Government effectiveness in Europe

44 countries in Europe, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
92.8 /100
Luxembourg
Median country
74.1 /100
half above, half below
Range
36.0 to 92.8
Belarus - Luxembourg

How to read it

Across 44 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Luxembourg (92.8 /100) and the lowest in Belarus (36.0 /100).

The median country is at 74.1 /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

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Luxembourg92.8
2Switzerland92.6
3Denmark92.4
4Finland92.1
5Norway90.0
6Sweden89.5
7Netherlands88.0
8Monaco87.6
9Liechtenstein85.8
10Ireland85.7
11Iceland84.0
12Austria83.9
13Estonia83.0
14Germany82.8
15Andorra80.6
16Belgium79.3
17Lithuania77.8
18Czechia77.8
19United Kingdom77.6
20France77.1
21Spain75.5
22Slovenia74.9
23Portugal73.3
24Italy71.3
25San Marino70.1
26Latvia69.3
27Poland68.6
28Croatia68.1
29Malta68.0
30Slovakia64.3
31Montenegro62.0
32Albania62.0
33Hungary62.0
34Romania59.9
35Greece58.9
36Moldova56.7
37North Macedonia56.4
38Bulgaria54.9
39Serbia53.0
40Kosovo49.9
41Bosnia and Herzegovina42.6
42Russia42.1
43Ukraine40.1
44Belarus36.0
World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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