Government Effectiveness in Liberia
Liberia: Government Effectiveness was 0.1974 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness in Liberia, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 0.1974 standard error for government effectiveness in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness in Liberia peaked at 0.2873 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1974 standard error, in 2011.
Liberia ranks 19th of 53 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.2629 standard error | 0.2385 standard error | 0.2873 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2402 standard error | 0.198 standard error | 0.2724 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1976 standard error | 0.1974 standard error | 0.1977 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More reference data data for Liberia
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.446 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2305 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.4208 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.3811 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 496 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4456 °C (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 4 (2025)
- Free country 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness in Liberia?
- Government effectiveness in Liberia was 0.1974 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest government effectiveness recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2873 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1974 standard error in 2011.
- How does Liberia rank for government effectiveness?
- Liberia ranks 19th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is government effectiveness rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.