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Government Effectiveness

Name: Government Effectiveness by country, 2026
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-2.5 / 2.5 · lower is better · 191 countries

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191 countries · 2026

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Government Effectiveness league table
#	Country	-2.5 / 2.5	Region	Income
1	South Sudan	-2.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Yemen, Rep.	-2.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
3	Haiti	-2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
4	Afghanistan	-2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
5	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Sudan	-2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Eritrea	-1.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
9	Myanmar	-1.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
10	Central African Republic	-1.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Congo, Dem. Rep.	-1.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Libya	-1.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
13	Venezuela, RB	-1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
14	Lebanon	-1.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
15	Comoros	-1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	-1.5	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
17	Chad	-1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Guinea-Bissau	-1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Iraq	-1.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
20	Liberia	-1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Congo, Rep.	-1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Equatorial Guinea	-1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
23	West Bank and Gaza	-1.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
24	Turkmenistan	-1.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
25	Burundi	-1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Zimbabwe	-1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Sierra Leone	-1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Mali	-1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Nicaragua	-1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
30	Madagascar	-1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Iran, Islamic Rep.	-1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
32	Angola	-1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Belarus	-0.99	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.97	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
35	Suriname	-0.97	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
36	Lesotho	-0.95	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Guinea	-0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Cameroon	-0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Guatemala	-0.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.89	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
42	Eswatini	-0.88	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Malawi	-0.86	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Nigeria	-0.85	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Timor-Leste	-0.84	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
46	Burkina Faso	-0.83	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Nepal	-0.81	South Asia	Lower middle income
48	Papua New Guinea	-0.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
49	Honduras	-0.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
50	Gabon	-0.78	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
51	Tajikistan	-0.77	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
52	Ethiopia	-0.77	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Mauritania	-0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Solomon Islands	-0.73	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
55	Djibouti	-0.73	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
56	Mozambique	-0.72	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Russian Federation	-0.71	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Bangladesh	-0.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
59	Algeria	-0.67	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
60	Zambia	-0.66	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Lao PDR	-0.64	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	Niger	-0.64	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Bolivia	-0.64	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
64	Gambia, The	-0.59	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
65	Togo	-0.58	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
66	Pakistan	-0.58	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
67	Vanuatu	-0.57	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
68	Uganda	-0.55	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
69	Brazil	-0.55	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Ecuador	-0.49	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Peru	-0.49	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Cuba	-0.48	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Mongolia	-0.47	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
74	Paraguay	-0.46	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Tanzania	-0.46	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
76	Tuvalu	-0.45	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
77	Argentina	-0.38	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Belize	-0.38	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Cote d'Ivoire	-0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Ukraine	-0.36	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Cambodia	-0.31	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Kenya	-0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Tunisia	-0.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
84	Guyana	-0.29	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
85	Uzbekistan	-0.28	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
86	South Africa	-0.26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
87	Sri Lanka	-0.25	South Asia	Upper middle income
88	Turkiye	-0.25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Egypt, Arab Rep.	-0.24	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
90	Benin	-0.22	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Panama	-0.21	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
92	Mexico	-0.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Armenia	-0.18	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Moldova	-0.16	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	Maldives	-0.13	South Asia	Upper middle income
96	Tonga	-0.12	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
97	Kiribati	-0.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
98	Romania	-0.09	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Ghana	-0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Colombia	-0.08	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Naoero	-0.07	East Asia & Pacific	High income
102	North Macedonia	-0.05	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.04	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Morocco	-0.04	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
105	Azerbaijan	-0.03	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Grenada	-0.01	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	Kuwait	0.01	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
108	Serbia	0.01	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
109	Cabo Verde	0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
110	Namibia	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
111	Bulgaria	0.05	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	El Salvador	0.05	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Senegal	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Marshall Islands	0.07	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
115	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	St. Lucia	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Viet Nam	0.13	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
118	Dominican Republic	0.13	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
119	Kazakhstan	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Greece	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Philippines	0.15	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
122	Thailand	0.17	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
123	Slovak Republic	0.23	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.23	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Montenegro	0.25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
126	Albania	0.25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Costa Rica	0.26	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
128	Dominica	0.26	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129	Bahamas, The	0.27	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
130	Oman	0.27	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
131	Hungary	0.37	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.38	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
133	Antigua and Barbuda	0.38	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
134	Barbados	0.38	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
135	Jordan	0.39	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
136	Rwanda	0.39	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
137	Malta	0.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
138	Jamaica	0.41	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
139	Poland	0.42	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Botswana	0.43	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
141	Palau	0.44	East Asia & Pacific	High income
142	India	0.48	South Asia	Lower middle income
143	Fiji	0.49	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
144	Samoa	0.49	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
145	Bhutan	0.57	South Asia	Lower middle income
146	Indonesia	0.58	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Italy	0.61	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Seychelles	0.62	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
149	China	0.68	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
150	Latvia	0.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Bahrain	0.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
152	Mauritius	0.71	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
153	Croatia	0.71	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Chile	0.72	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	Cyprus	0.74	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Spain	0.75	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Georgia	0.79	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	Saudi Arabia	0.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
159	Uruguay	0.85	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Malaysia	0.88	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
161	Portugal	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Belgium	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Slovenia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	Lithuania	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Czechia	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	France	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Israel	1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
168	United Kingdom	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Germany	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Qatar	1.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
171	United States	1.2	North America	High income
172	Estonia	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Austria	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Brunei Darussalam	1.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
175	Korea, Rep.	1.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
176	Canada	1.5	North America	High income
177	New Zealand	1.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
178	Iceland	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Australia	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
180	Ireland	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Sweden	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
182	United Arab Emirates	1.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
183	Netherlands	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Liechtenstein	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
185	Japan	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
186	Finland	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	Norway	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
188	Luxembourg	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Denmark	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Switzerland	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
191	Singapore	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income

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