Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Mauritania
Mauritania: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was -0.7412 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Mauritania, 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
Mauritania recorded -0.7412 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 for government effectiveness - governance estimate in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Mauritania peaked at -0.2734 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 1996 and was at its lowest, -0.9347 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2008.
Mauritania ranks 159th 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 | -0.278 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.2825 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.2734 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | -0.6027 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.9347 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.2791 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | -0.7653 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.9314 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5053 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.8372 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.9008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.7412 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 156 Mozambique -0.7158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 157 Sao Tome and Principe -0.7187 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 158 Malawi -0.7258 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 160 Niger -0.7697 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 161 Eswatini -0.7811 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
- 162 Angola -0.7852 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
More reference data data for Mauritania
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.1554 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 4.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.563 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 42.1 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.8635 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.9253 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 40.65 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 56.34 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Mauritania?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Mauritania was -0.7412 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2734 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.9347 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2008.
- How does Mauritania rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Mauritania ranks 159th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.