Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malaysia

Malaysia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 69.13 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
69.13 0-100
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
40th
of 204 countries
All-time high
70.02 0-100
in 2010
All-time low
65.07 0-100
in 2009
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Malaysia, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 66.4 0-1001998: 65.6 0-1002000: 68.3 0-1002002: 69.2 0-1002003: 69.5 0-1002004: 67.7 0-1002005: 66.5 0-1002006: 67.4 0-1002007: 68.7 0-1002008: 66.5 0-1002009: 65.1 0-1002010: 70 0-1002011: 68.9 0-1002012: 68.4 0-1002013: 68.3 0-1002014: 69.2 0-1002015: 67.6 0-1002016: 66.5 0-1002017: 66.1 0-1002018: 68 0-1002019: 67.2 0-1002020: 68.2 0-1002021: 67 0-1002022: 66.6 0-1002023: 65.9 0-1002024: 69.1 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 Malaysia stood at 69.13 0-100.

That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Malaysia peaked at 70.02 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 65.07 0-100, in 2009.

Malaysia ranks 40th of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 65.96 0-100 65.55 0-100 66.37 0-100 2
2000s 67.66 0-100 65.07 0-100 69.53 0-100 9
2010s 68.02 0-100 66.14 0-100 70.02 0-100 10
2020s 67.36 0-100 65.87 0-100 69.13 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 37 Slovenia 72.52 0-100 compare
  2. 38 Chile 70.09 0-100 compare
  3. 39 Portugal 69.76 0-100 compare
  4. 41 San Marino 68.79 0-100 compare
  5. 42 China 68.76 0-100 compare
  6. 43 Cyprus 68.25 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Malaysia?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Malaysia was 69.13 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 70.02 0-100 in 2010.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 65.07 0-100 in 2009.
How does Malaysia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Malaysia ranks 40th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malaysia 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).