Government Effectiveness in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Government Effectiveness was 0.2285 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness in Sao Tome and Principe, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 0.2285 standard error for government effectiveness in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 0.3136 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2285 standard error, in 2011.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 4th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 0.2543 standard error | 0.2302 standard error | 0.2889 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.229 standard error | 0.2285 standard error | 0.2294 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 1 Comoros 0.2551 standard error compare
- 2 Seychelles 0.2402 standard error compare
- 3 Guinea-Bissau 0.2318 standard error compare
- 4 Equatorial Guinea 0.2285 standard error compare
- 7 Somalia 0.2232 standard error compare
More reference data data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.4106 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.2041 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.385 °C (2026)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Democracy 7 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Free country 2 (2025)
- Consumer price index 430.23 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 2 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Government effectiveness in Sao Tome and Principe was 0.2285 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest government effectiveness recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3136 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2285 standard error in 2011.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for government effectiveness?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 4th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is government effectiveness rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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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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.