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

The highest recorded value was 57.83 0-100 in 2022.

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

The lowest recorded value was 45.37 0-100 in 1998.

How does Kuwait rank for government effectiveness - governance score?

Kuwait ranks 75th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Kuwait 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 Kuwait

Name: Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Kuwait
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)

Kuwait: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 57.72 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

57.72 0-100

Change on year

up 0.6%

World rank

75th

of 204 countries

All-time high

57.83 0-100

in 2022

All-time low

45.37 0-100

in 1998

Years of data

1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Kuwait, 1996–2024

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 Kuwait stood at 57.72 0-100.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Kuwait peaked at 57.83 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 45.37 0-100, in 1998.

Kuwait ranks 75th 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

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	48.33 0-100	45.37 0-100	51.29 0-100	2
2000s	51.19 0-100	45.4 0-100	54.41 0-100	9
2010s	52.49 0-100	49.16 0-100	55.96 0-100	10
2020s	54.79 0-100	49.16 0-100	57.83 0-100	5

Countries ranked near Kuwait

72 United States Virgin Islands 58.63 0-100 compare
73 Montenegro 58.47 0-100 compare
74 Rwanda 58.12 0-100 compare
76 Albania 57.41 0-100 compare
77 Costa Rica 56.92 0-100 compare
78 Saint Lucia 56.56 0-100 compare
78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56.56 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

More reference data data for Kuwait

Number of child deaths per woman 0.0154 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.52 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 1.52 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 1.52 live births per woman (2023)
Human Development Index 0.852 (2023)
Rule of Law - Governance score 60.94 0-100 (2024)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.2308 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.7183 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score 44.28 0-100 (2024)
Political Stability - Governance score 70.92 0-100 (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Kuwait?: Government effectiveness - governance score in Kuwait was 57.72 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 Kuwait?: The highest recorded value was 57.83 0-100 in 2022.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Kuwait?: The lowest recorded value was 45.37 0-100 in 1998.
How does Kuwait rank for government effectiveness - governance score?: Kuwait ranks 75th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Kuwait?: Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kuwait 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).