Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Mauritania

Mauritania: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 36.93 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
36.93 0-100
Change on year
up 4.3%
World rank
159th
of 204 countries
All-time high
46.02 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
33.17 0-100
in 2008
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Mauritania, 1996–2024

010203040501996201020241996: 46 0-1001998: 45.8 0-1002000: 45.9 0-1002002: 45.9 0-1002003: 45.7 0-1002004: 40.1 0-1002005: 38.2 0-1002006: 34.8 0-1002007: 36.4 0-1002008: 33.2 0-1002009: 36.5 0-1002010: 41.3 0-1002011: 41.5 0-1002012: 38.7 0-1002013: 35.2 0-1002014: 34.9 0-1002015: 33.2 0-1002016: 33.9 0-1002017: 35.4 0-1002018: 35.1 0-1002019: 35.3 0-1002020: 33.8 0-1002021: 34.8 0-1002022: 34.3 0-1002023: 35.4 0-1002024: 36.9 0-100

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

Analysis

Mauritania recorded 36.93 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Mauritania peaked at 46.02 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 33.17 0-100, in 2008.

Mauritania ranks 159th of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 45.94 0-100 45.85 0-100 46.02 0-100 2
2000s 39.62 0-100 33.17 0-100 45.91 0-100 9
2010s 36.46 0-100 33.23 0-100 41.52 0-100 10
2020s 35.06 0-100 33.83 0-100 36.93 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 156 Mozambique 37.42 0-100 compare
  2. 157 Sao Tome and Principe 37.37 0-100 compare
  3. 158 Malawi 37.23 0-100 compare
  4. 160 Niger 36.38 0-100 compare
  5. 161 Eswatini 36.15 0-100 compare
  6. 162 Angola 36.07 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Mauritania?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Mauritania was 36.93 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 Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 46.02 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 33.17 0-100 in 2008.
How does Mauritania rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Mauritania ranks 159th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Mauritania?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mauritania 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).