Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Latvia
Latvia: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 76.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
76.3%
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
52nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
78.3%
in 2021
All-time low
49.6%
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Latvia, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Latvia is 76.3%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Latvia peaked at 78.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 49.6%, in 1996.
That places Latvia 52nd 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 Latvia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 49.6% | — |
| 1998 | 58.0% | +16.9% |
| 2000 | 59.1% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 67.4% | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 69.1% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 68.8% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 68.5% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 68.9% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 66.8% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 68.4% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 69.8% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 71.9% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 72.1% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 72.8% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 74.0% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 77.5% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 75.6% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 74.3% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 74.0% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 76.6% | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 77.1% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 77.2% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 78.3% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 75.0% | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 73.8% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 75.6% | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 76.3% | +1.0% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 76.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 82.9%, 92% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 76.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 76.5%, 100% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.8% | 49.6% | 58.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 67.4% | 59.1% | 69.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 74.6% | 71.9% | 77.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.0% | 73.8% | 78.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More reference data data for Latvia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.128 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0503 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.4657 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0673 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.4657 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4291 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2986 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2679 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3666 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Latvia?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Latvia was 76.3% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 78.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.6% in 1996.
- How does Latvia rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Latvia ranks 52nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).