Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 39.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sierra Leone, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 39.5% 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 2.8% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sierra Leone peaked at 39.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 19.9%, in 2003.
That places Sierra Leone 180th 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 30.2% | — |
| 1998 | 21.8% | -28.0% |
| 2000 | 21.7% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 20.0% | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 19.9% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 32.3% | +62.1% |
| 2005 | 33.0% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 35.5% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 36.8% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 36.0% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 35.3% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 36.5% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 36.4% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 37.5% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 36.6% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 37.6% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 36.0% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 38.1% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 38.2% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 39.3% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 38.8% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 39.3% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 38.5% | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 38.9% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 38.5% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 38.4% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 39.5% | +2.8% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 39.5% is above the median for low income countries, which is 33.8%, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 39.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.6%, 93% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Sierra Leone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +62.1% | 19.9% | 32.3% |
| 1998 | -28.0% | 30.2% | 21.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.0% | 21.8% | 30.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 30.1% | 19.9% | 36.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 37.5% | 36.0% | 39.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.9% | 38.4% | 39.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More reference data data for Sierra Leone
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0238 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.5935 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0797 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6534 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sierra Leone?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Sierra Leone was 39.5% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 39.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.9% in 2003.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Sierra Leone ranks 180th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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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