Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Palau
Palau: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.3876 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Palau, 2008–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Palau is 0.3876, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is 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 Palau peaked at 0.93 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.3876, in 2025.
That places Palau 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.93 | — |
| 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% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 0.3876 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2317, 1.7× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Palau'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 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6886 | 0.4473 | 0.93 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4373 | 0.3876 | 0.4473 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 9 Greenland 0.3914 compare
- 10 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3896 compare
- 11 Nauru 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 Palau
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0.0935 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament and government, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Palau?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Palau was 0.3876 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.93 in 2008.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3876 in 2025.
- How does Palau rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Palau ranks 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palau 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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