Government Effectiveness in Botswana
Botswana: Government Effectiveness was 0.1779 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness in Botswana, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 0.1779 standard error for government effectiveness in 2011.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness in Botswana peaked at 0.249 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1654 standard error, in 2005.
That places Botswana 40th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2249 standard error | 0.2009 standard error | 0.249 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.1762 standard error | 0.1654 standard error | 0.2077 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1784 standard error | 0.1779 standard error | 0.1789 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 40 Burkina Faso 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Ghana 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Kenya 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Madagascar 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Mali 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Mozambique 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Nigeria 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Senegal 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Tanzania 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Uganda 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Zambia 0.1779 standard error compare
- 40 Zimbabwe 0.1779 standard error compare
More reference data data for Botswana
- Spring temperature anomalies -1.39 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.8179 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.391 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies -1.55 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Free country 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.76 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 202.64 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness in Botswana?
- Government effectiveness in Botswana was 0.1779 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest government effectiveness recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.249 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1654 standard error in 2005.
- How does Botswana rank for government effectiveness?
- Botswana ranks 40th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is government effectiveness rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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.