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What is the Effectiveness of Government around the world?

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World Map depicting the score of Government Effectiveness

 

Governance refers to the institutions through which authority in a country is exercised. It basically involves certain processes such as the government’s capability in effectively and efficiently formulating as well as implementing strong policies, the process through which governments are selected, monitored as well as replaced etc.

To access the level of governance in each nation, the World Bank released the Worldwide Governance Indicators. The indicator comprises six dimensions which include political stability and lack of violence, rule of law, voice and accountability, regulatory quality, government effectiveness and control of corruption over a period of time. The last index released in 2017, estimates from 1996 to 2016.

The indicator, government effectiveness, depicts the quality of policy formulation and implementation. It also indicates the standard of the civil service and the extent to which it is free from political pressures, the quality of public services etc. The estimate of the governance ranges from around -2.5 points, which is weak governance to 2.5 points which is strong governance performance.


Singapore has ranked first with a score of 2.21. This means that Singapore has the most effective government. The other high-ranking nations with effective governments are European nations like Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Belgium as well.

New Zealand, Japan, Canada, Australia, the United States of America, also have scored between 1.25 to 2.25.

Nations standing at the bottom of the table with weak governance are Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Liby. However, governance is the weakest in the African nation of Somalia, which ranks at the bottom of the table and has scored -2.22.

The table below will provide you an average idea about the government effectiveness in each nation around the world.

Country/Territory Estimate Percentile Rank Rank
Singapore 2.21 100.00 1
Switzerland 2.03 99.52 2
Denmark 1.89 99.04 3
Norway 1.88 98.56 4
Hong Kong 1.86 98.08 5
Andorra 1.86 97.60 6
New Zealand 1.86 97.12 7
Finland 1.85 96.63 8
Netherlands 1.84 96.15 9
Japan 1.83 95.67 10
Canada 1.80 95.19 11
Sweden 1.79 94.71 12
Germany 1.74 94.23 13
Liechtenstein 1.70 93.75 14
Luxembourg 1.69 93.27 15
United Kingdom 1.61 92.79 16
Australia 1.58 92.31 17
Austria 1.51 91.83 18
United States 1.48 91.35 19
United Arab Emirates 1.41 90.87 20
Iceland 1.41 90.38 21
France 1.41 89.90 22
Taiwan, China 1.37 89.42 23
Israel 1.35 88.94 24
Ireland 1.35 88.46 25
Anguilla 1.33 87.98 26
Bermuda 1.33 87.98 27
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 1.33 87.98 28
Belgium 1.33 86.54 29
Jersey, Channel Islands 1.28 86.06 30
Portugal 1.22 85.58 31
Cayman Islands 1.18 85.10 32
Macao SAR, China 1.18 85.10 33
French Guiana 1.14 84.13 34
Slovenia 1.12 83.65 35
Spain 1.12 83.17 36
Estonia 1.12 82.69 37
Lithuania 1.09 82.21 38
Barbados 1.08 81.73 39
Brunei Darussalam 1.07 81.25 40
South Korea 1.07 80.77 41
Réunion 1.06 80.29 42
Czech Republic 1.06 79.81 43
Chile 1.02 79.33 44
Latvia 1.00 78.85 45
Cyprus 0.98 78.37 46
Mauritius 0.96 77.88 47
Malta 0.95 77.40 48
Aruba 0.90 76.92 49
Slovakia 0.89 76.44 50
Malaysia 0.88 75.96 51
Greenland 0.85 75.48 52
Martinique 0.80 75.00 53
Qatar 0.75 74.52 54
Bahamas, The 0.72 74.04 55
Poland 0.69 73.56 56
Uruguay 0.55 73.08 57
Samoa 0.54 72.60 58
American Samoa 0.53 72.12 59
Italy 0.52 71.63 60
Georgia 0.51 71.15 61
Botswana 0.51 70.67 62
Bhutan 0.49 70.19 63
Croatia 0.49 69.71 64
Hungary 0.45 69.23 65
Jamaica 0.41 68.75 66
Puerto Rico 0.38 68.27 67
China 0.36 67.79 68
Seychelles 0.36 67.31 69
Costa Rica 0.36 66.83 70
Thailand 0.34 66.35 71
Bahrain 0.32 65.87 72
Bulgaria 0.29 65.38 73
South Africa 0.27 64.90 74
Antigua and Barbuda 0.27 64.42 75
Guam 0.27 64.42 76
Saudi Arabia 0.24 63.46 77
Trinidad and Tobago 0.22 62.98 78
Greece 0.21 62.50 79
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.21 62.02 80
Oman 0.19 61.54 81
Panama 0.19 61.06 82
Argentina 0.18 60.58 83
Namibia 0.17 60.10 84
Mexico 0.14 59.62 85
St. Kitts and Nevis 0.14 59.13 86
Jordan 0.14 58.65 87
Rwanda 0.11 58.17 88
Montenegro 0.10 57.69 89
India 0.10 57.21 90
Cape Verde 0.10 56.73 91
Macedonia 0.09 56.25 92
Serbia 0.09 55.77 93
Dominica 0.05 55.29 94
Turkey 0.05 54.81 95
Colombia 0.02 54.33 96
St. Lucia 0.01 53.85 97
Indonesia 0.01 53.37 98
Vietnam 0.01 52.88 99
Albania 0.00 52.40 100
Philippines -0.01 51.92 101
Kazakhstan -0.06 51.44 102
Morocco -0.10 50.96 103
Mongolia -0.11 50.48 104
Cuba -0.13 50.00 105
Armenia -0.15 49.52 106
Azerbaijan -0.16 49.04 107
Peru -0.17 48.56 108
Romania -0.17 48.08 109
Brazil -0.18 47.60 110
Grenada -0.18 47.12 111
Kuwait -0.18 46.63 112
Ghana -0.20 46.15 113
Iran -0.20 45.67 114
Tunisia -0.21 45.19 115
Sri Lanka -0.21 44.71 116
Russia -0.22 44.23 117
Dominican Republic -0.25 43.75 118
Fiji -0.26 43.27 119
El Salvador -0.28 42.79 120
Tonga -0.29 42.31 121
Guyana -0.30 41.83 122
Kenya -0.31 41.35 123
Maldives -0.33 40.87 124
Suriname -0.34 40.38 125
Micronesia -0.35 39.90 126
Laos -0.39 39.42 127
Palau -0.41 38.94 128
Ecuador -0.43 38.46 129
Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.43 37.98 130
Kosovo -0.44 37.50 131
Kiribati -0.45 37.02 132
Senegal -0.47 36.54 133
Belarus -0.51 36.06 134
Lebanon -0.53 35.58 135
Algeria -0.54 35.10 136
Burkina Faso -0.55 34.62 137
Tanzania -0.55 34.13 138
Swaziland -0.56 33.65 139
Benin -0.57 33.17 140
Bolivia -0.57 32.69 141
Uganda -0.57 32.21 142
Ukraine -0.58 31.73 143
Niger -0.59 31.25 144
Uzbekistan -0.60 30.77 145
Guatemala -0.60 30.29 146
Moldova -0.62 29.81 147
West Bank and Gaza -0.62 29.33 148
Pakistan -0.64 28.85 149
Ethiopia -0.64 28.37 150
Egypt -0.66 27.88 151
Zambia -0.66 27.40 152
Côte d’Ivoire -0.67 26.92 153
Belize -0.68 26.44 154
São Tomé and Principe -0.68 25.96 155
Bangladesh -0.69 25.48 156
Nauru -0.69 25.00 157
Cambodia -0.69 24.52 158
Nicaragua -0.70 24.04 159
Papua New Guinea -0.73 23.56 160
Honduras -0.73 23.08 161
Malawi -0.73 22.60 162
Cameroon -0.76 22.12 163
Paraguay -0.77 21.63 164
Mauritania -0.79 21.15 165
Gabon -0.79 20.67 166
Lesotho -0.80 20.19 167
Nepal -0.81 19.71 168
Gambia -0.84 19.23 169
Mozambique -0.85 18.75 170
Vanuatu -0.88 18.27 171
Kyrgyzstan -0.90 17.79 172
Tuvalu -0.93 17.31 173
Djibouti -0.97 16.83 174
Myanmar -0.98 16.35 175
Mali -0.99 15.87 176
Solomon Islands -0.99 15.38 177
Guinea -1.01 14.90 178
Tajikistan -1.02 14.42 179
Timor-Leste -1.03 13.94 180
Angola -1.04 13.46 181
Togo -1.08 12.98 182
Nigeria -1.09 12.50 183
Republic of Congo -1.10 12.02 184
Turkmenistan -1.14 11.54 185
Zimbabwe -1.16 11.06 186
Madagascar -1.17 10.58 187
Sierra Leone -1.20 10.10 188
Afghanistan -1.22 9.62 189
Iraq -1.26 9.13 190
Venezuela -1.29 8.65 191
Liberia -1.32 8.17 192
Burundi -1.40 7.69 193
Sudan -1.41 7.21 194
Equatorial Guinea -1.41 6.73 195
Chad -1.49 6.25 196
Democratic Republic of Congo -1.51 5.77 197
Comoros -1.54 5.29 198
Marshall Islands -1.56 4.81 199
Guinea-Bissau -1.64 4.33 200
North Korea -1.65 3.85 201
Eritrea -1.69 3.37 202
Central African Republic -1.77 2.88 203
Yemen -1.82 2.40 204
Syria -1.82 1.92 205
Libya -1.89 1.44 206
Haiti -2.06 0.96 207
Somalia -2.18 0.48 208
South Sudan -2.26 0.00 209

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