Korea - Government Effectiveness 2019
1.33
+0.20 from 2018
Korea's government effectiveness was 1.33 in 2019, increased +0.20 from 1.14 in 2018. This was the 25th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.23 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.97 | -2.0% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.92 | -4.0% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.87 | 3.5% |
| 5th | Andorra | 1.85 | -1.5% |
| 6th | Monaco | 1.85 | -1.5% |
| 7th | Norway | 1.83 | -0.9% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.77 | -2.4% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.71 | -8.3% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.70 | 1.3% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.70 | -2.4% |
| 12th | Sweden | 1.67 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Liechtenstein | 1.65 | -2.3% |
| 14th | New Zealand | 1.63 | 0.2% |
| 15th | San Marino | 1.58 | -1.5% |
| 16th | Japan | 1.55 | -5.2% |
| 17th | Australia | 1.54 | -1.1% |
| 18th | Germany | 1.50 | -1.9% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.49 | 2.5% |
| 20th | Iceland | 1.48 | 3.9% |
| 21st | United States | 1.45 | -5.4% |
| 22nd | United Kingdom | 1.45 | 6.5% |
| 23rd | United Arab Emirates | 1.38 | -3.2% |
| 24th | France | 1.34 | -5.7% |
| 25th | Korea | 1.33 | 17.4% |
| 26th | Bermuda | 1.31 | -1.5% |
| 27th | Israel | 1.29 | 10.2% |
| 28th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.28 | 5.4% |
| 29th | Ireland | 1.26 | -8.8% |
| 30th | Estonia | 1.14 | -0.9% |
| 31st | Portugal | 1.13 | -4.0% |
| 32nd | Cayman Islands | 1.13 | -2.8% |
| 33rd | Macao SAR, China | 1.13 | -2.8% |
| 34th | Belgium | 1.11 | -9.1% |
| 35th | Latvia | 1.07 | 6.5% |
| 36th | Slovenia | 1.04 | -3.7% |
| 37th | Lithuania | 1.01 | -2.3% |
| 38th | Aruba | 0.99 | -2.5% |
| 39th | Spain | 0.97 | 0.0% |
| 40th | Malaysia | 0.97 | -8.2% |
| 41st | Cyprus | 0.96 | 8.2% |
| 42nd | Czechia | 0.92 | -3.3% |
| 43rd | Chile | 0.86 | -4.8% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 0.86 | -3.6% |
| 45th | Malta | 0.82 | -11.5% |
| 46th | Greenland | 0.79 | -2.6% |
| 47th | Georgia | 0.77 | 47.9% |
| 48th | Fiji | 0.76 | -1.6% |
| 49th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.76 | -1.6% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.71 | 12.2% |
| 51st | Uruguay | 0.64 | 27.4% |
| 52nd | Seychelles | 0.62 | -1.7% |
| 53rd | Barbados | 0.59 | 53.7% |
| 54th | Jamaica | 0.59 | -1.1% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 0.55 | -5.4% |
| 56th | China | 0.54 | 9.7% |
| 57th | Poland | 0.51 | -6.2% |
| 58th | American Samoa | 0.49 | -1.7% |
| 59th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.49 | -1.7% |
| 60th | Croatia | 0.46 | -11.1% |
| 61st | Italy | 0.45 | 10.3% |
| 62nd | Hungary | 0.45 | 1.7% |
| 63rd | Bahamas, The | 0.45 | -11.0% |
| 64th | Samoa | 0.44 | -29.8% |
| 65th | Botswana | 0.38 | 47.6% |
| 66th | Costa Rica | 0.35 | -1.4% |
| 67th | St. Lucia | 0.34 | 3.4% |
| 68th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.34 | 3.4% |
| 69th | Greece | 0.31 | 21.6% |
| 70th | Cabo Verde | 0.28 | -18.2% |
| 71st | Saudi Arabia | 0.26 | -4.6% |
| 72nd | Thailand | 0.26 | 2.4% |
| 73rd | Bhutan | 0.25 | -11.0% |
| 74th | Bahrain | 0.25 | 105.0% |
| 75th | Palau | 0.23 | -2.2% |
| 76th | Guam | 0.22 | -2.2% |
| 77th | Tonga | 0.21 | 7.3% |
| 78th | Oman | 0.21 | 62.7% |
| 79th | Bulgaria | 0.17 | 55.3% |
| 80th | Indonesia | 0.14 | -1.9% |
| 81st | India | 0.13 | -50.3% |
| 82nd | South Africa | 0.13 | 23.5% |
| 83rd | Montenegro | 0.11 | 17.7% |
| 84th | Namibia | 0.10 | -11.9% |
| 85th | Panama | 0.10 | 687.6% |
| 86th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.10 | -40.9% |
| 87th | Rwanda | 0.09 | 16.7% |
| 88th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.09 | -57.5% |
| 89th | Jordan | 0.07 | -21.4% |
| 90th | Kazakhstan | 0.07 | 263.6% |
| 91st | Philippines | 0.06 | -3.8% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 0.03 | 123.5% |
| 93rd | Viet Nam | 0.03 | 337.9% |
| 94th | Russian Federation | 0.02 | 123.3% |
| 95th | Nauru | 0.00 | -101.8% |
| 96th | Serbia | -0.02 | -122.5% |
| 97th | Kuwait | -0.02 | 85.7% |
| 98th | Türkiye | -0.02 | 70.1% |
| 99th | Tunisia | -0.04 | -441.3% |
| 100th | Kiribati | -0.05 | 18.9% |
| 101st | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.05 | -2.4% |
| 102nd | Albania | -0.06 | -177.4% |
| 103rd | Grenada | -0.11 | 44.9% |
| 104th | Argentina | -0.12 | -530.5% |
| 105th | North Macedonia | -0.12 | -322.6% |
| 106th | Sri Lanka | -0.12 | 51.3% |
| 107th | Peru | -0.13 | 61.1% |
| 108th | Azerbaijan | -0.13 | 11.7% |
| 109th | Senegal | -0.13 | 59.2% |
| 110th | Marshall Islands | -0.17 | 8.8% |
| 111th | Belarus | -0.17 | 41.4% |
| 112th | Maldives | -0.18 | 63.1% |
| 113th | Cuba | -0.18 | 28.9% |
| 114th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.20 | -3.7% |
| 115th | Romania | -0.22 | -21.4% |
| 116th | Armenia | -0.23 | -32.5% |
| 117th | Brazil | -0.23 | 55.0% |
| 118th | Mongolia | -0.23 | 4.9% |
| 119th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.25 | 44.6% |
| 120th | Morocco | -0.25 | 28.0% |
| 121st | Dominica | -0.25 | 5.9% |
| 122nd | Ghana | -0.29 | 9.4% |
| 123rd | Mexico | -0.31 | -4.7% |
| 124th | Ukraine | -0.33 | 27.3% |
| 125th | Dominican Republic | -0.35 | 9.6% |
| 126th | Ecuador | -0.37 | -15.7% |
| 127th | Kosovo | -0.37 | 16.7% |
| 128th | Guyana | -0.40 | -55.2% |
| 129th | Moldova | -0.44 | 12.8% |
| 130th | Kenya | -0.44 | 10.5% |
| 131st | Benin | -0.49 | 22.4% |
| 132nd | Vanuatu | -0.52 | -12.2% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | -0.53 | -8.4% |
| 134th | Tuvalu | -0.54 | 3.0% |
| 135th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.56 | 13.6% |
| 136th | Algeria | -0.57 | -16.2% |
| 137th | Paraguay | -0.58 | 4.6% |
| 138th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.60 | -25.3% |
| 139th | Uzbekistan | -0.60 | 2.7% |
| 140th | Mauritania | -0.61 | 26.2% |
| 141st | Honduras | -0.62 | -0.1% |
| 142nd | Cambodia | -0.62 | -3.9% |
| 143rd | Suriname | -0.63 | 8.7% |
| 144th | Belize | -0.63 | -1.1% |
| 145th | Eswatini | -0.64 | 5.0% |
| 146th | Uganda | -0.65 | 6.3% |
| 147th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.71 | -5.3% |
| 148th | Pakistan | -0.72 | -7.7% |
| 149th | Guatemala | -0.73 | -1.2% |
| 150th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.73 | -13.2% |
| 151st | Zambia | -0.74 | -13.5% |
| 152nd | Bangladesh | -0.75 | 1.1% |
| 153rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.75 | 3.8% |
| 154th | Gambia, The | -0.77 | -1.8% |
| 155th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.78 | 2.1% |
| 156th | Nicaragua | -0.78 | 4.3% |
| 157th | Burkina Faso | -0.78 | -20.8% |
| 158th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.79 | -139.9% |
| 159th | Papua New Guinea | -0.79 | -20.9% |
| 160th | Malawi | -0.80 | 0.3% |
| 161st | Lebanon | -0.81 | -20.1% |
| 162nd | Lao PDR | -0.82 | -12.9% |
| 163rd | Djibouti | -0.82 | 17.0% |
| 164th | Niger | -0.84 | -1.5% |
| 165th | Tanzania | -0.85 | -9.6% |
| 166th | Guinea | -0.86 | 16.6% |
| 167th | Timor-Leste | -0.86 | 8.3% |
| 168th | Cameroon | -0.87 | -1.0% |
| 169th | Solomon Islands | -0.88 | 2.1% |
| 170th | Lesotho | -0.90 | 2.2% |
| 171st | Mozambique | -0.91 | 5.4% |
| 172nd | Gabon | -0.96 | -15.8% |
| 173rd | Togo | -0.97 | 11.1% |
| 174th | Turkmenistan | -1.02 | 6.6% |
| 175th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.04 | 12.9% |
| 176th | Nepal | -1.09 | -14.4% |
| 177th | Mali | -1.10 | -7.1% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | -1.12 | 4.0% |
| 179th | Angola | -1.13 | -12.3% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | -1.13 | 5.7% |
| 181st | Sierra Leone | -1.17 | 1.4% |
| 182nd | Myanmar | -1.19 | -8.6% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | -1.19 | 1.5% |
| 184th | Nigeria | -1.21 | -8.5% |
| 185th | Zimbabwe | -1.31 | -1.0% |
| 186th | Iraq | -1.31 | -3.5% |
| 187th | Burundi | -1.37 | 5.2% |
| 188th | Liberia | -1.39 | -5.4% |
| 189th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.43 | 10.7% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | -1.52 | -1.2% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | -1.56 | -2.5% |
| 192nd | Chad | -1.61 | -2.9% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.66 | -5.3% |
| 194th | Sudan | -1.66 | -1.8% |
| 195th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.74 | -2.5% |
| 196th | Comoros | -1.75 | -2.2% |
| 197th | Libya | -1.77 | -5.3% |
| 198th | Central African Republic | -1.78 | -2.6% |
| 199th | Eritrea | -1.80 | -1.9% |
| 200th | Haiti | -2.07 | -5.1% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.28 | -3.1% |
| 202nd | Yemen, Republic of | -2.33 | -2.4% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -2.38 | -2.7% |
FAQ
What was Korea's government effectiveness in 2019?▾
Korea's government effectiveness in 2019 was 1.33. This ranked 25th globally.
How did Korea's government effectiveness change in 2019?▾
Korea's government effectiveness increased by 17.4% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2019?▾
Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2019 at 2.23.
What is the government effectiveness of Korea in 2019?▾
The government effectiveness of Korea in 2019 was 1.33. This ranked 25th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Korea's government effectiveness?▾
Korea's government effectiveness went from 1.14 in 2018 to 1.33 in 2019, a 17.4% increase.
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