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

The highest recorded value was 56.56 0-100 in 2002.

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

The lowest recorded value was 36.75 0-100 in 2023.

How does Lesotho rank for government effectiveness - governance score?

Lesotho ranks 152nd out of 204 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Lesotho 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 Lesotho

Name: Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Lesotho
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)

Lesotho: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 38.76 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

38.76 0-100

Change on year

up 5.5%

World rank

152nd

of 204 countries

All-time high

56.56 0-100

in 2002

All-time low

36.75 0-100

in 2023

Years of data

1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Lesotho, 1996–2024

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

Analysis

Lesotho recorded 38.76 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Lesotho peaked at 56.56 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 36.75 0-100, in 2023.

Lesotho ranks 152nd of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	55.97 0-100	55.89 0-100	56.06 0-100	2
2000s	47.65 0-100	41.23 0-100	56.56 0-100	9
2010s	41.13 0-100	38.23 0-100	44.49 0-100	10
2020s	37.47 0-100	36.75 0-100	38.76 0-100	5

Countries ranked near Lesotho

149 Honduras 39.29 0-100 compare
150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38.99 0-100 compare
151 Ethiopia 38.78 0-100 compare
153 Tuvalu 37.9 0-100 compare
154 Belarus 37.7 0-100 compare
155 Iran 37.61 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

More reference data data for Lesotho

Number of child deaths per woman 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
Human Development Index 0.55 (2023)
Rule of Law - Governance score 49.97 0-100 (2024)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.4066 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.1551 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score 54.13 0-100 (2024)
Political Stability - Governance score 61.47 0-100 (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Lesotho?: Government effectiveness - governance score in Lesotho was 38.76 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 Lesotho?: The highest recorded value was 56.56 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Lesotho?: The lowest recorded value was 36.75 0-100 in 2023.
How does Lesotho rank for government effectiveness - governance score?: Lesotho ranks 152nd out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Lesotho?: Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lesotho 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).