Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Maldives
Maldives: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.3393 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Maldives, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Maldives is 0.3393, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Maldives peaked at 0.4603 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.3393, in 2025.
That places Maldives 20th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.4603 | — |
| 1998 | 0.4603 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4603 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4603 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4603 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3975 | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3445 | -13.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3445 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.383 | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 0.383 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.383 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.383 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.383 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.383 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3435 | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 0.3435 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3435 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3393 | -1.2% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.3393 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2317, 1.5× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.3393 is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.2198, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4603 | 0.4603 | 0.4603 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.389 | 0.3445 | 0.4603 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3599 | 0.3445 | 0.383 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.356 | 0.3393 | 0.383 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More reference data data for Maldives
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Maldives?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Maldives was 0.3393 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4603 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3393 in 2025.
- How does Maldives rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Maldives ranks 20th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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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