Government effectiveness - Country rankings

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Government effectiveness index (-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong), 2019 - Country rankings:

The average for 2019 based on 193 countries was -0.02 points.The highest value was in Singapore: 2.22 points and the lowest value was in Yemen: -2.28 points. The indicator is available from 1996 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: points; Source: The World Bank

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1. Singapore

2. Switzerland

3. Denmark

4. Finland

5. Andorra

6. Norway

7. Sweden

8. Netherlands

9. Hong Kong

10. Canada

11. Luxembourg

12. Liechtenstein

13. New Zealand

14. Germany

15. Japan

16. Australia

17. Iceland

18. Austria

19. USA

20. Taiwan

21. UK

22. France

23. South Korea

24. UA Emirates

25. Bermuda

26. Israel

27. Brunei

28. Ireland

29. Estonia

30. Macao

31. Portugal

32. Latvia

33. Slovenia

34. Chile

35. Lithuania

36. Aruba

37. Belgium

38. Malaysia

39. Spain

40. Cyprus

41. Czech Rep.

42. Mauritius

43. Malta

44. Georgia

45. Qatar

46. Uruguay

47. Slovakia

48. Barbados

49. Poland

50. China

51. Seychelles

52. Hungary

53. Jamaica

54. Bahamas

55. Italy

56. Samoa

57. Botswana

58. Costa Rica

59. Croatia

60. Greece

61. South Africa

62. Thailand

63. Bulgaria

64. Bhutan

65. Saudi Arabia

66. Bahrain

67. Cape Verde

68. Oman

69. Saint Lucia

70. St. Vincent & ...

71. Fiji

72. Rwanda

73. Indonesia

74. India

75. Montenegro

76. Tonga

77. Russia

78. Kazakhstan

79. Jordan

80. Namibia

81. Tr.&Tobago

82. Colombia

83. Panama

84. Philippines

85. Turkey

86. Vietnam

87. Kuwait

88. Serbia

89. Ant.& Barb.

90. Macedonia

91. Palau

92. Albania

93. Senegal

94. Armenia

95. Peru

96. Argentina

97. Tunisia

98. Sri Lanka

99. Morocco

100. Azerbaijan

101. Grenada

102. Mexico

103. Puerto Rico

104. Cuba

105. Belarus

106. Brazil

107. Maldives

108. Micronesia

109. Mongolia

110. Ghana

111. Kiribati

112. Dominica

113. Romania

114. Ukraine

115. Domin. Rep.

116. Kenya

117. Moldova

118. Guyana

119. Ecuador

120. Egypt

121. Benin

122. El Salvador

123. Ivory Coast

124. Mauritania

125. Uzbekistan

126. Algeria

127. Paraguay

128. Iran

129. Vanuatu

130. Cambodia

131. Suriname

132. Uganda

133. Honduras

134. Bosnia & Herz.

135. Ethiopia

136. Gambia

137. S.T.&Principe

138. Tuvalu

139. Belize

140. Guatemala

141. Kyrgyzstan

142. Pakistan

143. Swaziland

144. Zambia

145. Bolivia

146. Djibouti

147. Bangladesh

148. Palestine

149. Malawi

150. Burkina Faso

151. Nicaragua

152. Guinea

153. Laos

154. Niger

155. Cameroon

156. Papua N.G.

157. Mozambique

158. Lebanon

159. Lesotho

160. Tanzania

161. Gabon

162. Togo

163. Solomon Isl.

164. Nepal

165. Tajikistan

166. Mali

167. Nigeria

168. Angola

169. Sierra Leone

170. Madagascar

171. Burma

172. Turkmenistan

173. Zimbabwe

174. Burundi

175. Eq. Guinea

176. Iraq

177. Liberia

178. R. of Congo

179. North Korea

180. Afghanistan

181. G.-Bissau

182. Chad

183. Sudan

184. DR Congo

185. Venezuela

186. Comoros

187. Syria

188. C.A. Republic

189. Eritrea

190. Libya

191. Haiti

192. Somalia

193. Yemen

Definition: The index of Government Effectiveness captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies.

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