Indicator field guide / GOV_WGI_GE.SC

Government effectiveness

Unit: absolute score, 0–100. Original provider definition and metadata ↗

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Covered economies, 2023

EconomyValue
Afghanistan9.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Albania57.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Algeria45.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Andorra75.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Angola35.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Antigua and Barbuda61.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Argentina53.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Armenia48.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Aruba64.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Australia87.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Austria85.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Azerbaijan51.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Bahamas, The65.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Bahrain60.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Bangladesh43.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Barbados62.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Belarus37.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Belgium78.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Belize48.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Benin47.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Bermuda82.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Bhutan63.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Bolivia44.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Bosnia and Herzegovina40.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Botswana63.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Brazil47.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Brunei Darussalam72.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Bulgaria54.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Burkina Faso35.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Burundi27.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Cabo Verde60.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Cambodia42.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Cameroon35.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Canada86.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Cayman Islands74.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Central African Republic18.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Chad27.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Chile72.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
China64.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Colombia51.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Comoros28.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Congo, Dem. Rep.17.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Congo, Rep.27.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Costa Rica60.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Cote d'Ivoire45.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Croatia66.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Cyprus69.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Czechia77.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Denmark92.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Djibouti40.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Dominica60.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Dominican Republic53.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Ecuador48.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Egypt, Arab Rep.51.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
El Salvador46.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Equatorial Guinea27.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Estonia78.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Eswatini36.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Ethiopia38.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Fiji61.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Finland90.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
France80.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Gabon38.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Gambia, The44.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Georgia61.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Germany84.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Ghana52.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Greece59.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Greenland65.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Grenada53.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Guatemala35.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Guinea34.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Guinea-Bissau21.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Guyana52.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Haiti11.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Honduras38.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Hong Kong SAR, China79.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Hungary66.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Iceland84.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
India62.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Indonesia60.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Iran, Islamic Rep.36.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Iraq23.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Ireland85.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Israel78.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Italy69.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Jamaica55.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Japan93.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Jordan55.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Kazakhstan54.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Kenya48.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Kiribati43.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Korea, Rep.82.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Kosovo47.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Kuwait56.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Kyrgyz Republic31.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Lao PDR37.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Latvia66.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Lebanon28.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Lesotho37.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Liberia27.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Libya20.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Lithuania72.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Luxembourg95.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Macao SAR, China72.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Madagascar33.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Malawi38.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Malaysia68.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Maldives47.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Mali26.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Malta70.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Marshall Islands48.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Mauritania34.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Mauritius71.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Mexico50.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.49.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Moldova50.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Mongolia47.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Montenegro60.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Morocco52.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Mozambique35.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Myanmar18.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Namibia54.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Naoero50.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Nepal37.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Netherlands88.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
New Zealand88.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Nicaragua32.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Niger38.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Nigeria35.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
North Macedonia53.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Norway88.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Oman57.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Pakistan39.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Palau50.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Panama54.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Papua New Guinea33.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Paraguay46.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Peru49.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Philippines53.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Poland65.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Portugal71.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Puerto Rico (US)43.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Qatar73.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Romania56.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Russian Federation47.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Rwanda59.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Samoa60.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
San Marino70.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Sao Tome and Principe38.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Saudi Arabia64.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Senegal56.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Serbia55.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Seychelles63.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Sierra Leone32.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Singapore95.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Slovak Republic64.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Slovenia75.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Solomon Islands33.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Somalia, Fed. Rep.12.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
South Africa50.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Spain75.4 (absolute score, 0–100)
Sri Lanka46.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
St. Kitts and Nevis66.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
St. Lucia60.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines59.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Sudan14.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Suriname47.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Sweden87.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Switzerland94.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Tajikistan35.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
Tanzania45.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Thailand58.0 (absolute score, 0–100)
Timor-Leste39.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Togo33.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Tonga49.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Trinidad and Tobago58.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
Tunisia48.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Turkiye50.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Turkmenistan39.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Tuvalu39.7 (absolute score, 0–100)
Uganda42.9 (absolute score, 0–100)
Ukraine40.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
United Arab Emirates75.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
United Kingdom75.3 (absolute score, 0–100)
United States78.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Uruguay70.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Uzbekistan47.1 (absolute score, 0–100)
Vanuatu34.8 (absolute score, 0–100)
Viet Nam48.5 (absolute score, 0–100)
West Bank and Gaza26.2 (absolute score, 0–100)
Zambia40.6 (absolute score, 0–100)
Zimbabwe31.8 (absolute score, 0–100)

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