Government effectiveness in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
95.7 /100
Singapore
Median country
52.1 /100
half above, half below
Range
13.7 to 95.7
Afghanistan - Singapore

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Singapore (95.7 /100) and the lowest in Afghanistan (13.7 /100).

The median country is at 52.1 /100: half are above, half below.

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.

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Government effectiveness over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Singapore95.7
2Japan91.9
3Hong Kong83.2
4South Korea80.2
5United Arab Emirates75.8
6Israel74.1
7Qatar73.4
8Macao73.0
9Malaysia69.1
10China68.8
11Cyprus68.2
12Brunei67.6
13Saudi Arabia66.6
14Bahrain63.0
15Bhutan62.6
16Oman62.4
17Georgia60.2
18India59.2
19Kuwait57.7
20Thailand56.3
21Jordan55.5
22Indonesia54.8
23Azerbaijan54.6
24Kazakhstan54.2
25Philippines54.2
26Türkiye50.0
27Vietnam49.5
28Uzbekistan48.5
29Maldives47.0
30Sri Lanka46.0
31Cambodia45.6
32Armenia44.3
33Mongolia43.8
34Laos40.0
35Pakistan39.7
36Tajikistan39.7
37Bangladesh39.3
38Iran37.6
39Nepal34.1
40Kyrgyzstan34.1
41Timor-Leste33.9
42Turkmenistan30.7
43Palestine30.0
44Iraq29.9
45Lebanon29.4
46North Korea26.6
47Myanmar21.0
48Syria18.8
49Yemen14.9
50Afghanistan13.7
World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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