Puerto Rico (US) - Government Effectiveness 2013
0.36
−0.04 from 2012
Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness was 0.36 in 2013, decreased +0.04 from 0.40 in 2012. This was the 70th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.18 | -1.3% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 2.13 | -3.4% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.94 | -2.2% |
| 4th | Norway | 1.88 | -1.2% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.82 | -3.5% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 1.81 | -1.7% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.79 | -6.4% |
| 8th | Canada | 1.78 | 1.4% |
| 9th | New Zealand | 1.75 | -2.4% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.75 | -1.9% |
| 11th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.74 | -4.8% |
| 12th | Belgium | 1.70 | 1.8% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.63 | 1.2% |
| 14th | Luxembourg | 1.62 | -2.5% |
| 15th | Japan | 1.61 | 14.4% |
| 16th | Austria | 1.57 | 0.7% |
| 17th | Andorra | 1.53 | 0.6% |
| 18th | United States | 1.52 | -0.3% |
| 19th | United Kingdom | 1.51 | -5.0% |
| 20th | Germany | 1.51 | -1.3% |
| 21st | Ireland | 1.50 | -2.3% |
| 22nd | Iceland | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | France | 1.48 | 7.9% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 1.36 | -1.7% |
| 25th | Barbados | 1.35 | -7.1% |
| 26th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.27 | 0.7% |
| 27th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.27 | 0.7% |
| 28th | Malta | 1.25 | 0.9% |
| 29th | Israel | 1.24 | -2.1% |
| 30th | Aruba | 1.22 | -2.1% |
| 31st | Cayman Islands | 1.22 | -2.1% |
| 32nd | Portugal | 1.19 | 19.2% |
| 33rd | United Arab Emirates | 1.19 | 2.3% |
| 34th | Spain | 1.17 | 10.5% |
| 35th | Chile | 1.16 | -1.7% |
| 36th | Qatar | 1.07 | 12.7% |
| 37th | Macao SAR, China | 1.06 | -2.6% |
| 38th | Bermuda | 1.01 | 0.7% |
| 39th | Korea | 1.00 | -6.6% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 1.00 | -1.7% |
| 41st | Malaysia | 0.99 | 9.6% |
| 42nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.99 | 5.8% |
| 43rd | Estonia | 0.97 | 2.2% |
| 44th | Greenland | 0.94 | -5.8% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 0.92 | -11.9% |
| 46th | Czechia | 0.92 | -0.6% |
| 47th | Latvia | 0.88 | 6.2% |
| 48th | Bahamas, The | 0.87 | -11.8% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.86 | 3.2% |
| 50th | Lithuania | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 51st | Dominica | 0.80 | 5.9% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 0.78 | 5.7% |
| 53rd | Slovak Republic | 0.73 | -7.2% |
| 54th | Hungary | 0.68 | 11.5% |
| 55th | Croatia | 0.68 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Poland | 0.66 | 0.2% |
| 57th | Georgia | 0.61 | -3.7% |
| 58th | Bahrain | 0.56 | 7.5% |
| 59th | Seychelles | 0.55 | -17.6% |
| 60th | Italy | 0.53 | 19.0% |
| 61st | American Samoa | 0.49 | 1.2% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.49 | 1.2% |
| 63rd | Costa Rica | 0.46 | -3.9% |
| 64th | Bhutan | 0.42 | -22.4% |
| 65th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.42 | -13.6% |
| 66th | Türkiye | 0.40 | -7.8% |
| 67th | Uruguay | 0.40 | -4.5% |
| 68th | Botswana | 0.38 | -10.3% |
| 69th | Greece | 0.36 | 29.2% |
| 70th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.36 | -10.4% |
| 71st | Panama | 0.32 | -0.5% |
| 72nd | South Africa | 0.31 | 79.9% |
| 73rd | Mexico | 0.30 | 2.1% |
| 74th | Grenada | 0.28 | -14.5% |
| 75th | Namibia | 0.27 | 13.3% |
| 76th | Philippines | 0.21 | 0.1% |
| 77th | Oman | 0.19 | -20.0% |
| 78th | Thailand | 0.16 | 25.2% |
| 79th | Montenegro | 0.15 | 27.6% |
| 80th | Romania | 0.13 | 179.5% |
| 81st | Armenia | 0.08 | 341.8% |
| 82nd | Jamaica | 0.07 | 62.5% |
| 83rd | Samoa | 0.07 | 184.6% |
| 84th | Saudi Arabia | 0.06 | 200.2% |
| 85th | Colombia | 0.05 | 4,662.4% |
| 86th | Cabo Verde | 0.04 | -22.0% |
| 87th | China | -0.01 | -133.3% |
| 88th | Jordan | -0.01 | -120.1% |
| 89th | Bulgaria | -0.01 | 53.4% |
| 90th | Suriname | -0.02 | -39.2% |
| 91st | Rwanda | -0.03 | 73.3% |
| 92nd | Guam | -0.04 | 9.4% |
| 93rd | Tunisia | -0.06 | -12.5% |
| 94th | Morocco | -0.09 | 39.5% |
| 95th | Kuwait | -0.09 | 0.6% |
| 96th | Guyana | -0.10 | -1.5% |
| 97th | Brazil | -0.12 | 25.9% |
| 98th | El Salvador | -0.12 | 9.8% |
| 99th | Ghana | -0.13 | -49.3% |
| 100th | Belize | -0.15 | 11.8% |
| 101st | Peru | -0.15 | 19.4% |
| 102nd | India | -0.16 | -0.8% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | -0.17 | 18.4% |
| 104th | North Macedonia | -0.17 | 19.8% |
| 105th | Vanuatu | -0.18 | 6.2% |
| 106th | Serbia | -0.18 | -3.3% |
| 107th | Maldives | -0.24 | -27.0% |
| 108th | Indonesia | -0.24 | 26.1% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | -0.25 | 1.1% |
| 110th | Argentina | -0.25 | -22.8% |
| 111th | Lebanon | -0.31 | -28.2% |
| 112th | Albania | -0.32 | -20.6% |
| 113th | Kosovo | -0.36 | -9.7% |
| 114th | Eswatini | -0.37 | 4.1% |
| 115th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.38 | -5.2% |
| 116th | Tonga | -0.39 | 0.1% |
| 117th | Moldova | -0.41 | 26.9% |
| 118th | Cuba | -0.41 | -9.0% |
| 119th | Senegal | -0.43 | 10.1% |
| 120th | Algeria | -0.43 | 3.5% |
| 121st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.43 | 4.7% |
| 122nd | Ecuador | -0.45 | 5.4% |
| 123rd | Azerbaijan | -0.45 | 42.8% |
| 124th | Russian Federation | -0.45 | 15.3% |
| 125th | Lesotho | -0.46 | -7.2% |
| 126th | Kenya | -0.48 | 11.5% |
| 127th | Dominican Republic | -0.49 | 9.2% |
| 128th | Benin | -0.51 | 3.4% |
| 129th | Malawi | -0.51 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Zambia | -0.52 | -2.1% |
| 131st | Mongolia | -0.54 | 13.9% |
| 132nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.56 | 12.5% |
| 133rd | Nauru | -0.57 | -1.8% |
| 134th | Palau | -0.57 | -1.8% |
| 135th | Uganda | -0.61 | -2.6% |
| 136th | Kazakhstan | -0.62 | -18.1% |
| 137th | Mozambique | -0.64 | 2.6% |
| 138th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.65 | -0.5% |
| 139th | Tuvalu | -0.66 | 5.5% |
| 140th | Papua New Guinea | -0.66 | 10.7% |
| 141st | Ukraine | -0.66 | -11.7% |
| 142nd | Burkina Faso | -0.67 | -6.0% |
| 143rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.69 | -27.3% |
| 144th | Tanzania | -0.71 | -1.6% |
| 145th | Honduras | -0.72 | -4.7% |
| 146th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.73 | -2.0% |
| 147th | Guatemala | -0.73 | 7.6% |
| 148th | Niger | -0.73 | -5.3% |
| 149th | Lao PDR | -0.74 | 12.7% |
| 150th | Gambia, The | -0.74 | -28.7% |
| 151st | São Tomé and Principe | -0.76 | -3.9% |
| 152nd | Kiribati | -0.77 | 3.8% |
| 153rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.78 | -14.8% |
| 154th | Bangladesh | -0.80 | 1.2% |
| 155th | Pakistan | -0.80 | -1.9% |
| 156th | Nicaragua | -0.81 | 8.7% |
| 157th | Solomon Islands | -0.83 | -2.1% |
| 158th | Gabon | -0.87 | 9.6% |
| 159th | Paraguay | -0.88 | 2.2% |
| 160th | Mali | -0.90 | 8.5% |
| 161st | Cambodia | -0.91 | -11.3% |
| 162nd | Cameroon | -0.93 | -2.2% |
| 163rd | Uzbekistan | -0.93 | -0.5% |
| 164th | Nepal | -0.93 | 5.7% |
| 165th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.94 | 15.3% |
| 166th | Belarus | -0.96 | 1.0% |
| 167th | Djibouti | -0.98 | 9.3% |
| 168th | Mauritania | -0.99 | -8.7% |
| 169th | Nigeria | -1.00 | 0.3% |
| 170th | Fiji | -1.03 | 1.8% |
| 171st | Iraq | -1.05 | 0.6% |
| 172nd | Tajikistan | -1.07 | -14.1% |
| 173rd | Burundi | -1.07 | 18.2% |
| 174th | Turkmenistan | -1.14 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Madagascar | -1.15 | -2.7% |
| 176th | Congo, Republic of | -1.16 | 1.3% |
| 177th | Guinea | -1.17 | 7.0% |
| 178th | Sierra Leone | -1.22 | 0.1% |
| 179th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.23 | 4.1% |
| 180th | Angola | -1.24 | -25.7% |
| 181st | Timor-Leste | -1.25 | -4.3% |
| 182nd | Togo | -1.29 | 0.6% |
| 183rd | Zimbabwe | -1.31 | 4.8% |
| 184th | Libya | -1.32 | -3.9% |
| 185th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.36 | -8.2% |
| 186th | Liberia | -1.36 | -17.8% |
| 187th | Chad | -1.39 | 6.5% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | -1.40 | -1.9% |
| 189th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.41 | -21.3% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.46 | -12.8% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.47 | 10.7% |
| 192nd | Sudan | -1.49 | -3.8% |
| 193rd | Myanmar | -1.51 | -2.2% |
| 194th | Eritrea | -1.55 | -2.6% |
| 195th | Haiti | -1.59 | 4.1% |
| 196th | Comoros | -1.61 | -0.5% |
| 197th | Central African Republic | -1.63 | -11.9% |
| 198th | South Sudan | -1.68 | -4.0% |
| 199th | Marshall Islands | -1.70 | -12.0% |
| 200th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.90 | 0.5% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.20 | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness in 2013?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness in 2013 was 0.36. This ranked 70th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness change in 2013?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness decreased by 10.4% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2013?▾
Finland had the highest government effectiveness in 2013 at 2.18.
What is the government effectiveness of Puerto Rico (US) in 2013?▾
The government effectiveness of Puerto Rico (US) in 2013 was 0.36. This ranked 70th globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness went from 0.40 in 2012 to 0.36 in 2013, a 10.4% decrease.
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