Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Eswatini

Eswatini: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 36.15 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
36.15 0-100
Change on year
down 3.3%
World rank
161st
of 204 countries
All-time high
47.7 0-100
in 2012
All-time low
29.37 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Eswatini, 1996–2024

010203040501996201020241996: 46 0-1001998: 45.8 0-1002000: 45.9 0-1002002: 45.9 0-1002003: 35.6 0-1002004: 29.4 0-1002005: 30.3 0-1002006: 40.4 0-1002007: 39.9 0-1002008: 45.2 0-1002009: 43.6 0-1002010: 46.4 0-1002011: 44.5 0-1002012: 47.7 0-1002013: 47.3 0-1002014: 46 0-1002015: 45.7 0-1002016: 46.5 0-1002017: 45.8 0-1002018: 42.6 0-1002019: 41.7 0-1002020: 39.2 0-1002021: 37.3 0-1002022: 39.1 0-1002023: 37.4 0-1002024: 36.2 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 Eswatini stood at 36.15 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Eswatini peaked at 47.7 0-100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 29.37 0-100, in 2004.

Eswatini ranks 161st of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 45.94 0-100 45.85 0-100 46.02 0-100 2
2000s 39.58 0-100 29.37 0-100 45.91 0-100 9
2010s 45.41 0-100 41.69 0-100 47.7 0-100 10
2020s 37.82 0-100 36.15 0-100 39.22 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 158 Malawi 37.23 0-100 compare
  2. 159 Mauritania 36.93 0-100 compare
  3. 160 Niger 36.38 0-100 compare
  4. 162 Angola 36.07 0-100 compare
  5. 163 Cameroon 35.77 0-100 compare
  6. 164 Togo 35.76 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Eswatini?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Eswatini was 36.15 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 Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 47.7 0-100 in 2012.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 29.37 0-100 in 2004.
How does Eswatini rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Eswatini ranks 161st out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Eswatini 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).