Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.2449 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.2449
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
50th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.3388
in 1996
All-time low
0.2449
in 2024
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Equatorial Guinea, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Equatorial Guinea stood at 0.2449. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.3388 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2449, in 2024.
That places Equatorial Guinea 50th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.3388 | — |
| 1998 | 0.3388 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3388 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3388 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3388 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3113 | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3113 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3113 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3113 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3113 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3388 | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3113 | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3113 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3113 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2676 | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2676 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2676 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2845 | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2845 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2599 | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2599 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2599 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2599 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2465 | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 0.2465 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2449 | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 0.2449 | +0.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.2449 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2317, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.2449 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1928, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3388 | 0.3388 | 0.3388 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3235 | 0.3113 | 0.3388 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2825 | 0.2599 | 0.3113 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2504 | 0.2449 | 0.2599 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More reference data data for Equatorial Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0013 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0083 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0083 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0402 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0358 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 1.11 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Equatorial Guinea?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Equatorial Guinea was 0.2449 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3388 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2449 in 2024.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 50th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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