Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Eritrea
Eritrea: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 28.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eritrea, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 28.0% for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eritrea peaked at 43.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 28.0%, in 2025.
That places Eritrea 196th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 40.1% | — |
| 1998 | 39.9% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 39.8% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 43.2% | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 43.1% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 39.4% | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 42.2% | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 36.7% | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 36.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 36.3% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 36.0% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 35.1% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 33.8% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 32.9% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 30.7% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 33.2% | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 32.4% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 32.6% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 32.4% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 28.3% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 29.5% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 29.5% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 30.6% | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 29.8% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 28.4% | -4.7% |
| 2025 | 28.0% | -1.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 28.0% is below the median for low income countries, which is 33.8%, 83% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 28.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.6%, 66% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.0% | 39.9% | 40.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 39.3% | 36.0% | 43.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 28.3% | 35.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.3% | 28.0% | 30.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More reference data data for Eritrea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0531 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0485 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1781 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.073 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2642 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eritrea?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Eritrea was 28.0% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 43.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.0% in 2025.
- How does Eritrea rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Eritrea ranks 196th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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