Government Effectiveness - Ranking 2003
Year
In 2003, Finland (2.19), Denmark (2.09), and Iceland (2.04) ranked highest in government effectiveness among all countries. Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranked lowest at -1.90.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.19 | +4.7% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.09 | +3.2% |
| 3rd | Iceland | 2.04 | +4.2% |
| 4th | Sweden | 2.02 | +2.8% |
| 5th | Netherlands | 1.95 | +1.1% |
| 6th | Austria | 1.93 | +2.7% |
| 7th | Singapore | 1.93 | +7.5% |
| 8th | Canada | 1.92 | +3.4% |
| 9th | Belgium | 1.87 | -2.4% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 1.86 | -6.0% |
| 11th | Norway | 1.83 | +0.0% |
| 12th | Spain | 1.82 | +1.7% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.77 | +6.9% |
| 14th | New Zealand | 1.76 | +5.0% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 1.75 | -9.5% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 1.75 | -1.9% |
| 17th | France | 1.65 | +6.9% |
| 18th | Liechtenstein | 1.61 | -1.7% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.59 | +19.5% |
| 20th | United States | 1.54 | -5.0% |
| 21st | Ireland | 1.50 | -4.8% |
| 22nd | Germany | 1.36 | -18.2% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 1.35 | -1.4% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.35 | -1.4% |
| 25th | Cayman Islands | 1.35 | -29.0% |
| 26th | Macao SAR, China | 1.35 | +61.6% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | 1.22 | -2.6% |
| 28th | Japan | 1.16 | +13.8% |
| 29th | Israel | 1.14 | +10.6% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 1.12 | -13.3% |
| 31st | Portugal | 1.11 | -4.0% |
| 32nd | Chile | 1.10 | +2.0% |
| 33rd | Bermuda | 1.09 | -0.9% |
| 34th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.09 | -0.9% |
| 35th | Malaysia | 1.04 | +13.0% |
| 36th | Slovenia | 0.90 | +13.7% |
| 37th | Estonia | 0.88 | +31.8% |
| 38th | Malta | 0.88 | -16.3% |
| 39th | Czechia | 0.85 | -7.4% |
| 40th | Dominica | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 41st | Hungary | 0.83 | -16.6% |
| 42nd | Korea | 0.79 | -0.7% |
| 43rd | Italy | 0.74 | -1.2% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 0.74 | +99.8% |
| 45th | Lithuania | 0.73 | +47.7% |
| 46th | Greece | 0.70 | -9.3% |
| 47th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.69 | -18.5% |
| 48th | Slovak Republic | 0.67 | +23.5% |
| 49th | Botswana | 0.62 | +15.4% |
| 50th | South Africa | 0.60 | -1.4% |
| 51st | Latvia | 0.60 | +22.9% |
| 52nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.58 | +1.5% |
| 53rd | Bhutan | 0.58 | +1.5% |
| 54th | Grenada | 0.58 | +1.5% |
| 55th | Maldives | 0.58 | -30.9% |
| 56th | Seychelles | 0.58 | +1.5% |
| 57th | United Arab Emirates | 0.54 | -32.5% |
| 58th | Poland | 0.51 | +12.0% |
| 59th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.47 | +38.7% |
| 60th | Tunisia | 0.47 | -10.0% |
| 61st | Uruguay | 0.46 | -22.4% |
| 62nd | Oman | 0.44 | +27.2% |
| 63rd | Qatar | 0.44 | -1.8% |
| 64th | Bahrain | 0.41 | -19.1% |
| 65th | Belize | 0.32 | +5.9% |
| 66th | Samoa | 0.32 | +5.9% |
| 67th | Croatia | 0.32 | -3.0% |
| 68th | Thailand | 0.31 | +16.9% |
| 69th | Namibia | 0.25 | +43.9% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | 0.21 | -31.0% |
| 71st | Jordan | 0.14 | +82.4% |
| 72nd | Mexico | 0.13 | -39.6% |
| 73rd | Brazil | 0.08 | +336.2% |
| 74th | Kuwait | 0.07 | +6.3% |
| 75th | Fiji | 0.06 | -79.5% |
| 76th | Lesotho | 0.05 | +49.9% |
| 77th | Türkiye | 0.03 | -33.7% |
| 78th | Bulgaria | 0.03 | -80.6% |
| 79th | Jamaica | -0.02 | +76.4% |
| 80th | Guyana | -0.02 | +87.2% |
| 81st | Argentina | -0.03 | +85.0% |
| 82nd | Panama | -0.11 | -300.5% |
| 83rd | India | -0.14 | +23.9% |
| 84th | Philippines | -0.15 | +17.9% |
| 85th | Lebanon | -0.15 | +29.0% |
| 86th | China | -0.15 | -19.9% |
| 87th | Suriname | -0.16 | +23.0% |
| 88th | Mauritania | -0.20 | +15.6% |
| 89th | Armenia | -0.20 | -331.0% |
| 90th | Georgia | -0.20 | +72.1% |
| 91st | Mongolia | -0.21 | -86.4% |
| 92nd | Morocco | -0.22 | -10.5% |
| 93rd | Colombia | -0.22 | +54.5% |
| 94th | Sri Lanka | -0.27 | -272.9% |
| 95th | Cabo Verde | -0.28 | -4.7% |
| 96th | Romania | -0.28 | -44.2% |
| 97th | Ghana | -0.29 | -228.2% |
| 98th | Cuba | -0.35 | +39.5% |
| 99th | Saudi Arabia | -0.37 | -8.5% |
| 100th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.38 | -16.9% |
| 101st | Senegal | -0.39 | -746.0% |
| 102nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.39 | +12.6% |
| 103rd | Viet Nam | -0.40 | +7.9% |
| 104th | North Macedonia | -0.41 | +28.4% |
| 105th | Madagascar | -0.42 | -28.3% |
| 106th | Gambia, The | -0.42 | +32.3% |
| 107th | Gabon | -0.43 | -50.5% |
| 108th | Uganda | -0.45 | +5.9% |
| 109th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.45 | +9.1% |
| 110th | El Salvador | -0.46 | +24.5% |
| 111th | Russian Federation | -0.50 | -32.7% |
| 112th | Tanzania | -0.50 | -2.4% |
| 113th | Papua New Guinea | -0.53 | -7.2% |
| 114th | Mozambique | -0.54 | -23.7% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | -0.56 | -43.7% |
| 116th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.56 | +1.3% |
| 117th | Benin | -0.56 | +2.6% |
| 118th | Albania | -0.56 | +9.7% |
| 119th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.57 | +8.3% |
| 120th | Guatemala | -0.57 | -1.4% |
| 121st | Peru | -0.59 | -49.5% |
| 122nd | Pakistan | -0.59 | -6.7% |
| 123rd | Indonesia | -0.60 | -8.3% |
| 124th | Niger | -0.65 | +20.9% |
| 125th | Serbia | -0.67 | -19.9% |
| 126th | Moldova | -0.67 | -13.8% |
| 127th | Ukraine | -0.67 | +3.1% |
| 128th | Algeria | -0.67 | -9.8% |
| 129th | Kenya | -0.71 | +6.7% |
| 130th | Djibouti | -0.71 | +7.1% |
| 131st | Eswatini | -0.71 | -42.6% |
| 132nd | Mali | -0.72 | -3.7% |
| 133rd | Honduras | -0.76 | -11.1% |
| 134th | Kazakhstan | -0.77 | +28.8% |
| 135th | Guinea | -0.77 | +20.0% |
| 136th | Malawi | -0.78 | -1.9% |
| 137th | Nicaragua | -0.79 | +9.5% |
| 138th | Nepal | -0.80 | -33.9% |
| 139th | Burkina Faso | -0.81 | +4.0% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | -0.84 | -15.4% |
| 141st | Eritrea | -0.84 | -13.8% |
| 142nd | Cameroon | -0.84 | +7.5% |
| 143rd | Yemen, Republic of | -0.86 | +3.2% |
| 144th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.88 | +17.9% |
| 145th | Nigeria | -0.92 | +10.2% |
| 146th | Cambodia | -0.92 | -13.6% |
| 147th | Libya | -0.93 | +9.8% |
| 148th | Azerbaijan | -0.93 | +5.3% |
| 149th | Zimbabwe | -0.94 | -11.4% |
| 150th | Ecuador | -0.94 | -12.6% |
| 151st | Timor-Leste | -0.97 | -26.6% |
| 152nd | Paraguay | -1.00 | +10.4% |
| 153rd | Zambia | -1.01 | -9.0% |
| 154th | Lao PDR | -1.01 | -17.7% |
| 155th | Rwanda | -1.04 | +14.4% |
| 156th | Belarus | -1.05 | -0.8% |
| 157th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.11 | +3.2% |
| 158th | Angola | -1.12 | +0.7% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.13 | -20.5% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.14 | -25.5% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | -1.14 | +8.0% |
| 162nd | Chad | -1.17 | -32.3% |
| 163rd | Afghanistan | -1.18 | +25.9% |
| 164th | Uzbekistan | -1.19 | +1.7% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | -1.19 | +6.0% |
| 166th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.19 | -12.2% |
| 167th | Central African Republic | -1.20 | +13.4% |
| 168th | Sudan | -1.22 | -13.2% |
| 169th | Comoros | -1.23 | -60.2% |
| 170th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.23 | -18.8% |
| 171st | Togo | -1.29 | -7.8% |
| 172nd | Myanmar | -1.29 | +3.4% |
| 173rd | Sierra Leone | -1.33 | +18.3% |
| 174th | Turkmenistan | -1.42 | -2.4% |
| 175th | Liberia | -1.42 | +7.4% |
| 176th | Haiti | -1.48 | -9.1% |
| 177th | Burundi | -1.49 | +0.8% |
| 178th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.71 | +6.9% |
| 179th | Iraq | -1.75 | +10.8% |
| 180th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.83 | +1.8% |
| 181st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.90 | -24.3% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest government effectiveness in 2003?▾
Finland has the highest government effectiveness in 2003 at 2.19.
Which country has the lowest government effectiveness in 2003?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the lowest government effectiveness in 2003 at -1.90.
How many countries are ranked by government effectiveness?▾
181 countries have government effectiveness data for 2003.
What are the top 3 countries by government effectiveness?▾
1. Finland (2.19), 2. Denmark (2.09), 3. Iceland (2.04).