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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 estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e.
As of 2025, Singapore ranks first with 2, followed by Japan (2) and Luxembourg (2).
Across 204 countries and territories, values run from 2 (Singapore) to -2 (South Sudan), with a median of 0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 2 from Asia, 1 from the Americas and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5), 2025. Unit: approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026