United Kingdom - Government Effectiveness 2011
1.60
−0.01 from 2010
United Kingdom's government effectiveness was 1.60 in 2011, decreased +0.01 from 1.62 in 2010. This was the 15th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2011▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.24 | 0.5% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 2.19 | -3.8% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 2.10 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Sweden | 1.93 | -1.9% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.87 | 3.3% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.86 | -0.5% |
| 7th | Norway | 1.83 | -2.2% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.82 | 2.9% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.77 | -0.3% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.76 | -0.8% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.74 | 1.5% |
| 12th | Belgium | 1.72 | 4.2% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.69 | -4.2% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.64 | -1.8% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.60 | -0.9% |
| 16th | Austria | 1.60 | -11.6% |
| 17th | Iceland | 1.58 | -0.2% |
| 18th | Cyprus | 1.56 | 2.1% |
| 19th | United States | 1.51 | -2.5% |
| 20th | Germany | 1.50 | -1.0% |
| 21st | Andorra | 1.50 | -0.9% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.47 | -3.6% |
| 23rd | Barbados | 1.47 | 4.2% |
| 24th | Ireland | 1.45 | 7.9% |
| 25th | France | 1.39 | -4.8% |
| 26th | Israel | 1.34 | -3.6% |
| 27th | Macao SAR, China | 1.33 | -1.8% |
| 28th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.24 | -0.9% |
| 29th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.24 | -0.9% |
| 30th | Aruba | 1.24 | -0.8% |
| 31st | Cayman Islands | 1.24 | -0.8% |
| 32nd | Malta | 1.19 | 0.2% |
| 33rd | Korea | 1.16 | 0.9% |
| 34th | Chile | 1.15 | -0.4% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 1.07 | 16.6% |
| 36th | Estonia | 1.07 | -0.9% |
| 37th | Greenland | 1.00 | -1.1% |
| 38th | Bermuda | 0.99 | -1.0% |
| 39th | Malaysia | 0.99 | -5.7% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 0.98 | -3.7% |
| 41st | Bahamas, The | 0.97 | -9.0% |
| 42nd | Spain | 0.97 | 3.1% |
| 43rd | St. Lucia | 0.94 | 13.3% |
| 44th | Czechia | 0.92 | 2.3% |
| 45th | Portugal | 0.92 | -6.1% |
| 46th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.89 | -0.6% |
| 47th | Mauritius | 0.88 | -2.5% |
| 48th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.84 | 15.8% |
| 49th | Slovak Republic | 0.78 | -0.6% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.76 | -10.5% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 0.70 | -5.3% |
| 52nd | Bhutan | 0.69 | 13.5% |
| 53rd | Latvia | 0.69 | -4.6% |
| 54th | Dominica | 0.67 | -1.0% |
| 55th | Seychelles | 0.65 | 4.3% |
| 56th | Hungary | 0.65 | 0.8% |
| 57th | Poland | 0.60 | -5.4% |
| 58th | Georgia | 0.58 | 76.8% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 0.54 | -14.8% |
| 60th | Croatia | 0.50 | -13.6% |
| 61st | Bahrain | 0.50 | 14.5% |
| 62nd | American Samoa | 0.48 | -1.3% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.48 | -1.3% |
| 64th | Greece | 0.45 | -8.3% |
| 65th | Botswana | 0.41 | 6.0% |
| 66th | Italy | 0.40 | -13.7% |
| 67th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.39 | 15.1% |
| 68th | Türkiye | 0.37 | 15.9% |
| 69th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.33 | 3.4% |
| 70th | Jamaica | 0.29 | -1.8% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 0.28 | -5.2% |
| 72nd | Grenada | 0.28 | 46.4% |
| 73rd | Mexico | 0.25 | 162.0% |
| 74th | Oman | 0.23 | -34.8% |
| 75th | South Africa | 0.22 | 13.5% |
| 76th | Philippines | 0.19 | 167.4% |
| 77th | Namibia | 0.13 | -13.4% |
| 78th | Panama | 0.13 | -0.4% |
| 79th | Thailand | 0.10 | 19.2% |
| 80th | Jordan | 0.09 | 7.2% |
| 81st | China | 0.08 | -9.0% |
| 82nd | Cabo Verde | 0.08 | 178.7% |
| 83rd | Montenegro | 0.08 | -42.4% |
| 84th | Samoa | 0.06 | 3,839.4% |
| 85th | India | 0.02 | -28.8% |
| 86th | Kuwait | 0.00 | -97.9% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 0.00 | -100.9% |
| 88th | Rwanda | -0.02 | 86.7% |
| 89th | Guam | -0.03 | -10.7% |
| 90th | Colombia | -0.05 | 59.3% |
| 91st | Bulgaria | -0.07 | -8.9% |
| 92nd | Argentina | -0.07 | 35.3% |
| 93rd | Guyana | -0.08 | 32.8% |
| 94th | Ghana | -0.09 | 12.3% |
| 95th | Sri Lanka | -0.11 | 45.8% |
| 96th | El Salvador | -0.11 | -792.9% |
| 97th | Armenia | -0.12 | 32.9% |
| 98th | Suriname | -0.12 | -13.9% |
| 99th | Serbia | -0.13 | -74.1% |
| 100th | Lebanon | -0.14 | 0.6% |
| 101st | Brazil | -0.15 | -75.5% |
| 102nd | Romania | -0.19 | -73.0% |
| 103rd | Albania | -0.20 | 27.7% |
| 104th | Peru | -0.21 | 13.7% |
| 105th | Viet Nam | -0.21 | 13.9% |
| 106th | Vanuatu | -0.21 | 20.2% |
| 107th | North Macedonia | -0.22 | -22.0% |
| 108th | Belize | -0.25 | 4.8% |
| 109th | Morocco | -0.27 | -15.4% |
| 110th | Maldives | -0.29 | -53.5% |
| 111th | Saudi Arabia | -0.32 | -1,238.0% |
| 112th | Indonesia | -0.32 | -20.5% |
| 113th | Tonga | -0.33 | -14.4% |
| 114th | Cuba | -0.35 | -4.2% |
| 115th | Lesotho | -0.38 | 5.0% |
| 116th | Kosovo | -0.44 | 25.3% |
| 117th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.44 | -37.2% |
| 118th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.45 | 9.0% |
| 119th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.47 | 6.2% |
| 120th | Malawi | -0.47 | -0.8% |
| 121st | Tuvalu | -0.48 | 3.0% |
| 122nd | Senegal | -0.50 | 16.4% |
| 123rd | Kazakhstan | -0.51 | -3.7% |
| 124th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.52 | -15.6% |
| 125th | Algeria | -0.52 | -31.5% |
| 126th | Honduras | -0.52 | 18.2% |
| 127th | Eswatini | -0.52 | -74.8% |
| 128th | Ecuador | -0.53 | 21.7% |
| 129th | Benin | -0.55 | 10.3% |
| 130th | Uganda | -0.56 | 2.2% |
| 131st | Burkina Faso | -0.57 | 3.5% |
| 132nd | Mongolia | -0.58 | -2.5% |
| 133rd | Kenya | -0.58 | 0.8% |
| 134th | Nauru | -0.58 | -3.2% |
| 135th | Palau | -0.58 | 31.8% |
| 136th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.60 | -60.1% |
| 137th | Russian Federation | -0.60 | 0.0% |
| 138th | Moldova | -0.61 | 7.5% |
| 139th | Dominican Republic | -0.63 | 8.2% |
| 140th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.64 | 3.1% |
| 141st | Mozambique | -0.65 | -5.5% |
| 142nd | Niger | -0.65 | 7.2% |
| 143rd | Tanzania | -0.66 | -6.4% |
| 144th | Gambia, The | -0.67 | 9.8% |
| 145th | Zambia | -0.68 | 20.8% |
| 146th | Uzbekistan | -0.70 | 4.8% |
| 147th | Papua New Guinea | -0.72 | 1.9% |
| 148th | Guatemala | -0.72 | -0.5% |
| 149th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.74 | 0.6% |
| 150th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.75 | 12.6% |
| 151st | Bangladesh | -0.77 | -2.4% |
| 152nd | Azerbaijan | -0.77 | 5.0% |
| 153rd | Kiribati | -0.78 | 11.0% |
| 154th | Mali | -0.80 | 6.0% |
| 155th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.80 | -71.0% |
| 156th | Pakistan | -0.83 | -7.5% |
| 157th | Lao PDR | -0.84 | 3.4% |
| 158th | Gabon | -0.85 | -6.5% |
| 159th | Paraguay | -0.85 | 6.9% |
| 160th | Ukraine | -0.87 | -5.6% |
| 161st | Cambodia | -0.87 | 9.4% |
| 162nd | Nicaragua | -0.89 | 5.9% |
| 163rd | Cameroon | -0.89 | 0.9% |
| 164th | Fiji | -0.90 | 1.8% |
| 165th | Solomon Islands | -0.91 | 11.2% |
| 166th | Nepal | -0.92 | -2.6% |
| 167th | Tajikistan | -0.96 | -2.8% |
| 168th | Mauritania | -0.96 | 2.4% |
| 169th | Djibouti | -0.98 | 2.6% |
| 170th | Libya | -1.05 | 3.1% |
| 171st | Madagascar | -1.07 | -7.4% |
| 172nd | Iraq | -1.07 | 2.7% |
| 173rd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.08 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Burundi | -1.08 | 3.5% |
| 175th | Nigeria | -1.10 | 5.4% |
| 176th | Guinea | -1.14 | -1.9% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.16 | -12.2% |
| 178th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.18 | 9.0% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | -1.19 | 5.3% |
| 180th | Sierra Leone | -1.19 | 1.5% |
| 181st | Belarus | -1.19 | -0.2% |
| 182nd | Angola | -1.19 | -4.8% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.21 | 2.4% |
| 184th | Liberia | -1.22 | 2.5% |
| 185th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.26 | -0.1% |
| 186th | Central African Republic | -1.31 | 5.7% |
| 187th | Togo | -1.37 | 0.9% |
| 188th | Chad | -1.37 | 5.7% |
| 189th | Sudan | -1.42 | -2.7% |
| 190th | Zimbabwe | -1.42 | 7.6% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | -1.47 | 0.3% |
| 192nd | Eritrea | -1.49 | -6.6% |
| 193rd | Turkmenistan | -1.52 | 0.8% |
| 194th | Marshall Islands | -1.59 | -39.0% |
| 195th | South Sudan | -1.59 | - |
| 196th | Myanmar | -1.61 | 1.3% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.68 | 2.2% |
| 198th | Haiti | -1.69 | -2.7% |
| 199th | Comoros | -1.81 | -3.4% |
| 200th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.88 | -0.3% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.15 | 0.8% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's government effectiveness in 2011?▾
United Kingdom's government effectiveness in 2011 was 1.60. This ranked 15th globally.
How did United Kingdom's government effectiveness change in 2011?▾
United Kingdom's government effectiveness decreased by 0.9% in 2011 compared to 2010.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2011?▾
Finland had the highest government effectiveness in 2011 at 2.24.
What is the government effectiveness of United Kingdom in 2011?▾
The government effectiveness of United Kingdom in 2011 was 1.60. This ranked 15th globally.
How does 2011 compare to 2010 for United Kingdom's government effectiveness?▾
United Kingdom's government effectiveness went from 1.62 in 2010 to 1.60 in 2011, a 0.9% decrease.
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