Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Cameroon
Cameroon: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 42.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
42.3%
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
171st
of 206 countries
All-time high
47.5%
in 2014
All-time low
34.6%
in 2003
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon stood at 42.3%.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon peaked at 47.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 34.6%, in 2003.
That places Cameroon 171st out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 42.5% | — |
| 1998 | 39.4% | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 39.4% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 35.5% | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 34.6% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 38.2% | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 37.5% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 37.3% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 39.8% | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 42.4% | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 43.6% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 43.7% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 43.5% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 43.7% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 43.4% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 47.5% | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 46.3% | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 46.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 46.0% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 44.8% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 43.7% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 41.2% | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 41.8% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 41.9% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 42.0% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 41.7% | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 42.3% | +1.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 42.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 47.1%, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 42.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.6%, 99% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.0% | 39.4% | 42.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 38.7% | 34.6% | 43.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 44.9% | 43.4% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.8% | 41.2% | 42.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 168 Burkina Faso 42.6% compare
- 169 Eswatini 42.6% compare
- 170 Kyrgyzstan 42.5% compare
- 172 Mozambique 42.0% compare
- 173 Togo 41.7% compare
- 174 Nicaragua 41.5% compare
More reference data data for Cameroon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Cameroon was 42.3% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 47.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.6% in 2003.
- How does Cameroon rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Cameroon ranks 171st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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