Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Malta
Malta: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was 0.6225 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Malta, 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 Malta stood at 0.6225 approx. -2.5 to +2.5. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% on the previous year and down 41.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Malta peaked at 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.6225 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2024.
Malta ranks 58th 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 | 0.902 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8031 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8788 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6858 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9878 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8794 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6225 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Malta
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0082 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.924 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 69.48 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.7272 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.9216 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 72.98 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 79.64 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Malta?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Malta was 0.6225 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2013.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6225 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Malta ranks 58th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.