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Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions.

Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance.

The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.

wb-indicators:GOV_WGI_GE_EST

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Countries
204 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
wb-indicators:GOV_WGI_GE_EST
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) carries observations for 204 countries and areas:

Aruba · Afghanistan · Angola · Albania · United Arab Emirates · Argentina · Armenia · American Samoa · Antigua and Barbuda · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Burundi · Belgium · Benin · Burkina Faso · Bangladesh · Bulgaria · Bahrain · Bahamas, The · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Belarus · Belize · Bermuda · Bolivia · Brazil · Barbados · Brunei Darussalam · Bhutan · Botswana · Central African Republic · Canada · Switzerland · Chile · China · Cote d'Ivoire · Cameroon · Congo, Dem. Rep. · Congo, Rep. · Colombia · Comoros · Cabo Verde · Costa Rica · Cuba · Cayman Islands · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Djibouti · Dominica · Denmark · Dominican Republic · Algeria · Ecuador · Egypt, Arab Rep. · Eritrea · Spain · Estonia · Ethiopia · Finland · Fiji · France · Micronesia, Fed. Sts. · Gabon · United Kingdom · Georgia · Ghana · Guinea · Gambia, The · Guinea-Bissau · Equatorial Guinea · Greece · Grenada · Greenland · Guatemala · Guam · Guyana · Hong Kong SAR, China · Honduras · Croatia · Haiti · Hungary · Indonesia · India · Ireland · Iran, Islamic Rep. · Iraq · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Jordan · Japan · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Kyrgyz Republic · Cambodia · Kiribati · St. Kitts and Nevis · Korea, Rep. · Kuwait · Lao PDR · Lebanon · Liberia · Libya · St. Lucia · Liechtenstein · Sri Lanka · Lesotho · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Macao SAR, China · Morocco · Monaco · Moldova · Madagascar · Maldives · Mexico · Marshall Islands · North Macedonia · Mali · Malta · Myanmar · Montenegro · Mongolia · Mozambique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Malawi · Malaysia · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Nicaragua · Netherlands · Norway · Nepal · Naoero · New Zealand · Oman · Pakistan · Panama · Peru · Philippines · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Poland · Puerto Rico (US) · Korea, Dem. People's Rep. · Portugal · Paraguay · West Bank and Gaza · Qatar · Romania · Russian Federation · Rwanda · Saudi Arabia · Sudan · Senegal · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Sierra Leone · El Salvador · San Marino · Somalia, Fed. Rep. · Serbia · South Sudan · Sao Tome and Principe · Suriname · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Eswatini · Seychelles · Syrian Arab Republic · Chad · Togo · Thailand · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Turkiye · Tuvalu · Tanzania · Uganda · Ukraine · Uruguay · United States · Uzbekistan · St. Vincent and the Grenadines · Venezuela, RB · Virgin Islands (U.S.) · Viet Nam · Vanuatu · Samoa · Kosovo · Yemen, Rep. · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe