Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 52.17 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
52.17 0-100
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
99th
of 204 countries
All-time high
53.4 0-100
in 2023
All-time low
39.61 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Bulgaria, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 39.6 0-1001998: 45.4 0-1002000: 45.1 0-1002002: 50.5 0-1002003: 50.4 0-1002004: 51 0-1002005: 50.1 0-1002006: 48.1 0-1002007: 48.3 0-1002008: 46.5 0-1002009: 50.2 0-1002010: 45.6 0-1002011: 45.9 0-1002012: 47.4 0-1002013: 48.4 0-1002014: 48.3 0-1002015: 49.2 0-1002016: 50 0-1002017: 50.4 0-1002018: 50.9 0-1002019: 52 0-1002020: 50.2 0-1002021: 51.1 0-1002022: 49.9 0-1002023: 53.4 0-1002024: 52.2 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, government effectiveness - governance score in Bulgaria stood at 52.17 0-100.

That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Bulgaria peaked at 53.4 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39.61 0-100, in 1996.

Bulgaria ranks 99th 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.49 0-100 39.61 0-100 45.37 0-100 2
2000s 48.93 0-100 45.13 0-100 51.05 0-100 9
2010s 48.81 0-100 45.59 0-100 52.04 0-100 10
2020s 51.35 0-100 49.91 0-100 53.4 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 96 Namibia 53.27 0-100 compare
  2. 97 Dominican Republic 52.79 0-100 compare
  3. 98 Ghana 52.5 0-100 compare
  4. 100 Grenada 51.73 0-100 compare
  5. 101 Nauru 51.54 0-100 compare
  6. 101 Palau 51.54 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Bulgaria?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Bulgaria was 52.17 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 Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 53.4 0-100 in 2023.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 39.61 0-100 in 1996.
How does Bulgaria rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Bulgaria ranks 99th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bulgaria 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
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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).