What is the highest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Botswana?

The highest recorded value was 63.47 0-100 in 2003.

What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Botswana?

The lowest recorded value was 55.83 0-100 in 1998.

How does Botswana rank for government effectiveness - governance score?

Botswana ranks 69th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.

Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Botswana?

Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Botswana 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.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Botswana

Name: Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Botswana
Creator: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Botswana: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 59.45 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

59.45 0-100

Change on year

down 3.9%

World rank

69th

of 204 countries

All-time high

63.47 0-100

in 2003

All-time low

55.83 0-100

in 1998

Years of data

1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Botswana, 1996–2024

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 Botswana is 59.45 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Botswana peaked at 63.47 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 55.83 0-100, in 1998.

Botswana ranks 69th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	55.87 0-100	55.83 0-100	55.91 0-100	2
2000s	60.88 0-100	55.85 0-100	63.47 0-100	9
2010s	60.99 0-100	58.08 0-100	62.41 0-100	10
2020s	59.62 0-100	57.38 0-100	61.86 0-100	5

Countries ranked near Botswana

66 Samoa 59.79 0-100 compare
67 Antigua and Barbuda 59.7 0-100 compare
68 Romania 59.47 0-100 compare
70 Cape Verde 59.41 0-100 compare
71 India 59.21 0-100 compare
72 United States Virgin Islands 58.63 0-100 compare

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More reference data data for Botswana

Number of child deaths per woman 0.0809 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
Fertility rate: births per woman 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
Human Development Index 0.731 (2023)
Rule of Law - Governance score 62.34 0-100 (2024)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.3121 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.2953 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score 62.02 0-100 (2024)
Political Stability - Governance score 83.53 0-100 (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Botswana?: Government effectiveness - governance score in Botswana was 59.45 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 Botswana?: The highest recorded value was 63.47 0-100 in 2003.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Botswana?: The lowest recorded value was 55.83 0-100 in 1998.
How does Botswana rank for government effectiveness - governance score?: Botswana ranks 69th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Botswana?: Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Botswana 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: 06 August 2026

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).