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Government effectiveness

Government effectiveness: Worldwide Governance Indicators; percentile rank, 0–100 (2022)

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 (2022)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 2 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — Singapore
    100 2022
  • 2 +1 96.0 Japan
    96 2022
  • 3 −1 92.5 Australia
    93 2022
  • 4 +2 90.5 Brunei
    91 2022
  • 5 90.0 Taiwan
    91 2022
  • 6 +1 89.5 — South Korea
    90 2022
  • 7 −3 88.5 New Zealand
    89 2022
  • 8 86.1 — United States
    87 2022
  • 9 78.1 Malaysia
    79 2022
  • 10 66.6 China
    68* 2022
  • 11 +1 64.1 Indonesia
    66 2022
  • 12 −1 61.2 India
    63 2022
  • 13 +1 57.2 Vietnam
    59 2022
  • 14 −1 55.7 Thailand
    58 2022
  • 15 53.7 — Philippines
    56 2022
  • 16 +3 33.3 Cambodia
    37 2022
  • 17 32.3 Sri Lanka
    36 2022
  • 18 31.3 Mongolia
    35 2022
  • 19 +2 26.3 Laos
    30 2022
  • 20 25.3 Pakistan
    29 2022
  • 21 −5 21.8 Russia
    26 2022
  • 22 18.8 Bangladesh
    23 2022
  • 23 18.3 — Timor-Leste
    23 2022
  • 24 −1 17.3 Papua New Guinea
    22 2022
  • 25 −1 11.3 — Nepal
    16 2022
  • 26 1.9 — North Korea
    7 2022
  • 27 −2 0.4 Myanmar
    6 2022
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