Puerto Rico (US) - Government Effectiveness 2014
0.36
+0.00 from 2013
Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness was 0.36 in 2014, increased +0.00 from 0.36 in 2013. This was the 63rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.22 | 4.2% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | 2.10 | 15.9% |
| 3rd | Finland | 2.03 | -7.1% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 1.92 | 10.0% |
| 5th | Netherlands | 1.84 | 1.5% |
| 6th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.83 | 5.1% |
| 7th | Norway | 1.82 | -2.9% |
| 8th | Japan | 1.81 | 12.1% |
| 9th | Denmark | 1.78 | -8.1% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.75 | -1.5% |
| 11th | Andorra | 1.71 | 11.7% |
| 12th | Liechtenstein | 1.70 | -2.7% |
| 13th | Sweden | 1.68 | -6.0% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.66 | 10.2% |
| 15th | Luxembourg | 1.65 | 1.6% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 1.62 | 7.4% |
| 17th | Australia | 1.60 | -1.9% |
| 18th | Ireland | 1.60 | 6.3% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.55 | -1.2% |
| 20th | Belgium | 1.52 | -10.8% |
| 21st | Iceland | 1.49 | 0.2% |
| 22nd | Macao SAR, China | 1.46 | 38.2% |
| 23rd | United States | 1.46 | -3.6% |
| 24th | United Arab Emirates | 1.45 | 22.0% |
| 25th | France | 1.41 | -4.7% |
| 26th | Israel | 1.21 | -3.0% |
| 27th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.20 | -5.4% |
| 28th | Barbados | 1.20 | -11.2% |
| 29th | Cayman Islands | 1.18 | -3.8% |
| 30th | Spain | 1.17 | 0.5% |
| 31st | Mauritius | 1.15 | 25.5% |
| 32nd | Malaysia | 1.15 | 15.4% |
| 33rd | Cyprus | 1.14 | -16.5% |
| 34th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.08 | 25.1% |
| 35th | Korea | 1.04 | 3.2% |
| 36th | Chile | 1.04 | -10.6% |
| 37th | Czechia | 1.03 | 12.6% |
| 38th | Malta | 1.02 | -18.2% |
| 39th | Estonia | 1.01 | 4.6% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 1.00 | -0.5% |
| 41st | Portugal | 0.98 | -17.7% |
| 42nd | Lithuania | 0.98 | 18.3% |
| 43rd | Qatar | 0.96 | -10.2% |
| 44th | Latvia | 0.95 | 8.1% |
| 45th | Bermuda | 0.95 | -6.1% |
| 46th | Greenland | 0.92 | -2.4% |
| 47th | Aruba | 0.89 | -27.3% |
| 48th | Slovak Republic | 0.79 | 9.4% |
| 49th | Poland | 0.77 | 16.6% |
| 50th | Bahamas, The | 0.73 | -16.4% |
| 51st | Croatia | 0.68 | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Samoa | 0.59 | 764.2% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 0.58 | -14.1% |
| 54th | Bahrain | 0.54 | -3.4% |
| 55th | Seychelles | 0.51 | -7.1% |
| 56th | Italy | 0.47 | -11.2% |
| 57th | American Samoa | 0.44 | -9.9% |
| 58th | Guam | 0.44 | 1,314.9% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 0.44 | 9.5% |
| 60th | Georgia | 0.42 | -30.1% |
| 61st | Türkiye | 0.39 | -1.6% |
| 62nd | Costa Rica | 0.36 | -20.5% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.36 | 1.1% |
| 64th | China | 0.35 | 7,029.8% |
| 65th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.33 | -19.6% |
| 66th | Philippines | 0.32 | 54.3% |
| 67th | Botswana | 0.30 | -21.3% |
| 68th | Greece | 0.30 | -16.6% |
| 69th | Bhutan | 0.29 | -30.2% |
| 70th | Montenegro | 0.29 | 90.7% |
| 71st | Panama | 0.28 | -12.8% |
| 72nd | Thailand | 0.26 | 57.7% |
| 73rd | Oman | 0.25 | 27.6% |
| 74th | Romania | 0.22 | 66.8% |
| 75th | Namibia | 0.22 | -17.8% |
| 76th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.22 | -78.2% |
| 77th | Jamaica | 0.20 | 171.1% |
| 78th | Saudi Arabia | 0.19 | 235.9% |
| 79th | South Africa | 0.17 | -46.1% |
| 80th | Dominica | 0.16 | -79.5% |
| 81st | Jordan | 0.13 | 1,771.8% |
| 82nd | Mexico | 0.13 | -55.7% |
| 83rd | Sri Lanka | 0.07 | 141.3% |
| 84th | St. Lucia | 0.04 | -94.9% |
| 85th | Cabo Verde | 0.04 | -10.1% |
| 86th | North Macedonia | 0.02 | 109.2% |
| 87th | Serbia | 0.00 | 100.9% |
| 88th | Tonga | 0.00 | 99.3% |
| 89th | El Salvador | -0.03 | 79.2% |
| 90th | Cuba | -0.04 | 91.4% |
| 91st | Viet Nam | -0.05 | 80.8% |
| 92nd | Albania | -0.05 | 84.7% |
| 93rd | Rwanda | -0.05 | -94.5% |
| 94th | Grenada | -0.06 | -120.1% |
| 95th | Tunisia | -0.07 | -12.9% |
| 96th | Indonesia | -0.07 | 72.7% |
| 97th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.07 | -114.6% |
| 98th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.07 | -105.6% |
| 99th | Kazakhstan | -0.08 | 86.8% |
| 100th | Argentina | -0.11 | 56.3% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -0.11 | -749.2% |
| 102nd | Colombia | -0.14 | -355.6% |
| 103rd | Morocco | -0.14 | -59.8% |
| 104th | Kuwait | -0.16 | -83.1% |
| 105th | Brazil | -0.18 | -47.8% |
| 106th | Suriname | -0.18 | -890.8% |
| 107th | Russian Federation | -0.20 | 56.8% |
| 108th | Guyana | -0.22 | -116.6% |
| 109th | India | -0.22 | -41.6% |
| 110th | Maldives | -0.23 | 2.7% |
| 111th | Lebanon | -0.26 | 16.6% |
| 112th | Armenia | -0.26 | -428.6% |
| 113th | Kosovo | -0.29 | 18.7% |
| 114th | Ghana | -0.31 | -129.1% |
| 115th | Azerbaijan | -0.31 | 30.6% |
| 116th | Peru | -0.33 | -116.3% |
| 117th | Algeria | -0.34 | 21.2% |
| 118th | Kenya | -0.36 | 24.9% |
| 119th | Ecuador | -0.39 | 14.1% |
| 120th | Ukraine | -0.40 | 40.0% |
| 121st | Fiji | -0.40 | 61.1% |
| 122nd | Senegal | -0.40 | 5.0% |
| 123rd | Lao PDR | -0.42 | 43.4% |
| 124th | Moldova | -0.42 | -3.0% |
| 125th | Mongolia | -0.43 | 21.0% |
| 126th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.44 | 36.5% |
| 127th | Dominican Republic | -0.46 | 6.6% |
| 128th | Benin | -0.49 | 4.6% |
| 129th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.49 | 32.7% |
| 130th | Belarus | -0.49 | 49.0% |
| 131st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.49 | -13.6% |
| 132nd | Eswatini | -0.50 | -33.8% |
| 133rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.51 | 9.8% |
| 134th | Vanuatu | -0.52 | -189.9% |
| 135th | Turkmenistan | -0.53 | 53.7% |
| 136th | Zambia | -0.53 | -2.7% |
| 137th | Uganda | -0.54 | 11.7% |
| 138th | Belize | -0.54 | -273.6% |
| 139th | Nauru | -0.56 | 1.1% |
| 140th | Palau | -0.56 | 1.1% |
| 141st | Kiribati | -0.56 | 26.8% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.58 | -53.7% |
| 143rd | Burkina Faso | -0.59 | 11.6% |
| 144th | Lesotho | -0.60 | -30.3% |
| 145th | Gabon | -0.61 | 30.2% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | -0.61 | 7.0% |
| 147th | Uzbekistan | -0.64 | 31.5% |
| 148th | Malawi | -0.66 | -29.0% |
| 149th | Tanzania | -0.66 | 7.7% |
| 150th | Cambodia | -0.70 | 23.6% |
| 151st | Niger | -0.71 | 2.6% |
| 152nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.72 | 8.5% |
| 153rd | Gambia, The | -0.72 | 2.7% |
| 154th | Mozambique | -0.74 | -17.1% |
| 155th | Pakistan | -0.76 | 4.5% |
| 156th | Guatemala | -0.76 | -4.9% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | -0.78 | 2.8% |
| 158th | Tajikistan | -0.79 | 25.8% |
| 159th | Honduras | -0.81 | -12.2% |
| 160th | Cameroon | -0.81 | 12.2% |
| 161st | Nicaragua | -0.84 | -3.0% |
| 162nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.86 | 8.6% |
| 163rd | Nepal | -0.86 | 7.5% |
| 164th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.87 | -13.7% |
| 165th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.87 | -34.0% |
| 166th | Paraguay | -0.94 | -6.7% |
| 167th | Tuvalu | -0.97 | -48.1% |
| 168th | Mauritania | -0.99 | 0.2% |
| 169th | Djibouti | -1.02 | -3.6% |
| 170th | Iraq | -1.06 | -0.6% |
| 171st | Angola | -1.06 | 15.0% |
| 172nd | Mali | -1.09 | -20.6% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | -1.12 | -34.9% |
| 174th | Congo, Republic of | -1.13 | 2.5% |
| 175th | Burundi | -1.15 | -7.5% |
| 176th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.16 | 14.3% |
| 177th | Nigeria | -1.19 | -19.2% |
| 178th | Timor-Leste | -1.21 | 2.6% |
| 179th | Guinea | -1.24 | -5.8% |
| 180th | Sierra Leone | -1.25 | -2.4% |
| 181st | Togo | -1.27 | 1.8% |
| 182nd | Zimbabwe | -1.28 | 2.1% |
| 183rd | Myanmar | -1.30 | 13.9% |
| 184th | Madagascar | -1.32 | -15.3% |
| 185th | Liberia | -1.34 | 1.9% |
| 186th | Afghanistan | -1.36 | 2.8% |
| 187th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.41 | 0.0% |
| 188th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.44 | -16.9% |
| 189th | Chad | -1.51 | -8.7% |
| 190th | Libya | -1.52 | -15.2% |
| 191st | Sudan | -1.56 | -4.8% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.57 | -6.7% |
| 193rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.64 | 13.4% |
| 194th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.64 | -12.9% |
| 195th | Eritrea | -1.68 | -8.3% |
| 196th | Comoros | -1.74 | -8.0% |
| 197th | Marshall Islands | -1.79 | -5.2% |
| 198th | Central African Republic | -1.88 | -15.7% |
| 199th | Haiti | -2.09 | -31.1% |
| 200th | South Sudan | -2.09 | -24.7% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.44 | -11.1% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness in 2014?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness in 2014 was 0.36. This ranked 63rd globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness change in 2014?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness increased by 1.1% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2014?▾
Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2014 at 2.22.
What is the government effectiveness of Puerto Rico (US) in 2014?▾
The government effectiveness of Puerto Rico (US) in 2014 was 0.36. This ranked 63rd globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s government effectiveness went from 0.36 in 2013 to 0.36 in 2014, a 1.1% increase.
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