Ireland - Government Effectiveness 2002
1.57
−0.02 from 2001
Ireland's government effectiveness was 1.57 in 2002. This was the 21st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.10 | 3.3% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.02 | 6.7% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.98 | 4.5% |
| 4th | Sweden | 1.96 | 4.4% |
| 5th | Iceland | 1.96 | 0.6% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.94 | -1.0% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.93 | -2.5% |
| 8th | Belgium | 1.92 | 15.4% |
| 9th | Cayman Islands | 1.90 | 0.7% |
| 10th | Austria | 1.88 | 1.8% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.86 | 0.6% |
| 12th | Norway | 1.83 | 1.0% |
| 13th | Singapore | 1.79 | -14.9% |
| 14th | Spain | 1.79 | 6.0% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.78 | 0.6% |
| 16th | New Zealand | 1.68 | 5.8% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.66 | -8.0% |
| 18th | Australia | 1.66 | -4.2% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 1.63 | 0.0% |
| 20th | United States | 1.62 | -6.0% |
| 21st | Ireland | 1.57 | -1.3% |
| 22nd | France | 1.54 | -5.7% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 1.37 | -0.9% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.37 | -0.9% |
| 25th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.33 | 5.3% |
| 26th | Cyprus | 1.30 | 20.5% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | 1.26 | 1.7% |
| 28th | Portugal | 1.15 | 18.5% |
| 29th | Bermuda | 1.10 | -2.3% |
| 30th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.10 | -2.3% |
| 31st | Chile | 1.08 | 7.3% |
| 32nd | Malta | 1.05 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Israel | 1.03 | -2.3% |
| 34th | Japan | 1.02 | -10.9% |
| 35th | Hungary | 0.99 | -0.8% |
| 36th | Czechia | 0.92 | 56.9% |
| 37th | Malaysia | 0.92 | -7.2% |
| 38th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.85 | -2.5% |
| 39th | Dominica | 0.83 | -4.4% |
| 40th | Macao SAR, China | 0.83 | 34.9% |
| 41st | Maldives | 0.83 | -4.4% |
| 42nd | United Arab Emirates | 0.80 | 6.5% |
| 43rd | Korea | 0.80 | 29.8% |
| 44th | Slovenia | 0.79 | 17.2% |
| 45th | Greece | 0.78 | 32.2% |
| 46th | Italy | 0.75 | 4.2% |
| 47th | Estonia | 0.67 | -2.9% |
| 48th | South Africa | 0.61 | -5.9% |
| 49th | Uruguay | 0.59 | 41.2% |
| 50th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.57 | -8.2% |
| 51st | Bhutan | 0.57 | -8.2% |
| 52nd | Grenada | 0.57 | -8.2% |
| 53rd | Seychelles | 0.57 | -8.2% |
| 54th | Slovak Republic | 0.54 | -19.6% |
| 55th | Botswana | 0.54 | 27.7% |
| 56th | Tunisia | 0.52 | 25.4% |
| 57th | Bahrain | 0.51 | -8.1% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 0.49 | 401.0% |
| 59th | Latvia | 0.49 | 131.9% |
| 60th | Poland | 0.45 | -20.0% |
| 61st | Qatar | 0.45 | 7.2% |
| 62nd | Mauritius | 0.37 | -13.8% |
| 63rd | Oman | 0.35 | 20.5% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.34 | -24.8% |
| 65th | Croatia | 0.33 | -9.6% |
| 66th | Costa Rica | 0.31 | 16.9% |
| 67th | Belize | 0.30 | -17.4% |
| 68th | Fiji | 0.30 | 311.1% |
| 69th | Samoa | 0.30 | -17.4% |
| 70th | Thailand | 0.26 | 47.1% |
| 71st | Mexico | 0.22 | -20.9% |
| 72nd | Namibia | 0.17 | -39.7% |
| 73rd | Bulgaria | 0.17 | 357.1% |
| 74th | Jordan | 0.08 | 364.2% |
| 75th | Kuwait | 0.07 | 168.6% |
| 76th | Türkiye | 0.05 | 357.2% |
| 77th | Lesotho | 0.03 | 122.6% |
| 78th | Panama | -0.03 | -112.3% |
| 79th | Brazil | -0.03 | -180.3% |
| 80th | Armenia | -0.05 | 91.6% |
| 81st | Senegal | -0.05 | 72.4% |
| 82nd | Sri Lanka | -0.07 | 78.8% |
| 83rd | Jamaica | -0.08 | -3,699.6% |
| 84th | Ghana | -0.09 | -364.2% |
| 85th | Mongolia | -0.12 | 64.7% |
| 86th | China | -0.12 | 22.5% |
| 87th | Philippines | -0.18 | 12.3% |
| 88th | Guyana | -0.18 | -244.1% |
| 89th | India | -0.19 | -0.9% |
| 90th | Morocco | -0.20 | -848.4% |
| 91st | Romania | -0.20 | 25.0% |
| 92nd | Lebanon | -0.21 | -895.3% |
| 93rd | Suriname | -0.21 | -47.9% |
| 94th | Argentina | -0.23 | -714.9% |
| 95th | Mauritania | -0.23 | -62.1% |
| 96th | Cabo Verde | -0.27 | - |
| 97th | Gabon | -0.28 | 41.7% |
| 98th | Madagascar | -0.32 | 45.9% |
| 99th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.33 | -5.7% |
| 100th | Saudi Arabia | -0.34 | -47.3% |
| 101st | Russian Federation | -0.38 | 44.1% |
| 102nd | Dominican Republic | -0.39 | 9.0% |
| 103rd | Peru | -0.39 | -113.3% |
| 104th | Mozambique | -0.44 | 11.7% |
| 105th | Viet Nam | -0.44 | -10.9% |
| 106th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.45 | -155.3% |
| 107th | Uganda | -0.48 | 2.3% |
| 108th | Tanzania | -0.49 | 12.5% |
| 109th | Colombia | -0.49 | -21.0% |
| 110th | Papua New Guinea | -0.50 | -37.3% |
| 111th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.50 | -25.6% |
| 112th | Eswatini | -0.50 | 23.4% |
| 113th | Pakistan | -0.55 | -11.6% |
| 114th | Indonesia | -0.55 | -50.4% |
| 115th | Serbia | -0.55 | 33.5% |
| 116th | Guatemala | -0.56 | -0.3% |
| 117th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.56 | -38.8% |
| 118th | North Macedonia | -0.57 | 31.9% |
| 119th | Benin | -0.58 | -45.2% |
| 120th | Cuba | -0.58 | -58.6% |
| 121st | Moldova | -0.59 | -9.4% |
| 122nd | Nepal | -0.60 | -50.8% |
| 123rd | El Salvador | -0.61 | 1.7% |
| 124th | Algeria | -0.61 | 39.2% |
| 125th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.62 | -25.3% |
| 126th | Gambia, The | -0.62 | -21.7% |
| 127th | Albania | -0.62 | 32.0% |
| 128th | Honduras | -0.69 | -18.2% |
| 129th | Ukraine | -0.70 | -2.9% |
| 130th | Mali | -0.70 | 33.9% |
| 131st | Georgia | -0.71 | -66.4% |
| 132nd | Bangladesh | -0.73 | -19.6% |
| 133rd | Eritrea | -0.74 | 36.1% |
| 134th | Kenya | -0.76 | -22.0% |
| 135th | Comoros | -0.76 | 34.0% |
| 136th | Djibouti | -0.76 | 15.5% |
| 137th | Timor-Leste | -0.76 | - |
| 138th | Malawi | -0.77 | -114.2% |
| 139th | Cambodia | -0.81 | 10.0% |
| 140th | Niger | -0.82 | 28.4% |
| 141st | Ecuador | -0.83 | -21.3% |
| 142nd | Zimbabwe | -0.84 | -10.9% |
| 143rd | Burkina Faso | -0.85 | -8.1% |
| 144th | Lao PDR | -0.86 | -32.1% |
| 145th | Nicaragua | -0.88 | -32.9% |
| 146th | Chad | -0.89 | -36.5% |
| 147th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.89 | -9.3% |
| 148th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.91 | 3.7% |
| 149th | Cameroon | -0.91 | -10.7% |
| 150th | Zambia | -0.92 | 14.3% |
| 151st | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.94 | 6.6% |
| 152nd | Guinea | -0.96 | -9.4% |
| 153rd | Azerbaijan | -0.99 | -3.6% |
| 154th | Nigeria | -1.02 | -5.1% |
| 155th | Libya | -1.03 | 4.2% |
| 156th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.03 | 11.0% |
| 157th | Belarus | -1.04 | -44.7% |
| 158th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.06 | -9.7% |
| 159th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.07 | -1.4% |
| 160th | Kazakhstan | -1.07 | -38.0% |
| 161st | Sudan | -1.08 | -14.2% |
| 162nd | Paraguay | -1.11 | -7.2% |
| 163rd | Angola | -1.13 | -5.3% |
| 164th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.14 | -7.6% |
| 165th | Togo | -1.20 | -13.4% |
| 166th | Uzbekistan | -1.21 | -18.5% |
| 167th | Rwanda | -1.21 | -4.7% |
| 168th | Tajikistan | -1.24 | -7.1% |
| 169th | Congo, Republic of | -1.27 | -10.0% |
| 170th | Myanmar | -1.34 | -10.9% |
| 171st | Haiti | -1.36 | -9.4% |
| 172nd | Central African Republic | -1.38 | 2.1% |
| 173rd | Turkmenistan | -1.38 | -19.4% |
| 174th | Burundi | -1.50 | -6.4% |
| 175th | Liberia | -1.53 | 14.5% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.53 | 22.5% |
| 177th | Afghanistan | -1.59 | 27.0% |
| 178th | Sierra Leone | -1.63 | -1.3% |
| 179th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.84 | -2.8% |
| 180th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.86 | -4.0% |
| 181st | Iraq | -1.96 | -1.8% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's government effectiveness in 2002?▾
Ireland's government effectiveness in 2002 was 1.57. This ranked 21st globally.
How did Ireland's government effectiveness change in 2002?▾
Ireland's government effectiveness decreased by 1.3% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2002?▾
Finland had the highest government effectiveness in 2002 at 2.10.
What is the government effectiveness of Ireland in 2002?▾
The government effectiveness of Ireland in 2002 was 1.57. This ranked 21st globally.
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