Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Uruguay
Uruguay: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate was 0.6905 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay stood at 0.6905 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The figure is down 19.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance estimate in Uruguay peaked at 0.8994 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2761 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 2004.
Uruguay ranks 53rd 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 | 0.6021 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.466 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7382 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5143 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2761 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6581 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.5846 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4841 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.688 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.808 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6905 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8994 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Uruguay
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0143 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.862 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 73.32 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.9506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 78.34 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 87.72 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance estimate in Uruguay?
- Government effectiveness - governance estimate in Uruguay was 0.6905 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8994 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2022.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance estimate recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2761 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2004.
- How does Uruguay rank for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Uruguay ranks 53rd out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance estimate rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.