Government Effectiveness in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Government Effectiveness was 0.2083 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness in Cape Verde, 1998–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 0.2083 standard error for government effectiveness in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 46.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness in Cape Verde peaked at 0.4133 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.2083 standard error, in 2011.
Cape Verde ranks 11th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4133 standard error | 0.4133 standard error | 0.4133 standard error | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2584 standard error | 0.2223 standard error | 0.3861 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2086 standard error | 0.2083 standard error | 0.2089 standard error | 2 |
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More reference data data for Cape Verde
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.3107 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.56 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.1352 °C (2026)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Consumer price index 131.1 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.375 °C (2025)
- Democracy 7 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.2626 °C (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness in Cape Verde?
- Government effectiveness in Cape Verde was 0.2083 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest government effectiveness recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4133 standard error in 1998.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2083 standard error in 2011.
- How does Cape Verde rank for government effectiveness?
- Cape Verde ranks 11th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is government effectiveness rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.