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Effective power to govern

· higher is better · 136 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

League table

136 shown
  1. 1Slovenia10
  2. 1Botswana10
  3. 1Slovak Republic10
  4. 1Mauritius10
  5. 1Chile10
  6. 1Korea, Rep.10
  7. 1Costa Rica10
  8. 1Latvia10
  9. 1Czechia10
  10. 1Uruguay10
  11. 1Estonia10
  12. 1Lithuania10
  13. 1Croatia10
  14. 1Taiwan10
  15. 2Ghana9
  16. 2Namibia9
  17. 2Timor-Leste9
  18. 2Trinidad and Tobago9
  19. 2Brazil9
  20. 2El Salvador9
  21. 2Montenegro9
  22. 2Jamaica9
  23. 2Poland9
  24. 2Hungary9
  25. 3Bolivia8
  26. 3Zambia8
  27. 3Senegal8
  28. 3Romania8
  29. 3Ecuador8
  30. 3Argentina8
  31. 3North Macedonia8
  32. 3South Africa8
  33. 3Gambia, The8
  34. 3Ukraine8
  35. 3Lesotho8
  36. 3Dominican Republic8
  37. 3Malawi8
  38. 4Mongolia7
  39. 4Paraguay7
  40. 4Nepal7
  41. 4Bulgaria7
  42. 4Colombia7
  43. 4Bhutan7
  44. 4Sierra Leone7
  45. 4Peru7
  46. 4Liberia7
  47. 4Albania7
  48. 4India7
  49. 4Sri Lanka7
  50. 4Armenia7
  51. 4Panama7
  52. 5Philippines6
  53. 5Iraq6
  54. 5Moldova6
  55. 5Mexico6
  56. 5Malaysia6
  57. 6Indonesia5
  58. 6Bosnia and Herzegovina5
  59. 6Kenya5
  60. 7Lebanon4
  61. 7Honduras4
  62. 7Guatemala4
  63. 8Tanzania3
  64. 8Ethiopia3
  65. 8Nigeria3
  66. 8Togo3
  67. 8Mozambique3
  68. 8Serbia3
  69. 8Congo, Dem. Rep.3
  70. 8Uganda3
  71. 8Benin3
  72. 8Guinea-Bissau3
  73. 8Thailand3
  74. 8Cote d'Ivoire3
  75. 8Turkiye3
  76. 8Georgia3
  77. 8Kyrgyz Republic3
  78. 8Burundi3
  79. 8Pakistan3
  80. 8Central African Republic3
  81. 8Papua New Guinea3
  82. 8Bangladesh3
  83. 8Singapore3
  84. 8Madagascar3
  85. 9Uzbekistan2
  86. 9Djibouti2
  87. 9Zimbabwe2
  88. 9Russian Federation2
  89. 9Mauritania2
  90. 9Somalia, Fed. Rep.2
  91. 9Tunisia2
  92. 9Morocco2
  93. 9Iran, Islamic Rep.2
  94. 9Belarus2
  95. 9Tajikistan2
  96. 9Equatorial Guinea2
  97. 9Jordan2
  98. 9Egypt, Arab Rep.2
  99. 9Algeria2
  100. 9Viet Nam2
  101. 9Azerbaijan2
  102. 9Kazakhstan2
  103. 9China2
  104. 9Rwanda2
  105. 9Venezuela, RB2
  106. 9Angola2
  107. 9Congo, Rep.2
  108. 9Cameroon2
  109. 10Cambodia1
  110. 10Oman1
  111. 10Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1
  112. 10Nicaragua1
  113. 10Qatar1
  114. 10Niger1
  115. 10Bahrain1
  116. 10Saudi Arabia1
  117. 10Sudan1
  118. 10Myanmar1
  119. 10Mali1
  120. 10Burkina Faso1
  121. 10South Sudan1
  122. 10Eswatini1
  123. 10Syrian Arab Republic1
  124. 10Libya1
  125. 10Chad1
  126. 10Lao PDR1
  127. 10Kuwait1
  128. 10Cuba1
  129. 10Turkmenistan1
  130. 10United Arab Emirates1
  131. 10Haiti1
  132. 10Eritrea1
  133. 10Yemen, Rep.1
  134. 10Afghanistan1
  135. 10Guinea1
  136. 10Gabon1

Effective power to govern