Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Switzerland

Switzerland: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 87.12 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
87.12 0-100
Change on year
down 4.3%
World rank
7th
of 204 countries
All-time high
92.41 0-100
in 2018
All-time low
86.26 0-100
in 2010
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Switzerland, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 87 0-1001998: 88 0-1002000: 91.6 0-1002002: 91.6 0-1002003: 90.8 0-1002004: 90 0-1002005: 89.8 0-1002006: 87.3 0-1002007: 87.8 0-1002008: 87.7 0-1002009: 86.9 0-1002010: 86.3 0-1002011: 87.2 0-1002012: 89 0-1002013: 88 0-1002014: 92.1 0-1002015: 90.9 0-1002016: 92 0-1002017: 92.1 0-1002018: 92.4 0-1002019: 91.3 0-1002020: 89.4 0-1002021: 91.8 0-1002022: 90.7 0-1002023: 91 0-1002024: 87.1 0-100

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

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 87.12 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Switzerland peaked at 92.41 0-100 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 86.26 0-100, in 2010.

That places Switzerland 7th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 87.51 0-100 87.04 0-100 87.98 0-100 2
2000s 89.28 0-100 86.85 0-100 91.63 0-100 9
2010s 90.13 0-100 86.26 0-100 92.41 0-100 10
2020s 90.02 0-100 87.12 0-100 91.79 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 4 Denmark 88.53 0-100 compare
  2. 5 New Zealand 87.3 0-100 compare
  3. 6 Norway 87.18 0-100 compare
  4. 8 Finland 86.67 0-100 compare
  5. 9 Australia 86.52 0-100 compare
  6. 10 Sweden 85.85 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Switzerland?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Switzerland was 87.12 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 Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 92.41 0-100 in 2018.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 86.26 0-100 in 2010.
How does Switzerland rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Switzerland ranks 7th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Switzerland 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
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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).