Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
100.0%
Singapore
Lowest
16.1%
South Sudan
Median
58.9%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,187
What the numbers show
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Singapore; the lowest is 16.1% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.9%, and the mean is 60.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 30.2%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 31.8%).
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Japan | 99.5% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 98.1% | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 4 | Monaco | 97.5% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 95.7% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 6 | New Zealand | 94.8% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 7 | Norway | 94.6% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 94.6% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 9 | Liechtenstein | 94.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 10 | Australia | 94.1% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Finland | 93.8% | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 12 | Canada | 93.1% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 13 | Sweden | 92.9% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 14 | Netherlands | 92.5% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 15 | Bermuda | 92.4% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 91.1% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 17 | Greenland | 90.9% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 18 | Iceland | 90.8% | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 19 | Ireland | 89.8% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 20 | Germany | 88.5% | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 21 | Guam | 88.4% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Austria | 87.9% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 23 | South Korea | 87.4% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 24 | Andorra | 86.2% | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 25 | United States | 85.3% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 26 | Cayman Islands | 84.5% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 27 | Macao | 84.1% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 28 | Estonia | 83.3% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 83.0% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 81.8% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 31 | France | 81.8% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 32 | Israel | 81.7% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 33 | Belgium | 81.7% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 34 | Lithuania | 81.5% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 35 | San Marino | 81.1% | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 36 | Czechia | 81.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 37 | Qatar | 80.7% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 38 | American Samoa | 80.4% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 39 | Spain | 80.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 40 | Slovenia | 79.3% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 77.3% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 42 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 77.1% | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 43 | Portugal | 76.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 44 | Malaysia | 76.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | China | 75.9% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 46 | Brunei | 75.8% | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 75.3% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 48 | Aruba | 74.2% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 49 | Bahamas | 74.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 50 | Fiji | 73.9% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 51 | Italy | 73.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 73.7% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 53 | Mauritius | 73.5% | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 54 | Latvia | 72.6% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 55 | Uruguay | 72.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 56 | Barbados | 72.1% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.0% | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 58 | Seychelles | 72.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 59 | Croatia | 71.9% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 60 | Poland | 71.2% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 61 | Malta | 71.0% | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 62 | United States Virgin Islands | 71.0% | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 63 | Slovakia | 70.9% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 64 | Bhutan | 70.7% | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 65 | Samoa | 70.4% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 66 | Bahrain | 70.2% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 67 | Oman | 69.6% | 2024 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 68 | Georgia | 68.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 69 | Hungary | 67.9% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 67.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.5% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 72 | Cape Verde | 66.6% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 73 | Montenegro | 66.5% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 74 | Romania | 66.2% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 75 | India | 66.1% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 76 | Botswana | 66.0% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 77 | Nauru | 65.3% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 77 | Palau | 65.3% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 79 | Dominica | 65.2% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 80 | Albania | 64.9% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 81 | Kuwait | 64.7% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 64.5% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 83 | Rwanda | 64.3% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 84 | Moldova | 63.8% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 85 | Panama | 63.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 86 | Thailand | 63.5% | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 87 | Grenada | 62.7% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 88 | Jordan | 62.3% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 89 | Jamaica | 62.3% | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 90 | Greece | 62.2% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 62.2% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 92 | Argentina | 62.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 93 | Senegal | 61.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 61.7% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 61.3% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 96 | Morocco | 61.3% | 2024 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 61.1% | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 98 | Philippines | 61.0% | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 99 | Serbia | 60.8% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 100 | Tonga | 60.5% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 60.4% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 102 | Namibia | 59.8% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 58.9% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 58.8% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 105 | Micronesia (country) | 58.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 106 | Ghana | 58.2% | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 107 | Belize | 58.0% | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 108 | Kosovo | 57.8% | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 108 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 57.8% | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 110 | Guyana | 57.8% | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 111 | Maldives | 57.8% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 112 | Turkey | 57.0% | 2024 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 113 | Vietnam | 56.8% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 114 | Marshall Islands | 56.4% | 2024 | up 30.2% | flat |
| 115 | Colombia | 56.3% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 116 | Egypt | 56.1% | 2024 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 117 | Uzbekistan | 55.9% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 118 | Puerto Rico | 55.4% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 119 | El Salvador | 55.0% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 120 | Ecuador | 54.6% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 121 | Peru | 54.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 122 | Cuba | 54.4% | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 123 | Mexico | 54.2% | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 124 | Brazil | 54.2% | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 125 | Benin | 53.9% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 126 | Kiribati | 53.7% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 127 | South Africa | 53.5% | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 128 | Algeria | 53.2% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 129 | Tunisia | 53.2% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 130 | Cambodia | 53.0% | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 53.0% | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 132 | Russia | 52.3% | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 133 | Paraguay | 52.0% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 134 | Armenia | 51.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 135 | Tanzania | 51.5% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 136 | Kenya | 51.2% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 137 | Cote d'Ivoire | 51.1% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 138 | Suriname | 50.9% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 139 | Mongolia | 50.7% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 140 | Uganda | 50.4% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 141 | Tuvalu | 48.7% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 142 | Djibouti | 48.3% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 143 | Laos | 47.4% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 144 | Gabon | 47.2% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.1% | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 47.1% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 147 | Ukraine | 46.9% | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 148 | Zambia | 46.9% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 46.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 150 | Bolivia | 46.8% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 151 | Pakistan | 46.6% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 152 | Honduras | 46.3% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 153 | Bangladesh | 46.2% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 154 | Belarus | 46.0% | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 45.3% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 156 | Iran | 45.2% | 2024 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 44.9% | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 158 | Lesotho | 44.9% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 44.4% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 161 | Mozambique | 43.3% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 162 | Eswatini | 43.3% | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 163 | Mauritania | 43.3% | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 164 | Malawi | 43.1% | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 165 | Angola | 42.8% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 166 | Niger | 42.5% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 167 | East Timor | 42.3% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 168 | Togo | 41.9% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 169 | Cameroon | 41.6% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 170 | Nepal | 41.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 171 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.5% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 172 | Guatemala | 41.3% | 2024 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 173 | Papua New Guinea | 41.3% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 174 | Madagascar | 40.7% | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 40.4% | 2024 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 176 | Guinea | 40.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 39.9% | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 178 | Palestine | 39.4% | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | 38.4% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 180 | Nicaragua | 38.1% | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 181 | Burundi | 38.0% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 182 | Zimbabwe | 38.0% | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 183 | Nigeria | 37.9% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 184 | Iraq | 37.3% | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 185 | Lebanon | 36.8% | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 186 | Congo | 36.5% | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 187 | Equatorial Guinea | 36.3% | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 36.1% | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 189 | Comoros | 35.2% | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 190 | North Korea | 35.0% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 191 | Liberia | 33.0% | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 192 | Mali | 32.2% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 193 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.4% | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 194 | Libya | 30.9% | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 195 | Venezuela | 30.0% | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 196 | Eritrea | 29.6% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 197 | Myanmar | 28.7% | 2024 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 198 | Central African Republic | 27.2% | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 199 | Syria | 26.8% | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 24.3% | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 201 | Sudan | 22.5% | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 202 | Yemen | 22.2% | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 203 | Afghanistan | 21.7% | 2024 | down 27.9% | flat |
| 204 | Haiti | 19.7% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 205 | Somalia | 19.6% | 2024 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 206 | South Sudan | 16.1% | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |