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

The highest recorded value was 68.42 0-100 in 1996.

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

The lowest recorded value was 52.2 0-100 in 2005.

How does Namibia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?

Namibia ranks 96th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Namibia 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 Namibia

Name: Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Namibia
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)

Namibia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 53.27 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

53.27 0-100

Change on year

down 2.0%

World rank

96th

of 204 countries

All-time high

68.42 0-100

in 1996

All-time low

52.2 0-100

in 2005

Years of data

1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Namibia, 1996–2024

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

Analysis

Namibia recorded 53.27 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Namibia peaked at 68.42 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 52.2 0-100, in 2005.

That places Namibia 96th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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	64.43 0-100	60.45 0-100	68.42 0-100	2
2000s	56.41 0-100	52.2 0-100	60.54 0-100	9
2010s	56.93 0-100	55.02 0-100	59.08 0-100	10
2020s	54.17 0-100	53.27 0-100	54.56 0-100	5

Countries ranked near Namibia

93 Philippines 54.15 0-100 compare
94 Trinidad and Tobago 53.5 0-100 compare
95 Serbia 53.32 0-100 compare
97 Dominican Republic 52.79 0-100 compare
98 Ghana 52.5 0-100 compare
99 Bulgaria 52.17 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

More reference data data for Namibia

Number of child deaths per woman 0.1188 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 3.21 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 3.21 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 3.21 live births per woman (2023)
Human Development Index 0.665 (2023)
Rule of Law - Governance score 62.61 0-100 (2024)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.3279 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.3365 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score 62.74 0-100 (2024)
Political Stability - Governance score 75.23 0-100 (2024)

All data for Namibia →

Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Namibia?: Government effectiveness - governance score in Namibia was 53.27 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 Namibia?: The highest recorded value was 68.42 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Namibia?: The lowest recorded value was 52.2 0-100 in 2005.
How does Namibia rank for government effectiveness - governance score?: Namibia ranks 96th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Namibia?: Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Namibia 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

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).