Government Effectiveness - Governance score in France

France: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 74.69 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
74.69 0-100
Change on year
down 3.8%
World rank
28th
of 204 countries
All-time high
84.68 0-100
in 2005
All-time low
74.69 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in France, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 81 0-1001998: 79.7 0-1002000: 83.7 0-1002002: 81.5 0-1002003: 83.1 0-1002004: 81.6 0-1002005: 84.7 0-1002006: 79.8 0-1002007: 80.9 0-1002008: 83 0-1002009: 81.5 0-1002010: 79.4 0-1002011: 79.9 0-1002012: 80.8 0-1002013: 80 0-1002014: 79.6 0-1002015: 79.7 0-1002016: 79 0-1002017: 78.6 0-1002018: 80.9 0-1002019: 80.2 0-1002020: 80.3 0-1002021: 81.2 0-1002022: 79.8 0-1002023: 77.6 0-1002024: 74.7 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 France stood at 74.69 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in France peaked at 84.68 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 74.69 0-100, in 2024.

That places France 28th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 80.37 0-100 79.73 0-100 81.01 0-100 2
2000s 82.19 0-100 79.8 0-100 84.68 0-100 9
2010s 79.79 0-100 78.6 0-100 80.87 0-100 10
2020s 78.73 0-100 74.69 0-100 81.21 0-100 5

Countries ranked near France

  1. 25 Guam 76.02 0-100 compare
  2. 26 United Arab Emirates 75.84 0-100 compare
  3. 27 Lithuania 74.7 0-100 compare
  4. 29 Belgium 74.57 0-100 compare
  5. 30 United Kingdom 74.38 0-100 compare
  6. 31 Cayman Islands 74.37 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in France?
Government effectiveness - governance score in France was 74.69 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 France?
The highest recorded value was 84.68 0-100 in 2005.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 74.69 0-100 in 2024.
How does France rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
France ranks 28th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this France 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).