339 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 76 | Serbia | 0.2339 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 78 | Switzerland | 0.2337 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 78 | Norway | 0.2337 | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 80 | Lebanon | 0.2334 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 0.233 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 0.2324 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 82 | Iceland | 0.2324 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 84 | Iraq | 0.2321 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2321 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 0.2321 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 85 | Nepal | 0.2321 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 0.2321 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 89 | Cambodia | 0.232 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 0.2303 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 91 | Comoros | 0.2303 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 92 | Mauritius | 0.2295 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 93 | Bolivia | 0.2291 | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 94 | Vietnam | 0.2284 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 95 | Qatar | 0.228 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 96 | El Salvador | 0.2278 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 97 | Yemen | 0.2276 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 0.227 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2254 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 99 | Oman | 0.2254 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 99 | Russia | 0.2254 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 99 | Ukraine | 0.2254 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 103 | Thailand | 0.2254 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 104 | Libya | 0.2249 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 105 | Argentina | 0.2249 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 105 | Brazil | 0.2249 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 105 | Chile | 0.2249 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 105 | Venezuela | 0.2249 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 109 | Bahrain | 0.2243 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 109 | China | 0.2243 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 0.2243 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 109 | Malaysia | 0.2243 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2243 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 114 | South Korea | 0.2242 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 114 | Singapore | 0.2242 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 116 | Eswatini | 0.2241 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 0.2241 | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 118 | Denmark | 0.2238 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 118 | Finland | 0.2238 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 118 | Luxembourg | 0.2238 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 118 | Netherlands | 0.2238 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 122 | Colombia | 0.2237 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 0.2237 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 122 | Peru | 0.2237 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 125 | Austria | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | Belgium | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | Cyprus | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 125 | Germany | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | Spain | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | France | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | Greece | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | Ireland | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | Italy | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | Portugal | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 125 | Sweden | 0.2226 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 136 | Turkey | 0.2209 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 137 | Kuwait | 0.2205 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 138 | South Sudan | 0.2203 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 139 | Honduras | 0.2187 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 0.2179 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 141 | Bangladesh | 0.2169 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 141 | Pakistan | 0.2169 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 143 | India | 0.2163 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 144 | Indonesia | 0.2162 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 144 | Philippines | 0.2162 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 146 | Mongolia | 0.216 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 147 | Gabon | 0.2158 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2139 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 149 | Lithuania | 0.2134 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 150 | Bulgaria | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Czechia | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Estonia | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 150 | Croatia | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Hungary | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 150 | Poland | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Romania | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Slovakia | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Slovenia | 0.2125 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 160 | Algeria | 0.2123 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 161 | Jordan | 0.2119 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 162 | Congo | 0.2103 | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 163 | Angola | 0.2097 | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 164 | Egypt | 0.2095 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2081 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 166 | Eritrea | 0.2057 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 168 | South Africa | 0.2054 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 169 | Central African Republic | 0.2048 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 170 | Botswana | 0.2045 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 170 | Namibia | 0.2045 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 172 | Morocco | 0.2038 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 172 | Tunisia | 0.2038 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 174 | Mauritania | 0.1993 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 175 | Burundi | 0.1959 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 176 | Somalia | 0.1948 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 177 | Rwanda | 0.1935 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 178 | Benin | 0.1928 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 178 | Lesotho | 0.1928 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 178 | Chad | 0.1928 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 0.1926 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 181 | Niger | 0.1926 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 183 | Nigeria | 0.1923 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 184 | Burkina Faso | 0.1918 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 184 | Madagascar | 0.1918 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 184 | Togo | 0.1918 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 187 | Sudan | 0.1909 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 188 | Guinea | 0.1845 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 188 | Liberia | 0.1845 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 188 | Mozambique | 0.1845 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 188 | Malawi | 0.1845 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 188 | Uganda | 0.1845 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 188 | Zambia | 0.1845 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 188 | Zimbabwe | 0.1845 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 195 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1844 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 196 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1838 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 196 | Cameroon | 0.1838 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 196 | Gambia | 0.1838 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 196 | Mali | 0.1838 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 196 | Senegal | 0.1838 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 196 | Sierra Leone | 0.1838 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 196 | Tanzania | 0.1838 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 203 | Kenya | 0.1779 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 204 | Ghana | 0.1773 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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