Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Nauru
Nauru: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.3876 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Nauru, 2007–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Nauru is 0.3876, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.3% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Nauru peaked at 0.93 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.3876, in 2025.
Nauru ranks 11th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Nauru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.93 | — |
| 2008 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.93 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4473 | -51.9% |
| 2016 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4473 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3876 | -13.3% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 0.3876 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2317, 1.7× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 0.3876 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2503, 1.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.6886 | 0.4473 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4373 | 0.3876 | 0.4473 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
- 9 Greenland 0.3914 compare
- 10 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3896 compare
- 11 Palau 0.3876 compare
- 13 Dominica 0.3493 compare
- 14 Grenada 0.3449 compare
- 14 Saint Lucia 0.3449 compare
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3449 compare
More reference data data for Nauru
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0015 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 0.2246 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Nauru?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Nauru was 0.3876 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.93 in 2007.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3876 in 2025.
- How does Nauru rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Nauru ranks 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nauru 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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