Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 32.14 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Zimbabwe, 1996–2024
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 Zimbabwe stood at 32.14 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Zimbabwe peaked at 51.12 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 20.48 0-100, in 2008.
That places Zimbabwe 176th out of 204 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.36 0-100 | 45.6 0-100 | 51.12 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.14 0-100 | 20.48 0-100 | 36.22 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.67 0-100 | 22.85 0-100 | 33.58 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.73 0-100 | 29.46 0-100 | 32.14 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More reference data data for Zimbabwe
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.2095 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.72 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.72 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 3.72 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.598 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 36.12 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 34.8 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 48.52 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Zimbabwe?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Zimbabwe was 32.14 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 51.12 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.48 0-100 in 2008.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Zimbabwe ranks 176th out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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
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).