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Government effectiveness

Government effectiveness: Worldwide Governance Indicators; percentile rank, 0-100 (2023)

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for government effectiveness. Embed

Government effectiveness

Government effectiveness: Worldwide Governance Indicators; percentile rank, 0-100 (2023)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 2 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — Singapore
    100 2023
  • 2 96.6 Japan
    97 2023
  • 3 93.6 Australia
    94 2023
  • 4 +3 92.2 New Zealand
    92 2023
  • 5 91.2 Taiwan
    92 2023
  • 6 90.2 South Korea
    91 2023
  • 7 −3 89.7 Brunei
    90 2023
  • 8 87.3 United States
    88 2023
  • 9 78.9 Malaysia
    80 2023
  • 10 72.5 China
    74 2023
  • 11 68.6 Indonesia
    70 2023
  • 12 66.7 India
    68 2023
  • 13 +1 56.9 Thailand
    58 2023
  • 14 +1 56.4 Philippines
    58 2023
  • 15 −2 54.4 Vietnam
    56 2023
  • 16 +1 38.7 Sri Lanka
    41 2023
  • 17 −1 35.8 Cambodia
    38 2023
  • 18 31.4 — Mongolia
    34 2023
  • 19 +1 27.9 Pakistan
    31 2023
  • 20 −1 25.5 Laos
    28 2023
  • 21 +1 24.0 Bangladesh
    27 2023
  • 22 −1 23.5 Russia
    26 2023
  • 23 +1 19.1 Papua New Guinea
    22 2023
  • 24 +1 18.6 Nepal
    22 2023
  • 25 −2 17.6 Timor-Leste
    21 2023
  • 26 3.4 North Korea
    7 2023
  • 27 0.0 — Myanmar
    4 2023
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