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

The highest recorded value was 34.2 0-100 in 2012.

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

The lowest recorded value was 11.79 0-100 in 1998.

How does Liberia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?

Liberia ranks 188th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Liberia 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 Liberia

Name: Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Liberia
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)

Liberia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 27.11 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

27.11 0-100

Change on year

down 2.2%

World rank

188th

of 204 countries

All-time high

34.2 0-100

in 2012

All-time low

11.79 0-100

in 1998

Years of data

1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Liberia, 1996–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Liberia is 27.11 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Liberia peaked at 34.2 0-100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 11.79 0-100, in 1998.

Liberia ranks 188th of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	11.85 0-100	11.79 0-100	11.9 0-100	2
2000s	21.93 0-100	11.83 0-100	29.86 0-100	9
2010s	29.67 0-100	26.33 0-100	34.2 0-100	10
2020s	26.08 0-100	24.6 0-100	27.71 0-100	5

Countries ranked near Liberia

185 Lebanon 29.37 0-100 compare
186 Equatorial Guinea 28.35 0-100 compare
187 Comoros 27.84 0-100 compare
189 North Korea 26.62 0-100 compare
190 Mali 26.31 0-100 compare
191 Guinea-Bissau 24.75 0-100 compare

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More reference data data for Liberia

Number of child deaths per woman 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 3.95 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 3.95 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 3.95 live births per woman (2023)
Human Development Index 0.51 (2023)
Rule of Law - Governance score 42.03 0-100 (2024)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.868 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.1118 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score 54.89 0-100 (2024)
Political Stability - Governance score 61.99 0-100 (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Liberia?: Government effectiveness - governance score in Liberia was 27.11 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 Liberia?: The highest recorded value was 34.2 0-100 in 2012.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Liberia?: The lowest recorded value was 11.79 0-100 in 1998.
How does Liberia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?: Liberia ranks 188th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Liberia?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Liberia 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).