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Government Effectiveness by country 2026 | worldgovdata
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Government Effectiveness
EC JRC (INFORM)
-2.5 / 2.5
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191 countries
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2026
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2026
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Value
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1
South Sudan
-2.2
2
Haiti
-2
3
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
-2
4
Afghanistan
-1.9
5
Yemen, Rep.
-1.9
6
Sudan
-1.8
7
Congo, Dem. Rep.
-1.7
8
Syrian Arab Republic
-1.7
9
Central African Republic
-1.6
10
Myanmar
-1.6
11
Venezuela, RB
-1.5
12
Eritrea
-1.5
13
Libya
-1.4
14
Guinea-Bissau
-1.4
15
Mali
-1.3
16
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
-1.3
17
Liberia
-1.2
18
Comoros
-1.2
19
Equatorial Guinea
-1.2
20
Lebanon
-1.1
21
Congo, Rep.
-1.1
22
Iraq
-1.1
23
Chad
-1.1
24
West Bank and Gaza
-1.1
25
Turkmenistan
-1.1
26
Nicaragua
-1.1
27
Nigeria
-1
28
Burundi
-1
29
Zimbabwe
-0.99
30
Sierra Leone
-0.97
31
Guatemala
-0.91
32
Papua New Guinea
-0.9
33
Timor-Leste
-0.9
34
Kyrgyz Republic
-0.89
35
Guinea
-0.89
36
Nepal
-0.88
37
Burkina Faso
-0.87
38
Solomon Islands
-0.87
39
Madagascar
-0.86
40
Vanuatu
-0.82
41
Togo
-0.8
42
Cameroon
-0.8
43
Angola
-0.79
44
Eswatini
-0.78
45
Niger
-0.77
46
Mauritania
-0.74
47
Malawi
-0.73
48
Sao Tome and Principe
-0.72
49
Mozambique
-0.72
50
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-0.71
51
Belarus
-0.7
52
Tuvalu
-0.69
53
Lesotho
-0.65
54
Ethiopia
-0.65
55
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-0.64
56
Honduras
-0.62
57
Bangladesh
-0.62
58
Bolivia
-0.61
59
Tajikistan
-0.6
60
Pakistan
-0.6
61
Ukraine
-0.6
62
Lao PDR
-0.58
63
Gabon
-0.57
64
Gambia, The
-0.54
65
Zambia
-0.53
66
Djibouti
-0.49
67
Suriname
-0.45
68
Kiribati
-0.43
69
Mongolia
-0.39
70
Armenia
-0.36
71
Paraguay
-0.35
72
Uganda
-0.35
73
Russian Federation
-0.32
74
Cote d'Ivoire
-0.32
75
Kenya
-0.3
76
Cambodia
-0.29
77
Tanzania
-0.29
78
Marshall Islands
-0.29
79
Sri Lanka
-0.27
80
Cuba
-0.27
81
Algeria
-0.25
82
Tunisia
-0.24
83
South Africa
-0.23
84
Brazil
-0.22
85
Maldives
-0.22
86
Mexico
-0.22
87
Ecuador
-0.22
88
Peru
-0.2
89
Benin
-0.19
90
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
-0.18
91
El Salvador
-0.18
92
Uzbekistan
-0.14
93
Belize
-0.13
94
Colombia
-0.11
95
Guyana
-0.1
96
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-0.1
97
Viet Nam
-0.09
98
Turkiye
-0.07
99
Tonga
-0.04
100
North Macedonia
-0.03
101
Naoero
0.01
102
Palau
0.01
103
Grenada
0.02
104
Bulgaria
0.04
105
Ghana
0.06
106
Dominican Republic
0.07
107
Namibia
0.1
108
Serbia
0.1
109
Trinidad and Tobago
0.11
110
Philippines
0.14
111
Kazakhstan
0.15
112
Dominica
0.15
113
Azerbaijan
0.17
114
Jamaica
0.17
115
Morocco
0.18
116
Indonesia
0.18
117
Argentina
0.18
118
Greece
0.19
119
Jordan
0.22
120
Senegal
0.23
121
Panama
0.25
122
Thailand
0.25
123
Moldova
0.26
124
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.27
125
St. Lucia
0.27
126
Costa Rica
0.29
127
Albania
0.31
128
Kuwait
0.33
129
Rwanda
0.35
130
Montenegro
0.37
131
India
0.4
132
Cabo Verde
0.42
133
Botswana
0.42
134
Romania
0.42
135
Antigua and Barbuda
0.43
136
Samoa
0.43
137
Georgia
0.46
138
Hungary
0.5
139
Oman
0.57
140
Bhutan
0.58
141
Bahrain
0.6
142
Barbados
0.6
143
Fiji
0.61
144
Malta
0.62
145
Seychelles
0.63
146
Slovak Republic
0.66
147
Poland
0.67
148
Uruguay
0.69
149
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.69
150
Bahamas, The
0.71
151
Croatia
0.71
152
Latvia
0.74
153
Mauritius
0.77
154
Saudi Arabia
0.78
155
Italy
0.79
156
Brunei Darussalam
0.84
157
Cyprus
0.87
158
China
0.9
159
Malaysia
0.91
160
Portugal
0.95
161
Chile
0.96
162
Slovenia
1.1
163
Spain
1.1
164
Qatar
1.1
165
Israel
1.2
166
Czechia
1.2
167
United Kingdom
1.2
168
Belgium
1.2
169
France
1.2
170
Lithuania
1.2
171
United Arab Emirates
1.3
172
Estonia
1.3
173
United States
1.4
174
Korea, Rep.
1.5
175
Austria
1.5
176
Germany
1.5
177
Ireland
1.6
178
Iceland
1.6
179
Liechtenstein
1.7
180
Netherlands
1.8
181
Canada
1.8
182
Sweden
1.8
183
Australia
1.8
184
Finland
1.8
185
Switzerland
1.8
186
Norway
1.8
187
New Zealand
1.8
188
Denmark
1.9
189
Luxembourg
2
190
Japan
2.1
191
Singapore
2.3
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