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

The highest recorded value was 40.79 0-100 in 2010.

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

The lowest recorded value was 29.31 0-100 in 2003.

How does Malawi rank for government effectiveness - governance score?

Malawi ranks 158th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Malawi 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 Malawi

Name: Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malawi
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)

Malawi: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 37.23 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

37.23 0-100

Change on year

up 2.3%

World rank

158th

of 204 countries

All-time high

40.79 0-100

in 2010

All-time low

29.31 0-100

in 2003

Years of data

1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malawi, 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 Malawi stood at 37.23 0-100.

The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Malawi peaked at 40.79 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 29.31 0-100, in 2003.

That places Malawi 158th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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	36.94 0-100	34.35 0-100	39.53 0-100	2
2000s	35.07 0-100	29.31 0-100	40.61 0-100	9
2010s	39.85 0-100	38 0-100	40.79 0-100	10
2020s	36.94 0-100	36.15 0-100	38.12 0-100	5

Countries ranked near Malawi

155 Iran 37.61 0-100 compare
156 Mozambique 37.42 0-100 compare
157 Sao Tome and Principe 37.37 0-100 compare
159 Mauritania 36.93 0-100 compare
160 Niger 36.38 0-100 compare
161 Eswatini 36.15 0-100 compare

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More reference data data for Malawi

Number of child deaths per woman 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
Human Development Index 0.517 (2023)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.1463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Rule of Law - Governance score 54.45 0-100 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score 54.93 0-100 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.1094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.3802 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Malawi?: Government effectiveness - governance score in Malawi was 37.23 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 Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 40.79 0-100 in 2010.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 29.31 0-100 in 2003.
How does Malawi rank for government effectiveness - governance score?: Malawi ranks 158th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi 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).