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Government Effectiveness by country 2026 | worldgovdata
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Government Effectiveness
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191 countries
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2026
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2026
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Value
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1
Singapore
0.4
2
Japan
0.8
3
Luxembourg
0.9
4
Denmark
1.2
5
New Zealand
1.3
6
Switzerland
1.3
7
Norway
1.3
8
Finland
1.4
9
Australia
1.4
10
Netherlands
1.5
11
Sweden
1.5
12
Canada
1.5
13
Liechtenstein
1.6
14
Iceland
1.7
15
Ireland
1.8
16
Germany
1.9
17
Korea, Rep.
2
18
Austria
2
19
United States
2.3
20
Estonia
2.4
21
United Arab Emirates
2.5
22
France
2.6
23
Belgium
2.6
24
Czechia
2.6
25
United Kingdom
2.6
26
Lithuania
2.6
27
Israel
2.7
28
Qatar
2.7
29
Spain
2.8
30
Slovenia
2.8
31
Portugal
3.1
32
Chile
3.1
33
Malaysia
3.2
34
China
3.2
35
Cyprus
3.3
36
Brunei Darussalam
3.3
37
Saudi Arabia
3.4
38
Italy
3.4
39
Latvia
3.5
40
Mauritius
3.5
41
Uruguay
3.6
42
Croatia
3.6
43
Bahamas, The
3.6
44
St. Kitts and Nevis
3.6
45
Poland
3.7
46
Seychelles
3.7
47
Slovak Republic
3.7
48
Barbados
3.8
49
Bahrain
3.8
50
Bhutan
3.8
51
Malta
3.8
52
Fiji
3.8
53
Oman
3.9
54
Hungary
4
55
Georgia
4.1
56
Samoa
4.1
57
Antigua and Barbuda
4.1
58
Romania
4.2
59
Botswana
4.2
60
Cabo Verde
4.2
61
India
4.2
62
Montenegro
4.3
63
Rwanda
4.3
64
Kuwait
4.3
65
Albania
4.4
66
Costa Rica
4.4
67
Thailand
4.5
68
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
4.5
69
St. Lucia
4.5
70
Moldova
4.5
71
Senegal
4.5
72
Panama
4.5
73
Jordan
4.6
74
Argentina
4.6
75
Morocco
4.6
76
Indonesia
4.6
77
Greece
4.6
78
Philippines
4.7
79
Azerbaijan
4.7
80
Jamaica
4.7
81
Kazakhstan
4.7
82
Dominica
4.7
83
Serbia
4.8
84
Namibia
4.8
85
Trinidad and Tobago
4.8
86
Ghana
4.9
87
Dominican Republic
4.9
88
Bulgaria
4.9
89
Palau
5
90
Grenada
5
91
Naoero
5
92
Turkiye
5.1
93
North Macedonia
5.1
94
Tonga
5.1
95
Egypt, Arab Rep.
5.2
96
Viet Nam
5.2
97
Colombia
5.2
98
Guyana
5.2
99
Uzbekistan
5.3
100
Belize
5.3
101
Ecuador
5.4
102
El Salvador
5.4
103
Benin
5.4
104
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
5.4
105
Peru
5.4
106
Maldives
5.4
107
Mexico
5.4
108
Brazil
5.4
109
Tunisia
5.5
110
Cuba
5.5
111
South Africa
5.5
112
Algeria
5.5
113
Sri Lanka
5.5
114
Kenya
5.6
115
Cambodia
5.6
116
Tanzania
5.6
117
Marshall Islands
5.6
118
Cote d'Ivoire
5.6
119
Russian Federation
5.6
120
Paraguay
5.7
121
Uganda
5.7
122
Armenia
5.7
123
Mongolia
5.8
124
Kiribati
5.9
125
Suriname
5.9
126
Djibouti
6
127
Zambia
6.1
128
Gabon
6.1
129
Gambia, The
6.1
130
Lao PDR
6.2
131
Bolivia
6.2
132
Honduras
6.2
133
Ukraine
6.2
134
Bangladesh
6.2
135
Pakistan
6.2
136
Tajikistan
6.2
137
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.3
138
Ethiopia
6.3
139
Lesotho
6.3
140
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6.4
141
Belarus
6.4
142
Mozambique
6.4
143
Sao Tome and Principe
6.4
144
Tuvalu
6.4
145
Mauritania
6.5
146
Niger
6.5
147
Malawi
6.5
148
Eswatini
6.6
149
Cameroon
6.6
150
Vanuatu
6.6
151
Togo
6.6
152
Angola
6.6
153
Madagascar
6.7
154
Burkina Faso
6.7
155
Solomon Islands
6.7
156
Guinea
6.8
157
Nepal
6.8
158
Kyrgyz Republic
6.8
159
Papua New Guinea
6.8
160
Guatemala
6.8
161
Timor-Leste
6.8
162
Sierra Leone
6.9
163
Burundi
7
164
Nigeria
7
165
Zimbabwe
7
166
Nicaragua
7.1
167
Turkmenistan
7.1
168
Iraq
7.2
169
Chad
7.2
170
Congo, Rep.
7.2
171
West Bank and Gaza
7.2
172
Lebanon
7.3
173
Equatorial Guinea
7.4
174
Comoros
7.4
175
Liberia
7.5
176
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
7.5
177
Mali
7.6
178
Guinea-Bissau
7.7
179
Libya
7.8
180
Venezuela, RB
7.9
181
Eritrea
7.9
182
Myanmar
8.1
183
Central African Republic
8.2
184
Syrian Arab Republic
8.3
185
Congo, Dem. Rep.
8.4
186
Sudan
8.6
187
Yemen, Rep.
8.7
188
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
8.9
189
Afghanistan
8.9
190
Haiti
9
191
South Sudan
9.3
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