Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 46 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
46 0-100
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
126th
of 204 countries
All-time high
54.06 0-100
in 2014
All-time low
39.53 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Sri Lanka, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 45.4 0-1001998: 39.5 0-1002000: 41.8 0-1002002: 49.1 0-1002003: 43.8 0-1002004: 42.4 0-1002005: 44.4 0-1002006: 45.7 0-1002007: 47 0-1002008: 46.9 0-1002009: 49.5 0-1002010: 47.7 0-1002011: 48.2 0-1002012: 48 0-1002013: 48.5 0-1002014: 54.1 0-1002015: 53.1 0-1002016: 50.6 0-1002017: 50 0-1002018: 49.4 0-1002019: 50 0-1002020: 49.1 0-1002021: 46.8 0-1002022: 41.5 0-1002023: 45.8 0-1002024: 46 0-100

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 Sri Lanka is 46 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Sri Lanka peaked at 54.06 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 39.53 0-100, in 1998.

Sri Lanka ranks 126th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.49 0-100 39.53 0-100 45.45 0-100 2
2000s 45.63 0-100 41.82 0-100 49.48 0-100 9
2010s 49.95 0-100 47.73 0-100 54.06 0-100 10
2020s 45.85 0-100 41.54 0-100 49.13 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 123 Algeria 46.46 0-100 compare
  2. 124 Puerto Rico 46.38 0-100 compare
  3. 125 Cuba 46.1 0-100 compare
  4. 127 Marshall Islands 45.68 0-100 compare
  5. 128 Tanzania 45.65 0-100 compare
  6. 129 Cambodia 45.63 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Sri Lanka?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Sri Lanka was 46 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 Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 54.06 0-100 in 2014.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 39.53 0-100 in 1998.
How does Sri Lanka rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Sri Lanka ranks 126th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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).