Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Japan
Japan: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 100.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 206 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2022
All-time low
84.0%
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Japan, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Japan recorded 100.0% for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Japan peaked at 100.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 84.0%, in 1996.
Japan ranks 1st of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 84.0% | — |
| 1998 | 85.3% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 89.1% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 87.5% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 87.3% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 87.6% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 89.3% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 90.1% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 87.1% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 88.0% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 88.6% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 88.7% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 88.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 88.4% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 90.8% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 96.8% | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 95.6% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 97.7% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 95.7% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 97.9% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 98.1% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 96.4% | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 100.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 82.9%, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Japan's 100.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.9%, 1.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.7% | 84.0% | 85.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 88.3% | 87.1% | 90.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 93.8% | 88.4% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.2% | 96.4% | 100.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 1 Luxembourg 100.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 100.0% compare
- 1 Singapore 100.0% compare
- 1 Switzerland 100.0% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Japan?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Japan was 100.0% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.0% in 1996.
- How does Japan rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Japan ranks 1st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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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