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Government Effectiveness (estimate)

Government effectiveness measures the quality of public services, the quality and degree of independence from political pressures of the civil service, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to such policies. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.

wb-indicators:GV.GOVT.EF.ES

Government Effectiveness (estimate)

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
53 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
wb-indicators:GV.GOVT.EF.ES
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Government Effectiveness (estimate) carries observations for 53 countries and areas:

Angola · Burundi · Benin · Burkina Faso · Botswana · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Cameroon · Congo, Dem. Rep. · Congo, Rep. · Comoros · Cape Verde · Djibouti · Algeria · Egypt, Arab Rep. · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · Ghana · Guinea · Gambia, The · Guinea-Bissau · Equatorial Guinea · Kenya · Liberia · Libya · Lesotho · Morocco · Madagascar · Mali · Mozambique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Malawi · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · Sudan · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Sao Tome and Principe · Swaziland · Seychelles · Chad · Togo · Tunisia · Tanzania · Uganda · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe