Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Libya
Libya: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was -1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Libya, 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
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance estimate in Libya is -1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Libya peaked at -1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 1996 and was at its lowest, -1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2016.
Libya ranks 192nd of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | -1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.46 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | -1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Libya
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0197 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.721 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 27.74 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 33.47 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.34 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -1.9 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Libya?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Libya was -1.42 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 Libya?
- The highest recorded value was -1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2016.
- How does Libya rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Libya ranks 192nd out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya 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.