Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Liberia
Liberia: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 34.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Liberia, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Liberia stood at 34.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Liberia peaked at 40.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 21.7%, in 2000.
That places Liberia 189th 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 Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 21.9% | — |
| 1998 | 21.8% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 21.7% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 27.5% | +26.5% |
| 2003 | 27.5% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 25.9% | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 25.9% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 33.6% | +29.8% |
| 2007 | 33.1% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 34.0% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 36.0% | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 37.8% | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 38.2% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 40.7% | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 35.2% | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 35.6% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 34.3% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 36.3% | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 36.3% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 35.4% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 34.4% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 31.3% | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 32.3% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 32.5% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 33.3% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 35.0% | +5.0% |
| 2025 | 34.6% | -1.2% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 34.6% is above the median for low income countries, which is 33.8%, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 34.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.6%, 81% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Liberia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +29.8% | 25.9% | 33.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.8% | 21.8% | 21.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.5% | 21.7% | 36.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 36.4% | 34.3% | 40.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.2% | 31.3% | 35.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More reference data data for Liberia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0476 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1282 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.229 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0532 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.229 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1597 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.183 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5564 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2896 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Liberia?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Liberia was 34.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 40.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.7% in 2000.
- How does Liberia rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Liberia ranks 189th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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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