Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
0.396
Andorra
Lowest
0.1791
Kenya
Median
0.2221
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,392
What the numbers show
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 0.396 in Andorra; the lowest is 0.1791 in Kenya.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2221, and the mean is 0.2395.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 177 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 9.0%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 17.2%).
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 0.396 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 1 | American Samoa | 0.396 | 2025 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 0.396 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 1 | Guam | 0.396 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.396 | 2025 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 0.396 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 1 | San Marino | 0.396 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.396 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 9 | Greenland | 0.3914 | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3896 | 2025 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 11 | Nauru | 0.3876 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 11 | Palau | 0.3876 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 13 | Dominica | 0.3493 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 14 | Grenada | 0.3449 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 0.3449 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 14 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3449 | 2025 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 17 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3435 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 17 | Marshall Islands | 0.3435 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 17 | Tuvalu | 0.3435 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 20 | Kiribati | 0.3393 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 20 | Maldives | 0.3393 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 20 | Samoa | 0.3393 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 23 | Macao | 0.3388 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 0.3116 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 24 | Tonga | 0.3116 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 0.3116 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 27 | Aruba | 0.3105 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 27 | Cayman Islands | 0.3105 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 27 | Liechtenstein | 0.3105 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 30 | Palestine | 0.2901 | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 31 | Puerto Rico | 0.2824 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 32 | Fiji | 0.2808 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 33 | Belize | 0.2797 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 0.277 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 35 | Barbados | 0.277 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 36 | Bahamas | 0.2769 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 37 | Seychelles | 0.264 | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 38 | Guyana | 0.2594 | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 39 | Suriname | 0.2576 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 40 | East Timor | 0.2571 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 41 | Belarus | 0.2541 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 41 | Cuba | 0.2541 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 41 | North Korea | 0.2541 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 44 | Brunei | 0.2523 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 45 | Hong Kong | 0.2483 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.246 | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 46 | Georgia | 0.246 | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 0.246 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 46 | Montenegro | 0.246 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 50 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2449 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 51 | Bhutan | 0.2444 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 0.2437 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 53 | Kosovo | 0.241 | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 54 | Myanmar | 0.2378 | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 55 | Canada | 0.2366 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 55 | Israel | 0.2366 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 55 | New Zealand | 0.2366 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 55 | United States | 0.2366 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 59 | Australia | 0.2365 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 59 | Japan | 0.2365 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 61 | Iran | 0.2336 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 61 | Russia | 0.2336 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 61 | Ukraine | 0.2336 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 64 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.2335 | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Switzerland | 0.2323 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 0.2323 | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 65 | Iceland | 0.2323 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 65 | Norway | 0.2323 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 69 | Armenia | 0.2323 | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 0.2323 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 0.2323 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2323 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 0.2317 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 0.2317 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Ecuador | 0.2317 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Guatemala | 0.2317 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Panama | 0.2317 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Paraguay | 0.2317 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Uruguay | 0.2317 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 80 | Haiti | 0.2299 | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 81 | Malta | 0.2296 | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 82 | Albania | 0.2283 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 82 | Moldova | 0.2283 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 82 | Serbia | 0.2283 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 85 | Lebanon | 0.228 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 0.227 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 87 | Iraq | 0.2267 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2261 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 88 | Laos | 0.2261 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 88 | Nepal | 0.2261 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 0.2261 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 92 | Cambodia | 0.226 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 93 | Mauritius | 0.2258 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 94 | South Sudan | 0.2248 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 95 | Syria | 0.2245 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 96 | Qatar | 0.224 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 0.223 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 0.2229 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 98 | Yemen | 0.2229 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 100 | Venezuela | 0.2225 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 101 | Cape Verde | 0.2224 | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 102 | Bolivia | 0.2223 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 102 | El Salvador | 0.2223 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 104 | Bahrain | 0.2219 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 104 | China | 0.2219 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 0.2219 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 104 | Oman | 0.2219 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2219 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 109 | South Korea | 0.2218 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 109 | Malaysia | 0.2218 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 109 | Singapore | 0.2218 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 109 | Thailand | 0.2218 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Argentina | 0.2213 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Brazil | 0.2213 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Chile | 0.2213 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 113 | Colombia | 0.2213 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Mexico | 0.2213 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Peru | 0.2213 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 119 | Libya | 0.2212 | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 120 | Eswatini | 0.2203 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 121 | Austria | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Belgium | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Cyprus | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 121 | Germany | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Denmark | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Spain | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Finland | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | France | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Greece | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Ireland | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Italy | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 121 | Netherlands | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Portugal | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 121 | Sweden | 0.2195 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 136 | Turkey | 0.2183 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 137 | Kuwait | 0.217 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 138 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2159 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 139 | Comoros | 0.2146 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 140 | Honduras | 0.214 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 141 | India | 0.2136 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 142 | Indonesia | 0.2135 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 0.2135 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 142 | Vietnam | 0.2135 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 145 | Mongolia | 0.2122 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 0.2121 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 146 | Sri Lanka | 0.2121 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 146 | Pakistan | 0.2121 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 0.2121 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 150 | Gabon | 0.2118 | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 151 | Jordan | 0.2092 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 152 | Algeria | 0.209 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Czechia | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Estonia | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 153 | Croatia | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Hungary | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Lithuania | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 153 | Latvia | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 153 | Poland | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Romania | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Slovakia | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Slovenia | 0.2076 | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 164 | Congo | 0.2073 | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 165 | Angola | 0.2062 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 166 | Eritrea | 0.206 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 167 | Burundi | 0.2051 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 167 | Central African Republic | 0.2051 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 167 | Djibouti | 0.2051 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 170 | South Africa | 0.2047 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 171 | Botswana | 0.2038 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 171 | Namibia | 0.2038 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 173 | Egypt | 0.2012 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 174 | Morocco | 0.2007 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 174 | Tunisia | 0.2007 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 176 | Mauritania | 0.1992 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1944 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 178 | Rwanda | 0.1938 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 178 | Chad | 0.1938 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 180 | Benin | 0.1934 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 180 | Lesotho | 0.1934 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 182 | Somalia | 0.193 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 183 | Burkina Faso | 0.1926 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 0.1926 | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 183 | Guinea | 0.1926 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 183 | Madagascar | 0.1926 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 183 | Niger | 0.1926 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 183 | Togo | 0.1926 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 183 | Uganda | 0.1926 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 190 | Sudan | 0.1915 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 191 | Nigeria | 0.1907 | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 192 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1848 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 193 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Cameroon | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Gambia | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 193 | Liberia | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Mali | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Mozambique | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Malawi | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Senegal | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Sierra Leone | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Tanzania | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Zambia | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 193 | Zimbabwe | 0.1844 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 205 | Ghana | 0.1791 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 205 | Kenya | 0.1791 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |