Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Maldives
Maldives: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 58.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Maldives, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Maldives is 58.8%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Maldives peaked at 82.6% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 58.8%, in 2025.
That places Maldives 113th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 82.6% | — |
| 1998 | 82.4% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 82.3% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 82.5% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 82.4% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 68.5% | -16.9% |
| 2005 | 63.2% | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 63.1% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 63.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 61.0% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 60.2% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 63.5% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 61.6% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 62.8% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 61.6% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 60.2% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 58.9% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 63.8% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 58.9% | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 58.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 65.3% | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 63.1% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 68.0% | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 58.9% | -13.4% |
| 2023 | 58.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 58.9% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 58.8% | -0.1% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 58.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 60.7%, 97% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 58.8% is above the median for South Asia, which is 57.8%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.5% | 82.4% | 82.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 69.6% | 60.2% | 82.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 61.5% | 58.9% | 65.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.1% | 58.8% | 68.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Maldives?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Maldives was 58.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 82.6% in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.8% in 2025.
- How does Maldives rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Maldives ranks 113th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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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