Government Effectiveness in Benin
Benin: Government Effectiveness was 0.1892 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness in Benin, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.1892 standard error for government effectiveness in 2011.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness in Benin peaked at 0.3136 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1743 standard error, in 2006.
That places Benin 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2914 standard error | 0.2692 standard error | 0.3136 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2157 standard error | 0.1743 standard error | 0.2759 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1896 standard error | 0.1892 standard error | 0.19 standard error | 2 |
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More reference data data for Benin
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.1837 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.3347 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 1.48 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.2392 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 1.5 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 123.58 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness in Benin?
- Government effectiveness in Benin was 0.1892 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest government effectiveness recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3136 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1743 standard error in 2006.
- How does Benin rank for government effectiveness?
- Benin ranks 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is government effectiveness rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Institute, published as part of Government Effectiveness (standard error). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
See definition GV.GOVT.EF.ES. Inherent to all Governance Indicators is a margin of error, which might vary from country to country, normally attributable to two factors: (i) cross-country differences in the number of sources in which a country appears, and (ii) differences in the precision of the sources in which each country appears.