Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Cyprus
Cyprus: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was 0.8696 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Cyprus, 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
Cyprus recorded 0.8696 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 for government effectiveness - governance estimate in 2024.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Cyprus peaked at 1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.86 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2021.
Cyprus ranks 43rd of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8607 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9229 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.86 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More reference data data for Cyprus
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0068 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.913 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 68.83 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.6892 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.8873 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 72.38 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 72.49 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Cyprus?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Cyprus was 0.8696 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2002.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.86 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2021.
- How does Cyprus rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Cyprus ranks 43rd out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.