Government effectiveness in Europe

44 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
91.0 /100
Luxembourg
Median country
71.1 /100
half above, half below
Range
37.7 to 91.0
Belarus - Luxembourg

How to read it

Across 44 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Luxembourg (91.0 /100) and the lowest in Belarus (37.7 /100).

The median country is at 71.1 /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
1Luxembourg91.0
2Denmark88.5
3Norway87.2
4Switzerland87.1
5Finland86.7
6Sweden85.8
7Netherlands85.4
8Monaco85.1
9Liechtenstein84.3
10Iceland83.3
11Ireland82.7
12Germany81.4
13Austria80.8
14Estonia76.6
15Lithuania74.7
16France74.7
17Belgium74.6
18United Kingdom74.4
19Czechia74.2
20Andorra73.9
21Spain72.9
22Slovenia72.5
23Portugal69.8
24San Marino68.8
25Italy66.7
26Latvia65.8
27Croatia65.1
28Poland64.4
29Slovakia64.1
30Malta63.4
31Hungary61.1
32Romania59.5
33Montenegro58.5
34Albania57.4
35Moldova56.4
36Greece55.1
37Serbia53.3
38Bulgaria52.2
39North Macedonia50.7
40Kosovo50.1
41Russia45.1
42Ukraine39.7
43Bosnia and Herzegovina39.0
44Belarus37.7
World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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