Government Effectiveness in Eswatini
Eswatini: Government Effectiveness was 0.2104 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness in Eswatini, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 0.2104 standard error for government effectiveness in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness in Eswatini peaked at 0.3136 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2104 standard error, in 2011.
Eswatini ranks 9th of 53 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.2507 standard error | 0.226 standard error | 0.2889 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2115 standard error | 0.2104 standard error | 0.2125 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More reference data data for Eswatini
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.5399 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.45 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3694 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.6507 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.7504 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Consumer price index 166.82 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Free country 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness in Eswatini?
- Government effectiveness in Eswatini was 0.2104 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest government effectiveness recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3136 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2104 standard error in 2011.
- How does Eswatini rank for government effectiveness?
- Eswatini ranks 9th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is government effectiveness rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.