Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Kuwait
Kuwait: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.217 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.217
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
137th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.2964
in 1996
All-time low
0.217
in 2025
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Kuwait, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 0.217 for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Kuwait peaked at 0.2964 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.217, in 2025.
Kuwait ranks 137th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.2964 | — |
| 1998 | 0.2964 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2964 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2689 | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2689 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2689 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2689 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.245 | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 0.245 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.245 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.245 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.245 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.245 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.245 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.245 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2385 | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2385 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2385 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2385 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2385 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2385 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2385 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2385 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2181 | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 0.2181 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2181 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.217 | -0.5% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 0.217 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.2317, 94% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 0.217 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2219, 98% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2964 | 0.2964 | 0.2964 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2613 | 0.245 | 0.2964 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2411 | 0.2385 | 0.245 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2247 | 0.217 | 0.2385 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More reference data data for Kuwait
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0052 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Kuwait?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Kuwait was 0.217 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2964 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.217 in 2025.
- How does Kuwait rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Kuwait ranks 137th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait 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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