Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Bahrain
Bahrain: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was 0.6003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Bahrain, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
Analysis
In 2024, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Bahrain stood at 0.6003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The figure is down 18.1% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Bahrain peaked at 0.7325 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2696 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2005.
Bahrain ranks 61st of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4705 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4684 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4726 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3524 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2696 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4699 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4101 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3355 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4479 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6403 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4206 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7325 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Bahrain
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0163 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.82 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.82 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.82 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.899 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 59.85 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.1679 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 33.72 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 61.18 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Bahrain?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Bahrain was 0.6003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7325 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2023.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2696 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2005.
- How does Bahrain rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Bahrain ranks 61st out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.