United Arab Emirates - Government Effectiveness 2023
1.60
+0.31 from 2022
United Arab Emirates's government effectiveness was 1.60 in 2023, increased +0.31 from 1.30 in 2022. This was the 11th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.32 | 8.1% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | 2.13 | 4.2% |
| 3rd | Monaco | 2.02 | -1.2% |
| 4th | Denmark | 2.02 | 1.3% |
| 5th | Luxembourg | 1.91 | 8.0% |
| 6th | Norway | 1.80 | -7.3% |
| 7th | Finland | 1.74 | -0.9% |
| 8th | Japan | 1.63 | 0.7% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.63 | 9.4% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.63 | 3.0% |
| 11th | United Arab Emirates | 1.60 | 23.5% |
| 12th | Sweden | 1.60 | 1.8% |
| 13th | Ireland | 1.59 | 2.7% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.59 | 4.0% |
| 15th | Iceland | 1.56 | -0.5% |
| 16th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.55 | -2.2% |
| 17th | New Zealand | 1.53 | 14.2% |
| 18th | Canada | 1.52 | -3.2% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.48 | -1.3% |
| 20th | Korea | 1.40 | 4.1% |
| 21st | Brunei Darussalam | 1.40 | -1.4% |
| 22nd | Austria | 1.33 | -9.4% |
| 23rd | Estonia | 1.26 | -5.9% |
| 24th | Cayman Islands | 1.24 | -2.0% |
| 25th | United States | 1.22 | -3.1% |
| 26th | Bermuda | 1.20 | -1.5% |
| 27th | San Marino | 1.20 | -32.2% |
| 28th | Qatar | 1.20 | 5.3% |
| 29th | Germany | 1.19 | -8.1% |
| 30th | United Kingdom | 1.16 | -6.2% |
| 31st | Israel | 1.15 | -7.3% |
| 32nd | France | 1.14 | -1.8% |
| 33rd | Czechia | 1.11 | 1.9% |
| 34th | Macao SAR, China | 1.09 | -1.4% |
| 35th | Lithuania | 1.05 | 5.7% |
| 36th | Slovenia | 1.04 | -2.7% |
| 37th | Belgium | 1.04 | -15.5% |
| 38th | Portugal | 0.99 | -1.4% |
| 39th | Malaysia | 0.88 | -11.8% |
| 40th | Uruguay | 0.85 | 0.1% |
| 41st | Saudi Arabia | 0.80 | 36.8% |
| 42nd | Aruba | 0.80 | -28.0% |
| 43rd | Georgia | 0.79 | 21.7% |
| 44th | Greenland | 0.76 | 1.0% |
| 45th | Spain | 0.75 | -18.3% |
| 46th | Cyprus | 0.74 | 1.0% |
| 47th | Chile | 0.72 | 31.4% |
| 48th | Croatia | 0.71 | 22.6% |
| 49th | Mauritius | 0.71 | -7.3% |
| 50th | Bahrain | 0.70 | 9.0% |
| 51st | Latvia | 0.70 | 0.7% |
| 52nd | China | 0.68 | 37.4% |
| 53rd | American Samoa | 0.65 | -2.0% |
| 54th | Guam | 0.65 | -2.0% |
| 55th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.65 | -2.0% |
| 56th | Seychelles | 0.62 | -5.6% |
| 57th | Italy | 0.61 | 36.2% |
| 58th | Indonesia | 0.58 | 33.1% |
| 59th | Bhutan | 0.57 | 0.9% |
| 60th | Samoa | 0.49 | 60.0% |
| 61st | Fiji | 0.49 | -17.4% |
| 62nd | India | 0.48 | 28.6% |
| 63rd | Palau | 0.44 | -1.6% |
| 64th | Botswana | 0.43 | -2.0% |
| 65th | Poland | 0.42 | 62.8% |
| 66th | Jamaica | 0.41 | -32.6% |
| 67th | Malta | 0.40 | -50.6% |
| 68th | Rwanda | 0.39 | 67.3% |
| 69th | Jordan | 0.39 | 99.0% |
| 70th | Barbados | 0.38 | -11.2% |
| 71st | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.38 | 337.8% |
| 72nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.38 | -2.9% |
| 73rd | Hungary | 0.37 | -30.2% |
| 74th | Oman | 0.27 | 1,176.9% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 0.27 | -36.2% |
| 76th | Dominica | 0.26 | 368.0% |
| 77th | Costa Rica | 0.26 | 394.6% |
| 78th | Albania | 0.25 | 288.7% |
| 79th | Montenegro | 0.25 | 999.2% |
| 80th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.23 | -38.8% |
| 81st | Slovak Republic | 0.23 | -39.3% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 0.17 | 34.7% |
| 83rd | Philippines | 0.15 | 141.0% |
| 84th | Greece | 0.15 | -66.9% |
| 85th | Kazakhstan | 0.15 | 2.8% |
| 86th | Dominican Republic | 0.13 | 287.0% |
| 87th | Viet Nam | 0.13 | -27.6% |
| 88th | St. Lucia | 0.07 | 175.9% |
| 89th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.07 | -76.8% |
| 90th | Marshall Islands | 0.07 | -69.2% |
| 91st | Senegal | 0.07 | 75.1% |
| 92nd | El Salvador | 0.05 | 115.7% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | 0.05 | 117.4% |
| 94th | Namibia | 0.03 | -55.4% |
| 95th | Cabo Verde | 0.01 | -34.4% |
| 96th | Serbia | 0.01 | -88.3% |
| 97th | Kuwait | 0.01 | -93.2% |
| 98th | Grenada | -0.01 | -115.7% |
| 99th | Azerbaijan | -0.03 | 20.8% |
| 100th | Morocco | -0.04 | 56.1% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.04 | -70.9% |
| 102nd | North Macedonia | -0.05 | 36.9% |
| 103rd | Nauru | -0.07 | -134.2% |
| 104th | Colombia | -0.08 | -650.0% |
| 105th | Kosovo | -0.08 | 58.9% |
| 106th | Ghana | -0.09 | 12.9% |
| 107th | Romania | -0.09 | -19,942.3% |
| 108th | Kiribati | -0.10 | -157.8% |
| 109th | Tonga | -0.12 | 30.8% |
| 110th | Maldives | -0.13 | -19.0% |
| 111th | Moldova | -0.16 | 46.4% |
| 112th | Armenia | -0.18 | 41.5% |
| 113th | Mexico | -0.20 | 29.6% |
| 114th | Panama | -0.21 | -63.7% |
| 115th | Benin | -0.22 | -28.4% |
| 116th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.24 | 46.6% |
| 117th | Türkiye | -0.25 | -24.2% |
| 118th | Sri Lanka | -0.25 | 35.6% |
| 119th | South Africa | -0.26 | -135.7% |
| 120th | Uzbekistan | -0.28 | 14.0% |
| 121st | Guyana | -0.29 | -10.6% |
| 122nd | Tunisia | -0.30 | -14.4% |
| 123rd | Kenya | -0.30 | 7.9% |
| 124th | Cambodia | -0.31 | 13.0% |
| 125th | Ukraine | -0.36 | 28.1% |
| 126th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.36 | -7.7% |
| 127th | Belize | -0.38 | -5.5% |
| 128th | Argentina | -0.38 | -33.2% |
| 129th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.39 | 19.4% |
| 130th | Tuvalu | -0.45 | -43.3% |
| 131st | Tanzania | -0.46 | 1.1% |
| 132nd | Paraguay | -0.46 | 24.7% |
| 133rd | Mongolia | -0.47 | -11.0% |
| 134th | Cuba | -0.48 | -35.5% |
| 135th | Peru | -0.49 | -23.5% |
| 136th | Ecuador | -0.49 | -59.8% |
| 137th | Brazil | -0.55 | 7.1% |
| 138th | Uganda | -0.55 | 9.2% |
| 139th | Vanuatu | -0.57 | -5.6% |
| 140th | Pakistan | -0.58 | 7.5% |
| 141st | Togo | -0.58 | 10.5% |
| 142nd | Gambia, The | -0.59 | 9.6% |
| 143rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.64 | -13.2% |
| 144th | Niger | -0.64 | -2.1% |
| 145th | Lao PDR | -0.64 | -7.7% |
| 146th | Zambia | -0.66 | -3.3% |
| 147th | Algeria | -0.67 | -30.5% |
| 148th | Bangladesh | -0.70 | 8.6% |
| 149th | Russian Federation | -0.71 | -2.3% |
| 150th | Mozambique | -0.72 | 2.8% |
| 151st | Djibouti | -0.73 | 7.0% |
| 152nd | Solomon Islands | -0.73 | -8.0% |
| 153rd | Mauritania | -0.76 | -5.3% |
| 154th | Tajikistan | -0.77 | -2.0% |
| 155th | Gabon | -0.78 | -13.8% |
| 156th | Honduras | -0.80 | 8.3% |
| 157th | Papua New Guinea | -0.80 | 1.0% |
| 158th | Nepal | -0.81 | 12.0% |
| 159th | Burkina Faso | -0.83 | 3.2% |
| 160th | Timor-Leste | -0.84 | -9.3% |
| 161st | Nigeria | -0.85 | 18.6% |
| 162nd | Malawi | -0.86 | -0.7% |
| 163rd | Eswatini | -0.88 | -13.3% |
| 164th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.89 | 0.0% |
| 165th | Guatemala | -0.90 | 1.2% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.90 | -8.1% |
| 167th | Cameroon | -0.91 | -2.8% |
| 168th | Guinea | -0.91 | 0.7% |
| 169th | Lesotho | -0.95 | -7.4% |
| 170th | Suriname | -0.97 | -2.4% |
| 171st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.97 | 9.1% |
| 172nd | Belarus | -0.99 | -16.4% |
| 173rd | Angola | -1.01 | 1.7% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.02 | -15.8% |
| 175th | Madagascar | -1.02 | -5.2% |
| 176th | Nicaragua | -1.08 | -4.6% |
| 177th | Mali | -1.14 | 0.9% |
| 178th | Sierra Leone | -1.16 | 1.2% |
| 179th | Zimbabwe | -1.17 | 6.5% |
| 180th | Burundi | -1.20 | 5.0% |
| 181st | Turkmenistan | -1.21 | -4.1% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | -1.21 | -34.1% |
| 183rd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.32 | -1.8% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | -1.33 | 2.6% |
| 185th | Liberia | -1.36 | 5.3% |
| 186th | Iraq | -1.39 | -6.7% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.43 | 3.7% |
| 188th | Chad | -1.48 | -3.9% |
| 189th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.48 | -1.4% |
| 190th | Comoros | -1.54 | 8.8% |
| 191st | Lebanon | -1.58 | -8.3% |
| 192nd | Libya | -1.64 | 6.8% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.69 | 3.3% |
| 194th | Central African Republic | -1.74 | -1.4% |
| 195th | Myanmar | -1.75 | -4.0% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.79 | -2.0% |
| 197th | Eritrea | -1.79 | -3.6% |
| 198th | Sudan | -1.98 | -17.2% |
| 199th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.98 | 2.3% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | -1.99 | -5.7% |
| 201st | Haiti | -2.23 | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Yemen, Republic of | -2.28 | -1.9% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -2.33 | 2.6% |
FAQ
What was United Arab Emirates's government effectiveness in 2023?▾
United Arab Emirates's government effectiveness in 2023 was 1.60. This ranked 11th globally.
How did United Arab Emirates's government effectiveness change in 2023?▾
United Arab Emirates's government effectiveness increased by 23.5% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2023?▾
Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2023 at 2.32.
What is the government effectiveness of United Arab Emirates in 2023?▾
The government effectiveness of United Arab Emirates in 2023 was 1.60. This ranked 11th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for United Arab Emirates's government effectiveness?▾
United Arab Emirates's government effectiveness went from 1.30 in 2022 to 1.60 in 2023, a 23.5% increase.
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United Arab Emirates matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2023. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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