Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Guatemala
Guatemala: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was -0.9094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Guatemala, 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
Guatemala recorded -0.9094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 for government effectiveness - governance estimate in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 58.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Guatemala peaked at -0.5722 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2014 and was at its lowest, -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2000.
That places Guatemala 174th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.8366 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.945 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.7282 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | -0.8124 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5816 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | -0.6768 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.7779 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5722 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.8355 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.9094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.7444 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 171 Kyrgyzstan -0.8885 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 172 East Timor -0.8986 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 173 Papua New Guinea -0.9004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 175 Sierra Leone -0.9671 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 176 Zimbabwe -0.9876 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 177 Burundi -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
More reference data data for Guatemala
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.662 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 40.4 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.9623 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.4708 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 48.61 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.2098 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Guatemala?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Guatemala was -0.9094 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was -0.5722 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2014.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Guatemala ranks 174th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.