France - Government Effectiveness 2004
1.76
+0.10 from 2003
France's government effectiveness was 1.76 in 2004, increased +0.10 from 1.65 in 2003. This was the 16th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2004▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.29 | 9.5% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | 2.16 | 23.1% |
| 3rd | Finland | 2.15 | -2.1% |
| 4th | Sweden | 2.10 | 4.1% |
| 5th | Netherlands | 2.07 | 5.9% |
| 6th | Norway | 2.06 | 12.3% |
| 7th | Iceland | 2.05 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Singapore | 2.02 | 4.5% |
| 9th | Australia | 1.98 | 11.9% |
| 10th | New Zealand | 1.94 | 10.1% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.90 | -1.2% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 1.88 | 1.1% |
| 13th | United Kingdom | 1.87 | 7.0% |
| 14th | Belgium | 1.85 | -0.8% |
| 15th | Austria | 1.84 | -4.5% |
| 16th | France | 1.76 | 6.3% |
| 17th | United States | 1.74 | 13.0% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.74 | 9.1% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 1.70 | 5.9% |
| 20th | Ireland | 1.52 | 1.5% |
| 21st | Andorra | 1.50 | 11.5% |
| 22nd | Germany | 1.47 | 8.1% |
| 23rd | Japan | 1.34 | 16.1% |
| 24th | Spain | 1.33 | -26.7% |
| 25th | Aruba | 1.28 | - |
| 26th | Cayman Islands | 1.26 | -6.8% |
| 27th | Israel | 1.24 | 9.0% |
| 28th | Bahamas, The | 1.20 | -1.7% |
| 29th | Barbados | 1.19 | -12.1% |
| 30th | Macao SAR, China | 1.18 | -12.3% |
| 31st | Bermuda | 1.16 | 6.1% |
| 32nd | Chile | 1.12 | 1.6% |
| 33rd | Cyprus | 1.11 | -1.4% |
| 34th | Malaysia | 1.05 | 0.4% |
| 35th | Portugal | 1.04 | -5.6% |
| 36th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.96 | -12.0% |
| 37th | Estonia | 0.90 | 2.6% |
| 38th | Slovenia | 0.90 | 0.4% |
| 39th | Czechia | 0.86 | 1.2% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 0.82 | 22.4% |
| 41st | Korea | 0.82 | 3.2% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 0.80 | -3.1% |
| 43rd | Greece | 0.79 | 11.7% |
| 44th | Malta | 0.78 | -11.4% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 0.69 | -6.6% |
| 46th | Lithuania | 0.69 | -5.3% |
| 47th | United Arab Emirates | 0.69 | 28.0% |
| 48th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.64 | - |
| 49th | Italy | 0.63 | -15.6% |
| 50th | Dominica | 0.62 | -25.3% |
| 51st | Botswana | 0.60 | -3.3% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 0.57 | -4.0% |
| 53rd | Grenada | 0.56 | -2.7% |
| 54th | South Africa | 0.56 | -6.7% |
| 55th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.54 | -6.3% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 0.51 | 24.6% |
| 57th | Qatar | 0.51 | 15.0% |
| 58th | Seychelles | 0.50 | -14.0% |
| 59th | Oman | 0.47 | 5.1% |
| 60th | Croatia | 0.44 | 39.4% |
| 61st | Poland | 0.44 | -13.8% |
| 62nd | Tunisia | 0.42 | -11.2% |
| 63rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.42 | - |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.41 | -13.7% |
| 65th | St. Lucia | 0.37 | - |
| 66th | Maldives | 0.37 | -35.2% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.35 | - |
| 68th | Guam | 0.34 | - |
| 69th | Uruguay | 0.30 | -33.6% |
| 70th | Thailand | 0.26 | -14.3% |
| 71st | Brunei Darussalam | 0.23 | -67.3% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 0.21 | 0.4% |
| 73rd | Belize | 0.21 | -35.4% |
| 74th | Namibia | 0.13 | -46.2% |
| 75th | Jamaica | 0.13 | 783.6% |
| 76th | Bhutan | 0.13 | -78.3% |
| 77th | Kuwait | 0.09 | 20.6% |
| 78th | Bulgaria | 0.08 | 133.7% |
| 79th | Mexico | 0.08 | -42.5% |
| 80th | Jordan | 0.02 | -88.9% |
| 81st | Argentina | 0.02 | 144.4% |
| 82nd | Türkiye | -0.02 | -156.9% |
| 83rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.03 | - |
| 84th | Samoa | -0.03 | -108.8% |
| 85th | Guyana | -0.04 | -76.5% |
| 86th | Suriname | -0.05 | 71.3% |
| 87th | Panama | -0.09 | 22.6% |
| 88th | Brazil | -0.09 | -212.9% |
| 89th | China | -0.11 | 25.5% |
| 90th | Armenia | -0.12 | 40.0% |
| 91st | American Samoa | -0.13 | - |
| 92nd | Lebanon | -0.17 | -13.6% |
| 93rd | Romania | -0.17 | 38.3% |
| 94th | India | -0.18 | -24.9% |
| 95th | North Macedonia | -0.18 | 55.5% |
| 96th | Colombia | -0.22 | 2.7% |
| 97th | Philippines | -0.22 | -50.9% |
| 98th | Morocco | -0.22 | -4.0% |
| 99th | Vanuatu | -0.25 | - |
| 100th | Serbia | -0.25 | 62.3% |
| 101st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.28 | 28.5% |
| 102nd | Senegal | -0.34 | 12.2% |
| 103rd | Cabo Verde | -0.35 | -22.8% |
| 104th | Ghana | -0.35 | -20.8% |
| 105th | Mongolia | -0.38 | -75.2% |
| 106th | Saudi Arabia | -0.39 | -5.4% |
| 107th | Albania | -0.41 | 27.6% |
| 108th | Kiribati | -0.42 | - |
| 109th | Sri Lanka | -0.44 | -62.2% |
| 110th | El Salvador | -0.45 | 1.9% |
| 111th | Cuba | -0.45 | -28.5% |
| 112th | Uganda | -0.47 | -4.2% |
| 113th | Fiji | -0.47 | -864.5% |
| 114th | Viet Nam | -0.48 | -19.0% |
| 115th | Russian Federation | -0.48 | 3.0% |
| 116th | Indonesia | -0.49 | 17.8% |
| 117th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.50 | 11.3% |
| 118th | Lesotho | -0.51 | -1,156.2% |
| 119th | Benin | -0.52 | 6.5% |
| 120th | Pakistan | -0.54 | 7.4% |
| 121st | Tonga | -0.55 | - |
| 122nd | Georgia | -0.56 | -180.2% |
| 123rd | Algeria | -0.56 | 17.1% |
| 124th | Madagascar | -0.59 | -41.3% |
| 125th | Mauritania | -0.59 | -202.3% |
| 126th | Mozambique | -0.59 | -9.9% |
| 127th | Gambia, The | -0.59 | -41.3% |
| 128th | Tanzania | -0.61 | -22.3% |
| 129th | Djibouti | -0.64 | 10.5% |
| 130th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.64 | -68.1% |
| 131st | Peru | -0.65 | -11.0% |
| 132nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.66 | -18.3% |
| 133rd | Dominican Republic | -0.66 | -18.6% |
| 134th | Kenya | -0.67 | 5.6% |
| 135th | Ukraine | -0.67 | 1.1% |
| 136th | Tuvalu | -0.67 | - |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | -0.69 | -29.1% |
| 138th | Timor-Leste | -0.69 | 29.1% |
| 139th | Burkina Faso | -0.70 | 14.2% |
| 140th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.70 | 20.3% |
| 141st | Rwanda | -0.70 | 32.2% |
| 142nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.71 | -56.8% |
| 143rd | Honduras | -0.72 | 5.9% |
| 144th | Niger | -0.77 | -17.5% |
| 145th | Kazakhstan | -0.78 | -1.5% |
| 146th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.79 | 35.4% |
| 147th | Mali | -0.79 | -9.5% |
| 148th | Guatemala | -0.81 | -41.1% |
| 149th | Cameroon | -0.81 | 3.9% |
| 150th | Nicaragua | -0.84 | -6.0% |
| 151st | Moldova | -0.85 | -26.8% |
| 152nd | Gabon | -0.85 | -99.6% |
| 153rd | Malawi | -0.86 | -10.3% |
| 154th | Libya | -0.87 | 6.9% |
| 155th | Guinea | -0.91 | -17.9% |
| 156th | Cambodia | -0.91 | 1.2% |
| 157th | Zambia | -0.93 | 7.7% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | -0.93 | -11.2% |
| 159th | Azerbaijan | -0.93 | -0.1% |
| 160th | Nigeria | -0.94 | -2.1% |
| 161st | Afghanistan | -0.95 | 19.6% |
| 162nd | Nepal | -0.96 | -19.3% |
| 163rd | Ecuador | -0.96 | -2.3% |
| 164th | Paraguay | -0.97 | 3.3% |
| 165th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.97 | -12.7% |
| 166th | Tajikistan | -0.98 | 14.3% |
| 167th | Zimbabwe | -1.01 | -7.7% |
| 168th | Lao PDR | -1.03 | -1.8% |
| 169th | Eritrea | -1.05 | -25.0% |
| 170th | Congo, Republic of | -1.06 | 10.8% |
| 171st | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.06 | 6.8% |
| 172nd | Eswatini | -1.08 | -52.5% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | -1.12 | - |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | -1.12 | 15.5% |
| 175th | Chad | -1.15 | 2.0% |
| 176th | Sudan | -1.16 | 5.2% |
| 177th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.19 | -7.8% |
| 178th | Uzbekistan | -1.20 | -1.1% |
| 179th | Belarus | -1.21 | -14.9% |
| 180th | Burundi | -1.24 | 16.9% |
| 181st | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.28 | -12.8% |
| 182nd | Comoros | -1.31 | -7.0% |
| 183rd | Central African Republic | -1.32 | -10.6% |
| 184th | Angola | -1.33 | -18.2% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.35 | -13.2% |
| 186th | Togo | -1.39 | -7.4% |
| 187th | Liberia | -1.42 | 0.1% |
| 188th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.43 | 16.5% |
| 189th | Turkmenistan | -1.55 | -9.5% |
| 190th | Myanmar | -1.58 | -21.8% |
| 191st | Iraq | -1.62 | 7.5% |
| 192nd | Haiti | -1.71 | -15.7% |
| 193rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.74 | 4.8% |
| 194th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.84 | 3.2% |
FAQ
What was France's government effectiveness in 2004?▾
France's government effectiveness in 2004 was 1.76. This ranked 16th globally.
How did France's government effectiveness change in 2004?▾
France's government effectiveness increased by 6.3% in 2004 compared to 2003.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2004?▾
Denmark had the highest government effectiveness in 2004 at 2.29.
What is the government effectiveness of France in 2004?▾
The government effectiveness of France in 2004 was 1.76. This ranked 16th globally.
How does 2004 compare to 2003 for France's government effectiveness?▾
France's government effectiveness went from 1.65 in 2003 to 1.76 in 2004, a 6.3% increase.
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