# Government effectiveness by nation — world ranking

Government effectiveness ranked across 178 nations, highest to lowest. Japan highest at 91.9 (2024). Each figure carries its publisher and observation…

Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/government-effectiveness
Updated: 2026-08-10 (the governance domain's last refresh)

Definition: Perceived quality of public services, the civil service and policy implementation, scored 0–100 from survey and expert assessments.
Unit: score. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

Note: these are the Worldwide Governance Indicators' absolute 0–100 scores — anchored to two hypothetical benchmark performers, not percentile ranks — and they aggregate perception surveys and expert assessments: model estimates of what is perceived, not direct measurements. The ranking order is computed by Terralore from those scores.

## Ranking (178 nations)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 91.9 | 2024 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 91.0 | 2024 |
| 3 | Denmark | 88.5 | 2024 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 87.3 | 2024 |
| 5 | Norway | 87.2 | 2024 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 87.1 | 2024 |
| 7 | Finland | 86.7 | 2024 |
| 8 | Australia | 86.5 | 2024 |
| 9 | Sweden | 85.8 | 2024 |
| 10 | Canada | 85.5 | 2024 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 85.4 | 2024 |
| 12 | Monaco | 85.1 | 2024 |
| 13 | Liechtenstein | 84.3 | 2024 |
| 14 | Iceland | 83.3 | 2024 |
| 15 | Ireland | 82.7 | 2024 |
| 16 | Germany | 81.4 | 2024 |
| 17 | Austria | 80.8 | 2024 |
| 18 | South Korea | 80.2 | 2024 |
| 19 | United States | 77.8 | 2024 |
| 20 | Greenland | 77.6 | 2024 |
| 21 | Estonia | 76.6 | 2024 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 75.8 | 2024 |
| 23 | Lithuania | 74.7 | 2024 |
| 24 | France | 74.7 | 2024 |
| 25 | Belgium | 74.6 | 2024 |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 74.4 | 2024 |
| 27 | Czechia | 74.2 | 2024 |
| 28 | Andorra | 73.9 | 2024 |
| 29 | Qatar | 73.4 | 2024 |
| 30 | Spain | 72.9 | 2024 |
| 31 | Slovenia | 72.5 | 2024 |
| 32 | Chile | 70.1 | 2024 |
| 33 | Portugal | 69.8 | 2024 |
| 34 | Malaysia | 69.1 | 2024 |
| 35 | San Marino | 68.8 | 2024 |
| 36 | China | 68.8 | 2024 |
| 37 | Cyprus | 68.2 | 2024 |
| 38 | Brunei | 67.6 | 2024 |
| 39 | Italy | 66.7 | 2024 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 66.6 | 2024 |
| 41 | Mauritius | 66.2 | 2024 |
| 42 | Latvia | 65.8 | 2024 |
| 43 | Croatia | 65.1 | 2024 |
| 44 | Bahamas | 65.1 | 2024 |
| 45 | Uruguay | 64.8 | 2024 |
| 46 | Poland | 64.4 | 2024 |
| 47 | Slovakia | 64.1 | 2024 |
| 48 | Seychelles | 63.5 | 2024 |
| 49 | Malta | 63.4 | 2024 |
| 50 | Fiji | 63.2 | 2024 |
| 51 | Bhutan | 62.6 | 2024 |
| 52 | Oman | 62.4 | 2024 |
| 53 | Hungary | 61.1 | 2024 |
| 54 | Georgia | 60.2 | 2024 |
| 55 | Romania | 59.5 | 2024 |
| 56 | Botswana | 59.4 | 2024 |
| 57 | Cape Verde | 59.4 | 2024 |
| 58 | India | 59.2 | 2024 |
| 59 | Montenegro | 58.5 | 2024 |
| 60 | Rwanda | 58.1 | 2024 |
| 61 | Kuwait | 57.7 | 2024 |
| 62 | Albania | 57.4 | 2024 |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 56.9 | 2024 |
| 64 | Moldova | 56.3 | 2024 |
| 65 | Thailand | 56.3 | 2024 |
| 66 | Panama | 56.1 | 2024 |
| 67 | Senegal | 55.9 | 2024 |
| 68 | Jordan | 55.5 | 2024 |
| 69 | Greece | 55.1 | 2024 |
| 70 | Argentina | 54.9 | 2024 |
| 71 | Indonesia | 54.8 | 2024 |
| 72 | Morocco | 54.8 | 2024 |
| 73 | Jamaica | 54.7 | 2024 |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 54.6 | 2024 |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 54.2 | 2024 |
| 76 | Philippines | 54.2 | 2024 |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.5 | 2024 |
| 78 | Serbia | 53.3 | 2024 |
| 79 | Namibia | 53.3 | 2024 |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 52.8 | 2024 |
| 81 | Ghana | 52.5 | 2024 |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 52.2 | 2024 |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 50.7 | 2024 |
| 84 | Kosovo | 50.1 | 2024 |
| 85 | Türkiye | 50.0 | 2024 |
| 86 | Vietnam | 49.5 | 2024 |
| 87 | Egypt | 49.5 | 2024 |
| 88 | Guyana | 49.4 | 2024 |
| 89 | Colombia | 49.2 | 2024 |
| 90 | Belize | 48.8 | 2024 |
| 91 | Uzbekistan | 48.5 | 2024 |
| 92 | El Salvador | 47.8 | 2024 |
| 93 | Benin | 47.7 | 2024 |
| 94 | Peru | 47.4 | 2024 |
| 95 | Ecuador | 47.1 | 2024 |
| 96 | Mexico | 47.1 | 2024 |
| 97 | Brazil | 47.0 | 2024 |
| 98 | South Africa | 46.9 | 2024 |
| 99 | Tunisia | 46.7 | 2024 |
| 100 | Algeria | 46.5 | 2024 |
| 101 | Puerto Rico | 46.4 | 2024 |
| 102 | Cuba | 46.1 | 2024 |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 46.0 | 2024 |
| 104 | Tanzania | 45.7 | 2024 |
| 105 | Cambodia | 45.6 | 2024 |
| 106 | Kenya | 45.5 | 2024 |
| 107 | Ivory Coast | 45.2 | 2024 |
| 108 | Russia | 45.1 | 2024 |
| 109 | Uganda | 44.5 | 2024 |
| 110 | Paraguay | 44.4 | 2024 |
| 111 | Armenia | 44.3 | 2024 |
| 112 | Mongolia | 43.8 | 2024 |
| 113 | Suriname | 42.5 | 2024 |
| 114 | Djibouti | 41.8 | 2024 |
| 115 | Zambia | 41.0 | 2024 |
| 116 | Gambia | 40.9 | 2024 |
| 117 | Gabon | 40.3 | 2024 |
| 118 | Laos | 40.0 | 2024 |
| 119 | Ukraine | 39.7 | 2024 |
| 120 | Pakistan | 39.7 | 2024 |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 39.7 | 2024 |
| 122 | Bolivia | 39.5 | 2024 |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 39.3 | 2024 |
| 124 | Honduras | 39.3 | 2024 |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.0 | 2024 |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 38.8 | 2024 |
| 127 | Lesotho | 38.8 | 2024 |
| 128 | Belarus | 37.7 | 2024 |
| 129 | Iran | 37.6 | 2024 |
| 130 | Mozambique | 37.4 | 2024 |
| 131 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 37.4 | 2024 |
| 132 | Malawi | 37.2 | 2024 |
| 133 | Mauritania | 36.9 | 2024 |
| 134 | Niger | 36.4 | 2024 |
| 135 | Eswatini | 36.2 | 2024 |
| 136 | Angola | 36.1 | 2024 |
| 137 | Cameroon | 35.8 | 2024 |
| 138 | Togo | 35.8 | 2024 |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 35.5 | 2024 |
| 140 | Madagascar | 34.6 | 2024 |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 34.5 | 2024 |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | 34.3 | 2024 |
| 143 | Nepal | 34.1 | 2024 |
| 144 | Guinea | 34.1 | 2024 |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.1 | 2024 |
| 146 | Timor-Leste | 33.9 | 2024 |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 33.8 | 2024 |
| 148 | Guatemala | 33.7 | 2024 |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 32.5 | 2024 |
| 150 | Zimbabwe | 32.1 | 2024 |
| 151 | Burundi | 31.8 | 2024 |
| 152 | Nigeria | 31.8 | 2024 |
| 153 | Nicaragua | 30.9 | 2024 |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 30.7 | 2024 |
| 155 | Palestine | 30.0 | 2024 |
| 156 | Chad | 29.9 | 2024 |
| 157 | Iraq | 29.9 | 2024 |
| 158 | Congo | 29.7 | 2024 |
| 159 | Lebanon | 29.4 | 2024 |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.3 | 2024 |
| 161 | Comoros | 27.8 | 2024 |
| 162 | Liberia | 27.1 | 2024 |
| 163 | North Korea | 26.6 | 2024 |
| 164 | Mali | 26.3 | 2024 |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | 24.7 | 2024 |
| 166 | Libya | 23.7 | 2024 |
| 167 | Eritrea | 23.0 | 2024 |
| 168 | Venezuela | 22.8 | 2024 |
| 169 | Myanmar | 21.0 | 2024 |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 20.7 | 2024 |
| 171 | Syria | 18.8 | 2024 |
| 172 | DR Congo | 18.4 | 2024 |
| 173 | Sudan | 16.5 | 2024 |
| 174 | Yemen | 14.9 | 2024 |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 13.7 | 2024 |
| 176 | Somalia | 13.4 | 2024 |
| 177 | Haiti | 12.1 | 2024 |
| 178 | South Sudan | 9.1 | 2024 |

## No data (8 nations)

These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they are not ranked.

- Antarctica — Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.
- Falkland Islands — The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands — The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.
- New Caledonia
- Northern Cyprus — Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.
- Somaliland — Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.
- Taiwan — Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.
- Vatican City — Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.

## Sources

- Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators

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