United Kingdom - Government Effectiveness 2006
1.67
−0.09 from 2005
United Kingdom's government effectiveness was 1.67 in 2006, decreased +0.09 from 1.76 in 2005. This was the 15th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.25 | 12.6% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.22 | 5.2% |
| 3rd | Finland | 2.17 | 2.0% |
| 4th | Switzerland | 2.08 | 12.4% |
| 5th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.91 | 18.7% |
| 6th | Canada | 1.89 | 0.5% |
| 7th | Iceland | 1.89 | -4.0% |
| 8th | Norway | 1.88 | 0.9% |
| 9th | Austria | 1.83 | 8.8% |
| 10th | Sweden | 1.80 | -4.6% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 1.80 | 15.7% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.78 | -7.9% |
| 13th | Belgium | 1.74 | 2.1% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.71 | -2.2% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.67 | -5.4% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.65 | 9.7% |
| 17th | France | 1.63 | -2.3% |
| 18th | Japan | 1.58 | 23.3% |
| 19th | New Zealand | 1.58 | -9.1% |
| 20th | United States | 1.58 | 3.3% |
| 21st | Luxembourg | 1.57 | -11.6% |
| 22nd | Andorra | 1.54 | 19.5% |
| 23rd | Ireland | 1.53 | -11.5% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.44 | 11.9% |
| 25th | Aruba | 1.28 | -0.6% |
| 26th | Cayman Islands | 1.28 | -0.6% |
| 27th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.28 | -0.6% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 1.26 | 9.5% |
| 29th | Israel | 1.25 | 20.2% |
| 30th | Malaysia | 1.24 | 18.6% |
| 31st | Bahamas, The | 1.16 | -3.5% |
| 32nd | Estonia | 1.15 | 22.3% |
| 33rd | Czechia | 1.08 | 18.6% |
| 34th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.08 | -9.7% |
| 35th | Bermuda | 1.02 | -0.1% |
| 36th | Macao SAR, China | 1.02 | -20.7% |
| 37th | Malta | 1.02 | 24.6% |
| 38th | Korea | 0.98 | 6.4% |
| 39th | Slovenia | 0.95 | 7.8% |
| 40th | United Arab Emirates | 0.95 | 32.0% |
| 41st | Chile | 0.94 | -18.9% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 0.87 | -17.5% |
| 43rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.87 | 45.7% |
| 44th | Hungary | 0.84 | 12.2% |
| 45th | Spain | 0.83 | -44.7% |
| 46th | Slovak Republic | 0.83 | -5.6% |
| 47th | St. Lucia | 0.81 | -25.7% |
| 48th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.81 | -23.0% |
| 49th | Lithuania | 0.72 | -5.1% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 0.70 | 13.9% |
| 51st | Tunisia | 0.68 | 99.9% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 0.65 | 23.6% |
| 53rd | Greece | 0.63 | -11.3% |
| 54th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.58 | -43.3% |
| 55th | Qatar | 0.57 | 43.5% |
| 56th | Dominica | 0.57 | -0.5% |
| 57th | Croatia | 0.56 | 21.9% |
| 58th | Seychelles | 0.47 | 3.6% |
| 59th | Botswana | 0.42 | -27.6% |
| 60th | Thailand | 0.42 | 22.6% |
| 61st | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.41 | -8.8% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 0.39 | 0.6% |
| 63rd | Uruguay | 0.38 | -22.8% |
| 64th | Samoa | 0.38 | -24.9% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 0.37 | -1.0% |
| 66th | Italy | 0.36 | -36.0% |
| 67th | Poland | 0.33 | -25.5% |
| 68th | South Africa | 0.33 | -42.7% |
| 69th | Oman | 0.28 | -7.2% |
| 70th | Bhutan | 0.28 | -22.7% |
| 71st | Kuwait | 0.27 | 68.5% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 0.25 | 9.2% |
| 73rd | Guam | 0.25 | 9.2% |
| 74th | Jamaica | 0.19 | 211.5% |
| 75th | Jordan | 0.17 | 1,283.3% |
| 76th | Maldives | 0.17 | -28.9% |
| 77th | Montenegro | 0.16 | -51.1% |
| 78th | Namibia | 0.16 | 120.3% |
| 79th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.12 | -37.6% |
| 80th | Türkiye | 0.11 | -27.1% |
| 81st | Panama | 0.07 | -4.6% |
| 82nd | Mexico | 0.05 | 60.6% |
| 83rd | China | 0.04 | 125.4% |
| 84th | Costa Rica | 0.03 | -79.3% |
| 85th | Ghana | 0.03 | 113.1% |
| 86th | Fiji | -0.01 | 68.1% |
| 87th | Cabo Verde | -0.03 | 87.1% |
| 88th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.03 | -127.8% |
| 89th | Argentina | -0.03 | 65.4% |
| 90th | India | -0.10 | 3.4% |
| 91st | Belize | -0.11 | -174.6% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | -0.13 | 60.9% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | -0.13 | -197.0% |
| 94th | Philippines | -0.13 | -718.1% |
| 95th | Lebanon | -0.16 | -37.4% |
| 96th | Sri Lanka | -0.16 | 48.0% |
| 97th | Romania | -0.19 | 34.7% |
| 98th | Colombia | -0.19 | 3.1% |
| 99th | Saudi Arabia | -0.20 | 49.3% |
| 100th | El Salvador | -0.22 | 51.5% |
| 101st | Serbia | -0.24 | 33.9% |
| 102nd | Cuba | -0.24 | 54.8% |
| 103rd | Georgia | -0.24 | 42.8% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | -0.25 | -8.1% |
| 105th | Armenia | -0.26 | -83.5% |
| 106th | Morocco | -0.27 | 33.2% |
| 107th | Guyana | -0.29 | 41.6% |
| 108th | Suriname | -0.33 | -452.5% |
| 109th | Kosovo | -0.34 | - |
| 110th | Indonesia | -0.35 | 30.6% |
| 111th | Tuvalu | -0.35 | -2,137.5% |
| 112th | Senegal | -0.37 | -43.3% |
| 113th | Rwanda | -0.38 | 58.1% |
| 114th | Pakistan | -0.38 | 16.1% |
| 115th | Brazil | -0.39 | -148.2% |
| 116th | Vanuatu | -0.41 | -59.0% |
| 117th | Algeria | -0.44 | 1.8% |
| 118th | Tanzania | -0.45 | -2.9% |
| 119th | Kiribati | -0.47 | -2.3% |
| 120th | Russian Federation | -0.47 | 10.9% |
| 121st | Kazakhstan | -0.48 | 28.9% |
| 122nd | Mongolia | -0.49 | -31.2% |
| 123rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.50 | -24.9% |
| 124th | Ukraine | -0.52 | 22.0% |
| 125th | Lesotho | -0.53 | -209.2% |
| 126th | Eswatini | -0.55 | 42.0% |
| 127th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.56 | 16.2% |
| 128th | Dominican Republic | -0.56 | -7.8% |
| 129th | Albania | -0.58 | 16.6% |
| 130th | Uganda | -0.58 | -1.6% |
| 131st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.63 | 17.2% |
| 132nd | Tonga | -0.64 | -23.2% |
| 133rd | Benin | -0.65 | 0.9% |
| 134th | Madagascar | -0.66 | -72.4% |
| 135th | Kenya | -0.66 | 7.6% |
| 136th | Honduras | -0.66 | 2.9% |
| 137th | Azerbaijan | -0.67 | 9.5% |
| 138th | Mozambique | -0.67 | -23.9% |
| 139th | Guatemala | -0.69 | 13.1% |
| 140th | Gambia, The | -0.73 | -0.8% |
| 141st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.73 | -4.7% |
| 142nd | Peru | -0.76 | -8.8% |
| 143rd | Mali | -0.76 | -5.6% |
| 144th | Papua New Guinea | -0.76 | 14.1% |
| 145th | Moldova | -0.80 | -6.1% |
| 146th | Burkina Faso | -0.80 | -32.3% |
| 147th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.82 | 6.9% |
| 148th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.82 | 28.8% |
| 149th | Niger | -0.83 | -5.0% |
| 150th | Gabon | -0.84 | 0.1% |
| 151st | São Tomé and Principe | -0.84 | -16.6% |
| 152nd | Bangladesh | -0.84 | 8.7% |
| 153rd | Zambia | -0.88 | 6.3% |
| 154th | Malawi | -0.89 | -8.0% |
| 155th | Nicaragua | -0.90 | -8.4% |
| 156th | Mauritania | -0.90 | -179.9% |
| 157th | Djibouti | -0.92 | -12.2% |
| 158th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.92 | -0.3% |
| 159th | Nepal | -0.92 | -7.3% |
| 160th | Paraguay | -0.96 | -23.9% |
| 161st | Nigeria | -0.97 | -7.8% |
| 162nd | Cameroon | -0.97 | -4.4% |
| 163rd | Cambodia | -0.98 | 2.1% |
| 164th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.98 | 7.6% |
| 165th | Lao PDR | -0.99 | 17.9% |
| 166th | Solomon Islands | -1.00 | -57.1% |
| 167th | Marshall Islands | -1.00 | -47.3% |
| 168th | Ecuador | -1.04 | -7.2% |
| 169th | Tajikistan | -1.07 | 7.4% |
| 170th | Libya | -1.08 | -2.6% |
| 171st | Sierra Leone | -1.10 | 18.1% |
| 172nd | Burundi | -1.11 | 10.6% |
| 173rd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.13 | 17.2% |
| 174th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.16 | 13.8% |
| 175th | Sudan | -1.16 | 17.3% |
| 176th | Uzbekistan | -1.19 | 3.2% |
| 177th | Belarus | -1.20 | -6.0% |
| 178th | Liberia | -1.21 | 14.4% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | -1.22 | -22.2% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | -1.24 | 2.6% |
| 181st | Zimbabwe | -1.26 | 7.2% |
| 182nd | Guinea | -1.27 | -19.5% |
| 183rd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.27 | -7.4% |
| 184th | Haiti | -1.30 | 2.9% |
| 185th | Eritrea | -1.33 | -35.6% |
| 186th | Angola | -1.38 | -24.4% |
| 187th | Chad | -1.46 | -4.6% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | -1.47 | -19.9% |
| 189th | Myanmar | -1.47 | 4.0% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | -1.47 | 6.9% |
| 191st | Togo | -1.49 | -2.6% |
| 192nd | Turkmenistan | -1.52 | 3.1% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.56 | 0.5% |
| 194th | Comoros | -1.60 | 0.7% |
| 195th | Iraq | -1.73 | -5.8% |
| 196th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.77 | -2.3% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.07 | 2.7% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's government effectiveness in 2006?▾
United Kingdom's government effectiveness in 2006 was 1.67. This ranked 15th globally.
How did United Kingdom's government effectiveness change in 2006?▾
United Kingdom's government effectiveness decreased by 5.4% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2006?▾
Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2006 at 2.25.
What is the government effectiveness of United Kingdom in 2006?▾
The government effectiveness of United Kingdom in 2006 was 1.67. This ranked 15th globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for United Kingdom's government effectiveness?▾
United Kingdom's government effectiveness went from 1.76 in 2005 to 1.67 in 2006, a 5.4% decrease.
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