Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Germany

Germany: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 81.41 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
81.41 0-100
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
18th
of 204 countries
All-time high
89.56 0-100
in 2014
All-time low
81.26 0-100
in 2010
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Germany, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 85.9 0-1001998: 83.5 0-1002000: 85.6 0-1002002: 85.3 0-1002003: 81.9 0-1002004: 81.4 0-1002005: 83.4 0-1002006: 84.3 0-1002007: 85.6 0-1002008: 85.1 0-1002009: 85.8 0-1002010: 81.3 0-1002011: 83.3 0-1002012: 85.5 0-1002013: 86.5 0-1002014: 89.6 0-1002015: 89.5 0-1002016: 88.4 0-1002017: 88.1 0-1002018: 86.4 0-1002019: 88.1 0-1002020: 86 0-1002021: 86.9 0-1002022: 85.9 0-1002023: 81.7 0-1002024: 81.4 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 Germany stood at 81.41 0-100.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Germany peaked at 89.56 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 81.26 0-100, in 2010.

Germany ranks 18th of 204 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 84.71 0-100 83.5 0-100 85.91 0-100 2
2000s 84.27 0-100 81.38 0-100 85.8 0-100 9
2010s 86.66 0-100 81.26 0-100 89.56 0-100 10
2020s 84.38 0-100 81.41 0-100 86.86 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 15 Iceland 83.34 0-100 compare
  2. 16 Hong Kong 83.18 0-100 compare
  3. 17 Ireland 82.68 0-100 compare
  4. 19 Austria 80.79 0-100 compare
  5. 20 South Korea 80.25 0-100 compare
  6. 21 Bermuda 80.03 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Germany?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Germany was 81.41 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 Germany?
The highest recorded value was 89.56 0-100 in 2014.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 81.26 0-100 in 2010.
How does Germany rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Germany ranks 18th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Germany 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).