Costa Rica - Government Effectiveness 2010
0.30
−0.02 from 2009
Costa Rica's government effectiveness was 0.30 in 2010, decreased +0.02 from 0.32 in 2009. This was the 71st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.28 | -1.1% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.22 | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 2.10 | -5.8% |
| 4th | Sweden | 1.96 | -3.9% |
| 5th | Norway | 1.87 | 2.0% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.87 | -3.8% |
| 7th | Austria | 1.81 | 9.0% |
| 8th | New Zealand | 1.81 | -2.0% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.78 | -1.1% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.78 | 2.1% |
| 11th | Netherlands | 1.77 | 2.0% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.76 | 3.6% |
| 13th | Luxembourg | 1.72 | -1.6% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.68 | -3.6% |
| 15th | Belgium | 1.65 | 5.5% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 1.62 | 7.3% |
| 17th | Iceland | 1.58 | -3.1% |
| 18th | United States | 1.55 | 3.3% |
| 19th | Cyprus | 1.53 | 7.9% |
| 20th | Japan | 1.52 | 5.0% |
| 21st | Germany | 1.52 | -3.8% |
| 22nd | Andorra | 1.51 | -1.5% |
| 23rd | France | 1.46 | -1.0% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.41 | -5.0% |
| 25th | Israel | 1.39 | 9.0% |
| 26th | Macao SAR, China | 1.35 | 0.3% |
| 27th | Ireland | 1.34 | 0.9% |
| 28th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.26 | -1.6% |
| 29th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.26 | -1.6% |
| 30th | Aruba | 1.25 | -16.7% |
| 31st | Cayman Islands | 1.25 | -1.4% |
| 32nd | Malta | 1.19 | 1.5% |
| 33rd | Chile | 1.16 | 1.7% |
| 34th | Korea | 1.15 | 12.0% |
| 35th | Estonia | 1.08 | 7.4% |
| 36th | Bahamas, The | 1.07 | 6.6% |
| 37th | Malaysia | 1.05 | 16.9% |
| 38th | Slovenia | 1.01 | -11.2% |
| 39th | Greenland | 1.01 | -1.3% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 1.00 | -1.7% |
| 41st | Portugal | 0.98 | -14.8% |
| 42nd | Spain | 0.94 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | United Arab Emirates | 0.92 | -9.0% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 0.91 | 13.2% |
| 45th | Czechia | 0.90 | 3.2% |
| 46th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.90 | -1.9% |
| 47th | Qatar | 0.85 | -12.3% |
| 48th | St. Lucia | 0.83 | -10.8% |
| 49th | Slovak Republic | 0.78 | -9.3% |
| 50th | Lithuania | 0.74 | 7.0% |
| 51st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.72 | -14.1% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 0.72 | 16.7% |
| 53rd | Dominica | 0.68 | 1.5% |
| 54th | Hungary | 0.64 | -3.5% |
| 55th | Uruguay | 0.63 | 1.4% |
| 56th | Poland | 0.63 | 21.8% |
| 57th | Seychelles | 0.62 | -4.8% |
| 58th | Bhutan | 0.61 | 15.2% |
| 59th | Croatia | 0.58 | -0.7% |
| 60th | Greece | 0.49 | -19.9% |
| 61st | American Samoa | 0.49 | -2.1% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.49 | -2.1% |
| 63rd | Italy | 0.47 | 12.0% |
| 64th | Bahrain | 0.43 | -5.5% |
| 65th | Botswana | 0.39 | -6.6% |
| 66th | Oman | 0.36 | -2.0% |
| 67th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.34 | -3.0% |
| 68th | Georgia | 0.33 | 9.9% |
| 69th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.32 | -11.1% |
| 70th | Türkiye | 0.32 | 8.7% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 0.30 | -6.9% |
| 72nd | Jamaica | 0.30 | 7.4% |
| 73rd | South Africa | 0.19 | -38.3% |
| 74th | Grenada | 0.19 | -20.1% |
| 75th | Tunisia | 0.16 | -56.9% |
| 76th | Namibia | 0.16 | -25.8% |
| 77th | Kuwait | 0.15 | -19.3% |
| 78th | Montenegro | 0.13 | 1,768.5% |
| 79th | Panama | 0.13 | 27.4% |
| 80th | Mexico | 0.10 | -32.0% |
| 81st | China | 0.09 | -1.5% |
| 82nd | Jordan | 0.09 | -62.7% |
| 83rd | Thailand | 0.08 | -59.7% |
| 84th | Philippines | 0.07 | 150.7% |
| 85th | India | 0.03 | 1,060.5% |
| 86th | Samoa | 0.00 | -97.6% |
| 87th | El Salvador | -0.01 | 83.5% |
| 88th | Saudi Arabia | -0.02 | 78.7% |
| 89th | Guam | -0.02 | -17.2% |
| 90th | Bulgaria | -0.07 | -191.4% |
| 91st | Serbia | -0.08 | -8.4% |
| 92nd | Brazil | -0.09 | 42.6% |
| 93rd | Cabo Verde | -0.10 | -20.9% |
| 94th | Ghana | -0.10 | 17.7% |
| 95th | Suriname | -0.11 | -37.5% |
| 96th | Argentina | -0.11 | 62.0% |
| 97th | Romania | -0.11 | 69.1% |
| 98th | Guyana | -0.12 | 32.8% |
| 99th | Colombia | -0.12 | 58.8% |
| 100th | Lebanon | -0.14 | 63.4% |
| 101st | Rwanda | -0.16 | 43.5% |
| 102nd | Armenia | -0.17 | -537.7% |
| 103rd | North Macedonia | -0.18 | -38.8% |
| 104th | Maldives | -0.19 | 56.2% |
| 105th | Sri Lanka | -0.20 | -32.4% |
| 106th | Morocco | -0.23 | 18.6% |
| 107th | Peru | -0.24 | 51.1% |
| 108th | Viet Nam | -0.24 | 0.9% |
| 109th | Belize | -0.26 | 14.6% |
| 110th | Indonesia | -0.27 | 19.1% |
| 111th | Vanuatu | -0.27 | 16.9% |
| 112th | Albania | -0.28 | -9.2% |
| 113th | Tonga | -0.29 | 16.6% |
| 114th | Eswatini | -0.30 | 30.6% |
| 115th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.32 | -54.4% |
| 116th | Cuba | -0.33 | 0.5% |
| 117th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.37 | 44.7% |
| 118th | Algeria | -0.40 | 25.9% |
| 119th | Lesotho | -0.40 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.45 | 8.2% |
| 121st | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.47 | -31.9% |
| 122nd | Malawi | -0.47 | 12.6% |
| 123rd | Tuvalu | -0.49 | -10.0% |
| 124th | Kazakhstan | -0.49 | -11.9% |
| 125th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.50 | 13.8% |
| 126th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.50 | 17.2% |
| 127th | Mongolia | -0.56 | 15.3% |
| 128th | Nauru | -0.56 | -41.4% |
| 129th | Uganda | -0.57 | 14.7% |
| 130th | Kenya | -0.58 | 12.3% |
| 131st | Kosovo | -0.58 | -43.9% |
| 132nd | Burkina Faso | -0.59 | 4.6% |
| 133rd | Senegal | -0.59 | -7.4% |
| 134th | Russian Federation | -0.60 | -21.0% |
| 135th | Benin | -0.61 | -2.5% |
| 136th | Mozambique | -0.62 | -2.7% |
| 137th | Tanzania | -0.62 | 1.1% |
| 138th | Honduras | -0.64 | 5.6% |
| 139th | Moldova | -0.66 | -18.0% |
| 140th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.66 | 32.3% |
| 141st | Ecuador | -0.67 | 8.6% |
| 142nd | Dominican Republic | -0.69 | -10.7% |
| 143rd | Niger | -0.70 | 0.2% |
| 144th | Guatemala | -0.72 | -1.6% |
| 145th | Papua New Guinea | -0.73 | 2.7% |
| 146th | Uzbekistan | -0.73 | -13.4% |
| 147th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.74 | -2.6% |
| 148th | Gambia, The | -0.75 | -0.5% |
| 149th | Bangladesh | -0.75 | 6.1% |
| 150th | Pakistan | -0.78 | 4.5% |
| 151st | Gabon | -0.80 | -4.4% |
| 152nd | Azerbaijan | -0.81 | -22.3% |
| 153rd | Ukraine | -0.82 | 2.8% |
| 154th | Mali | -0.85 | -6.3% |
| 155th | Palau | -0.85 | -55.0% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.86 | -13.2% |
| 157th | Zambia | -0.86 | -5.3% |
| 158th | Lao PDR | -0.87 | 9.7% |
| 159th | Kiribati | -0.88 | -9.7% |
| 160th | Nepal | -0.90 | 7.1% |
| 161st | Cameroon | -0.90 | -5.8% |
| 162nd | Paraguay | -0.91 | -0.8% |
| 163rd | Fiji | -0.92 | 22.1% |
| 164th | Tajikistan | -0.93 | 17.0% |
| 165th | Nicaragua | -0.95 | 1.3% |
| 166th | Cambodia | -0.96 | -0.2% |
| 167th | Mauritania | -0.99 | -6.5% |
| 168th | Madagascar | -1.00 | -18.3% |
| 169th | Djibouti | -1.01 | -7.9% |
| 170th | Solomon Islands | -1.02 | 10.6% |
| 171st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.03 | 4.7% |
| 172nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.07 | -1.8% |
| 173rd | Libya | -1.09 | -0.2% |
| 174th | Iraq | -1.10 | 7.0% |
| 175th | Guinea | -1.12 | -7.7% |
| 176th | Burundi | -1.12 | -5.4% |
| 177th | Angola | -1.14 | -20.4% |
| 178th | Marshall Islands | -1.14 | 15.4% |
| 179th | Nigeria | -1.17 | 2.9% |
| 180th | Belarus | -1.19 | 1.7% |
| 181st | Sierra Leone | -1.21 | -1.2% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.24 | -1.5% |
| 183rd | Timor-Leste | -1.25 | -4.9% |
| 184th | Liberia | -1.25 | -5.1% |
| 185th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.26 | 0.0% |
| 186th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.30 | -15.2% |
| 187th | Sudan | -1.38 | -7.7% |
| 188th | Togo | -1.38 | -2.0% |
| 189th | Central African Republic | -1.39 | 0.2% |
| 190th | Eritrea | -1.40 | 0.0% |
| 191st | Chad | -1.46 | -2.7% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | -1.48 | 2.0% |
| 193rd | Turkmenistan | -1.53 | -10.0% |
| 194th | Zimbabwe | -1.54 | 1.0% |
| 195th | Myanmar | -1.63 | -0.2% |
| 196th | Haiti | -1.65 | -9.3% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.72 | -4.0% |
| 198th | Comoros | -1.75 | -1.2% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.87 | -4.8% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.17 | -0.6% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's government effectiveness in 2010?▾
Costa Rica's government effectiveness in 2010 was 0.30. This ranked 71st globally.
How did Costa Rica's government effectiveness change in 2010?▾
Costa Rica's government effectiveness decreased by 6.9% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2010?▾
Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2010 at 2.28.
What is the government effectiveness of Costa Rica in 2010?▾
The government effectiveness of Costa Rica in 2010 was 0.30. This ranked 71st globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Costa Rica's government effectiveness?▾
Costa Rica's government effectiveness went from 0.32 in 2009 to 0.30 in 2010, a 6.9% decrease.
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