Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Estonia
Estonia: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 90.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Estonia, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 90.0% for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Estonia peaked at 90.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 63.4%, in 1998.
That places Estonia 25th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 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 Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 69.9% | — |
| 1998 | 63.4% | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 72.4% | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 72.9% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 77.2% | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 77.1% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 77.9% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 80.0% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 79.4% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 82.8% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 80.7% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 82.6% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 82.6% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 82.5% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 82.4% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 85.0% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 82.6% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 83.1% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 83.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 86.5% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 84.8% | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 85.3% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 87.3% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 87.0% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 85.9% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 86.4% | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 90.0% | +4.1% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 90.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 82.9%, 1.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 90.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 76.5%, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.6% | 63.4% | 69.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 77.8% | 72.4% | 82.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 83.5% | 82.4% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.0% | 85.3% | 90.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Estonia?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Estonia was 90.0% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.4% in 1998.
- How does Estonia rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Estonia ranks 25th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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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