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