Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Qatar
Qatar: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.224 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Qatar, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Qatar stood at 0.224.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Qatar peaked at 0.2964 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2201, in 2022.
That places Qatar 96th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Qatar, 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 | 0.253 | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.253 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2353 | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2328 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2328 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2328 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2328 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2328 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2328 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2328 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2272 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2295 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2295 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2295 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2295 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2295 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2201 | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 0.2252 | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 0.2252 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.224 | -0.5% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 0.224 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.2317, 97% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 0.224 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2219, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2964 | 0.2964 | 0.2964 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2607 | 0.2328 | 0.2964 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2313 | 0.2272 | 0.2328 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2256 | 0.2201 | 0.2295 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More reference data data for Qatar
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0059 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0397 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0493 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0493 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0071 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1746 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2166 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0017 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Qatar?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Qatar was 0.224 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2964 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2201 in 2022.
- How does Qatar rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Qatar ranks 96th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Qatar 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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