Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Australia

Australia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 86.52 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
86.52 0-100
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
9th
of 204 countries
All-time high
89.05 0-100
in 2003
All-time low
82.47 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Australia, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 82.5 0-1001998: 83.7 0-1002000: 86.1 0-1002002: 88.7 0-1002003: 89.1 0-1002004: 86.1 0-1002005: 86.4 0-1002006: 85.5 0-1002007: 85.3 0-1002008: 85.1 0-1002009: 83.4 0-1002010: 84.6 0-1002011: 84.5 0-1002012: 84.5 0-1002013: 82.9 0-1002014: 86.2 0-1002015: 83.9 0-1002016: 82.9 0-1002017: 83.3 0-1002018: 84.9 0-1002019: 83.7 0-1002020: 82.6 0-1002021: 84.4 0-1002022: 85.7 0-1002023: 86 0-1002024: 86.5 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Australia is 86.52 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Australia peaked at 89.05 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 82.47 0-100, in 1996.

That places Australia 9th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 83.09 0-100 82.47 0-100 83.71 0-100 2
2000s 86.2 0-100 83.44 0-100 89.05 0-100 9
2010s 84.15 0-100 82.88 0-100 86.24 0-100 10
2020s 85.04 0-100 82.56 0-100 86.52 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 6 Norway 87.18 0-100 compare
  2. 7 Switzerland 87.12 0-100 compare
  3. 8 Finland 86.67 0-100 compare
  4. 10 Sweden 85.85 0-100 compare
  5. 11 Canada 85.54 0-100 compare
  6. 12 Netherlands 85.41 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Australia?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Australia was 86.52 0-100 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 score recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 89.05 0-100 in 2003.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 82.47 0-100 in 1996.
How does Australia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Australia ranks 9th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia 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 score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 5,142 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).