Government Effectiveness in Eritrea
Eritrea: Government Effectiveness was 0.2177 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness in Eritrea, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
In 2011, government effectiveness in Eritrea stood at 0.2177 standard error.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness in Eritrea peaked at 0.3136 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2162 standard error, in 2009.
That places Eritrea 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 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 | 0.2914 standard error | 0.2692 standard error | 0.3136 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2363 standard error | 0.2162 standard error | 0.2759 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2184 standard error | 0.2177 standard error | 0.2191 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More reference data data for Eritrea
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.03 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.6441 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.4557 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.253 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.3232 °C (2025)
- Democracy 0 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness in Eritrea?
- Government effectiveness in Eritrea was 0.2177 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest government effectiveness recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3136 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2162 standard error in 2009.
- How does Eritrea rank for government effectiveness?
- Eritrea ranks 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is government effectiveness rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.