Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in South Sudan
South Sudan: Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.2248 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in South Sudan, 2011–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
South Sudan recorded 0.2248 for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in South Sudan peaked at 0.4684 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2248, in 2024.
That places South Sudan 94th 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 15 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Standard error of the governance estimate in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.4684 | — |
| 2012 | 0.3096 | -33.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2665 | -13.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2362 | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 0.2338 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2338 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2338 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2338 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2338 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2338 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2338 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.226 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.226 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2248 | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 0.2248 | +0.0% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 0.2248 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1926, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 0.2248 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1928, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2722 | 0.2338 | 0.4684 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.2282 | 0.2248 | 0.2338 | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
More reference data data for South Sudan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3667 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.41 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0368 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.41 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.23 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4032 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 33.2 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 62.9 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2004 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in South Sudan?
- Government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate in South Sudan was 0.2248 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4684 in 2011.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2248 in 2024.
- How does South Sudan rank for government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate?
- South Sudan ranks 94th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Sudan 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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