Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Somalia
Somalia: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.193 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Somalia, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Somalia is 0.193, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Somalia peaked at 0.3679 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.193, in 2025.
That places Somalia 182nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.3679 | — |
| 1998 | 0.3679 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3679 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3189 | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3189 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2571 | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2571 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2571 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2571 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2571 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2265 | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2364 | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2364 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2364 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2155 | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2155 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2155 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2155 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2069 | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2069 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2069 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2069 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2086 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.2015 | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2015 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1952 | -3.1% |
| 2025 | 0.193 | -1.1% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.193 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1926, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.193 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1928, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3679 | 0.3679 | 0.3679 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2797 | 0.2265 | 0.3679 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2192 | 0.2069 | 0.2364 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2011 | 0.193 | 0.2086 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More reference data data for Somalia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2637 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 10.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0493 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8842 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3652 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 41.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 43.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2685 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Somalia?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in Somalia was 0.193 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3679 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.193 in 2025.
- How does Somalia rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Somalia ranks 182nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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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