Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Seychelles
Seychelles: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was 0.6268 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Seychelles, 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 Seychelles stood at 0.6268 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The figure is up 18.4% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Seychelles peaked at 0.8131 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2778 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2004.
Seychelles ranks 57th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7547 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7501 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7592 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.4975 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2778 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7535 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6424 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5619 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8131 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.525 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6268 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Seychelles
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0296 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.848 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 67.24 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.5969 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.6344 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 67.95 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 81.55 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Seychelles?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Seychelles was 0.6268 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8131 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2016.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2778 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2004.
- How does Seychelles rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Seychelles ranks 57th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.