Ireland - Government Effectiveness 2008
1.49
−0.06 from 2007
Ireland's government effectiveness was 1.49 in 2008, decreased +0.06 from 1.55 in 2007. This was the 23rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 Ireland's government effectiveness in 2008?▾
Ireland's government effectiveness in 2008 was 1.49. This ranked 23rd globally.
How did Ireland's government effectiveness change in 2008?▾
Ireland's government effectiveness decreased by 4.0% 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 Ireland in 2008?▾
The government effectiveness of Ireland in 2008 was 1.49. This ranked 23rd globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Ireland's government effectiveness?▾
Ireland's government effectiveness went from 1.55 in 2007 to 1.49 in 2008, a 4.0% decrease.
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