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Greece - Government Effectiveness 2008

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Government Effectiveness · World Bank WGI

0.58 +0.03 from 2007 Global rank: 54th

Greece's government effectiveness was 0.58 in 2008, increased +0.03 from 0.55 in 2007. This was the 54th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Government Effectiveness by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.47	2.6%
2nd	Denmark	2.24	-4.5%
3rd	Finland	2.04	3.7%
4th	Switzerland	2.03	-0.4%
5th	Sweden	1.95	-3.6%
6th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.85	-0.9%
7th	Norway	1.83	-9.2%
8th	Iceland	1.82	1.9%
9th	Liechtenstein	1.79	1.6%
10th	Australia	1.78	-1.9%
11th	Canada	1.78	1.6%
12th	Austria	1.77	-4.9%
13th	Netherlands	1.69	-2.0%
14th	New Zealand	1.67	0.7%
15th	United Kingdom	1.63	-0.4%
16th	Luxembourg	1.62	1.9%
17th	United States	1.61	-2.3%
18th	France	1.57	7.5%
19th	Barbados	1.56	18.4%
20th	Andorra	1.53	1.8%
21st	Cyprus	1.52	7.2%
22nd	Germany	1.51	-7.2%
23rd	Ireland	1.49	-4.0%
24th	Japan	1.45	0.7%
25th	Belgium	1.38	-13.8%
26th	Israel	1.33	7.7%
27th	Malta	1.27	5.9%
28th	Aruba	1.27	2.0%
29th	Cayman Islands	1.27	2.0%
30th	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.27	18.2%
31st	Virgin Islands (US)	1.27	2.0%
32nd	Estonia	1.16	14.9%
33rd	Bahamas, The	1.14	3.5%
34th	Slovenia	1.11	25.3%
35th	Portugal	1.08	20.4%
36th	Chile	1.06	-10.5%
37th	Malaysia	1.05	-14.2%
38th	Bermuda	1.01	2.2%
39th	Macao SAR, China	1.01	2.2%
40th	Korea	0.99	-17.3%
41st	Czechia	0.95	12.6%
42nd	Spain	0.91	-7.6%
43rd	United Arab Emirates	0.90	-4.7%
44th	Brunei Darussalam	0.88	-4.1%
45th	Slovak Republic	0.85	22.9%
46th	Mauritius	0.83	10.0%
47th	St. Lucia	0.79	6.2%
48th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.79	6.2%
49th	Seychelles	0.72	19.1%
50th	Hungary	0.70	0.7%
51st	Dominica	0.63	6.1%
52nd	Qatar	0.61	33.9%
53rd	Puerto Rico (US)	0.59	8.1%
54th	Greece	0.58	4.7%
55th	Croatia	0.57	25.5%
56th	Lithuania	0.56	-14.3%
57th	Uruguay	0.54	-3.8%
58th	Latvia	0.52	22.5%
59th	Botswana	0.52	-2.9%
60th	American Samoa	0.50	3.6%
61st	Antigua and Barbuda	0.50	24.9%
62nd	Poland	0.46	28.8%
63rd	Oman	0.39	25.1%
64th	Bahrain	0.36	-6.8%
65th	Namibia	0.34	72.5%
66th	South Africa	0.33	17.2%
67th	Bhutan	0.33	-8.1%
68th	Jamaica	0.31	-2.7%
69th	Tunisia	0.31	-35.9%
70th	Georgia	0.31	150.8%
71st	Türkiye	0.29	-11.1%
72nd	Italy	0.27	42.3%
73rd	Costa Rica	0.27	27.9%
74th	Guam	0.24	6.7%
75th	Grenada	0.24	-25.1%
76th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.23	-5.4%
77th	Jordan	0.23	2.9%
78th	Samoa	0.21	-21.0%
79th	China	0.17	-0.1%
80th	Mexico	0.16	17.8%
81st	Thailand	0.16	-45.1%
82nd	Panama	0.12	-9.2%
83rd	Philippines	0.05	-55.3%
84th	India	-0.01	-107.1%
85th	Montenegro	-0.01	95.8%
86th	Colombia	-0.03	49.0%
87th	Cabo Verde	-0.03	-110.2%
88th	Ghana	-0.03	-135.4%
89th	Kuwait	-0.03	-143.4%
90th	North Macedonia	-0.09	62.0%
91st	Saudi Arabia	-0.11	20.0%
92nd	Sri Lanka	-0.12	-57.3%
93rd	Argentina	-0.12	-885.5%
94th	Suriname	-0.13	54.0%
95th	Brazil	-0.15	48.9%
96th	Bulgaria	-0.17	-42.5%
97th	Guyana	-0.18	-1,213.6%
98th	Armenia	-0.18	53.4%
99th	Viet Nam	-0.20	11.7%
100th	El Salvador	-0.21	18.2%
101st	Maldives	-0.21	-273.5%
102nd	Senegal	-0.22	55.9%
103rd	Rwanda	-0.22	9.6%
104th	Kosovo	-0.24	-11.2%
105th	Serbia	-0.25	2.2%
106th	Indonesia	-0.26	14.6%
107th	Vanuatu	-0.28	31.2%
108th	Belize	-0.31	-34.4%
109th	Lebanon	-0.32	-41.9%
110th	Morocco	-0.36	-4.1%
111th	Romania	-0.36	-1.6%
112th	Cuba	-0.36	-92.6%
113th	Albania	-0.37	14.2%
114th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.38	-1.6%
115th	Russian Federation	-0.42	-1.1%
116th	Peru	-0.43	31.3%
117th	Nauru	-0.44	25.1%
118th	Tonga	-0.45	0.2%
119th	Lesotho	-0.46	0.4%
120th	Eswatini	-0.47	18.4%
121st	Benin	-0.49	9.4%
122nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.51	4.3%
123rd	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.52	25.4%
124th	Mongolia	-0.52	2.6%
125th	Kazakhstan	-0.52	21.3%
126th	Tanzania	-0.53	-25.0%
127th	Burkina Faso	-0.53	31.1%
128th	Mozambique	-0.56	-1.6%
129th	Tuvalu	-0.58	-26.4%
130th	Malawi	-0.59	-2.5%
131st	Algeria	-0.60	-12.3%
132nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.60	29.6%
133rd	Palau	-0.61	-
134th	Uganda	-0.62	-37.3%
135th	Honduras	-0.62	-12.4%
136th	Kenya	-0.62	-18.0%
137th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.63	-9.6%
138th	Dominican Republic	-0.64	4.7%
139th	Guatemala	-0.65	2.5%
140th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.68	-5.2%
141st	Madagascar	-0.68	-36.9%
142nd	Papua New Guinea	-0.70	-6.7%
143rd	Kiribati	-0.70	-5.8%
144th	Niger	-0.73	8.2%
145th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.74	2.3%
146th	Pakistan	-0.74	-50.8%
147th	Bangladesh	-0.74	-4.4%
148th	Zambia	-0.76	-1.9%
149th	Gambia, The	-0.77	-25.1%
150th	Moldova	-0.78	5.8%
151st	Mali	-0.79	-3.2%
152nd	Azerbaijan	-0.79	2.0%
153rd	Ukraine	-0.79	-8.6%
154th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.80	-1.7%
155th	Nepal	-0.82	-12.6%
156th	Cameroon	-0.83	3.0%
157th	Ecuador	-0.85	0.8%
158th	Paraguay	-0.87	-2.1%
159th	Lao PDR	-0.89	1.9%
160th	Yemen, Republic of	-0.89	-1.0%
161st	Uzbekistan	-0.90	21.1%
162nd	Gabon	-0.90	-8.1%
163rd	Djibouti	-0.92	-1.7%
164th	Nicaragua	-0.92	3.8%
165th	Nigeria	-0.99	4.3%
166th	Cambodia	-1.00	-9.7%
167th	Mauritania	-1.00	-8.5%
168th	Solomon Islands	-1.01	7.1%
169th	Fiji	-1.05	-93.9%
170th	Angola	-1.06	11.9%
171st	Guinea-Bissau	-1.06	3.7%
172nd	Timor-Leste	-1.07	7.6%
173rd	Tajikistan	-1.09	3.3%
174th	Libya	-1.13	7.7%
175th	Burundi	-1.14	11.3%
176th	Sierra Leone	-1.15	-0.1%
177th	Belarus	-1.17	-0.5%
178th	Guinea	-1.18	5.9%
179th	Liberia	-1.22	-4.9%
180th	Congo, Republic of	-1.22	7.8%
181st	Iraq	-1.24	21.0%
182nd	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.25	-2.8%
183rd	Equatorial Guinea	-1.26	0.7%
184th	West Bank and Gaza	-1.27	-15.1%
185th	Marshall Islands	-1.28	-3.4%
186th	Sudan	-1.28	-13.2%
187th	Haiti	-1.31	1.0%
188th	Eritrea	-1.34	0.5%
189th	Central African Republic	-1.37	10.2%
190th	Turkmenistan	-1.40	0.3%
191st	Togo	-1.48	2.8%
192nd	Afghanistan	-1.53	-6.1%
193rd	Myanmar	-1.54	-3.3%
194th	Zimbabwe	-1.55	-19.1%
195th	Chad	-1.55	3.5%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.64	5.4%
197th	Comoros	-1.75	0.7%
198th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-2.02	3.0%
199th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.30	-4.4%

FAQ

What was Greece's government effectiveness in 2008?▾

Greece's government effectiveness in 2008 was 0.58. This ranked 54th globally.

How did Greece's government effectiveness change in 2008?▾

Greece's government effectiveness increased by 4.7% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2008?▾

Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2008 at 2.47.

What is the government effectiveness of Greece in 2008?▾

The government effectiveness of Greece in 2008 was 0.58. This ranked 54th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Greece's government effectiveness?▾

Greece's government effectiveness went from 0.55 in 2007 to 0.58 in 2008, a 4.7% increase.

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