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United States - Government Effectiveness 1996

Name: United States Government Effectiveness 1996
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Government Effectiveness · World Bank WGI

1.52 Global rank: 21st

United States's government effectiveness was 1.52 in 1996. This was the 21st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Government Effectiveness by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	1.99	-
2nd	Luxembourg	1.96	-
3rd	Norway	1.95	-
4th	Netherlands	1.94	-
5th	Cayman Islands	1.93	-
6th	Sweden	1.92	-
7th	United Kingdom	1.88	-
8th	Iceland	1.86	-
9th	Australia	1.80	-
10th	New Zealand	1.77	-
11th	Denmark	1.76	-
12th	Switzerland	1.76	-
13th	Canada	1.74	-
14th	Austria	1.73	-
15th	Finland	1.72	-
16th	Germany	1.72	-
17th	Belgium	1.71	-
18th	Liechtenstein	1.67	-
19th	Ireland	1.67	-
20th	Spain	1.62	-
21st	United States	1.52	-
22nd	Andorra	1.41	-
23rd	Barbados	1.41	-
24th	Bahamas, The	1.37	-
25th	Chile	1.34	-
26th	Portugal	1.27	-
27th	France	1.25	-
28th	Cyprus	1.17	-
29th	Bermuda	1.16	-
30th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.16	-
31st	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.04	-
32nd	South Africa	1.02	-
33rd	Brunei Darussalam	0.93	-
34th	Malta	0.93	-
35th	Japan	0.91	-
36th	Maldives	0.90	-
37th	Slovenia	0.89	-
38th	Hungary	0.86	-
39th	Italy	0.84	-
40th	Greece	0.84	-
41st	United Arab Emirates	0.78	-
42nd	Bahrain	0.78	-
43rd	Israel	0.77	-
44th	Poland	0.68	-
45th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.64	-
46th	Bhutan	0.64	-
47th	Dominica	0.64	-
48th	Grenada	0.64	-
49th	Seychelles	0.64	-
50th	Czechia	0.62	-
51st	Estonia	0.61	-
52nd	Uruguay	0.58	-
53rd	Botswana	0.56	-
54th	Qatar	0.56	-
55th	Malaysia	0.54	-
56th	Lithuania	0.53	-
57th	Latvia	0.49	-
58th	Korea	0.47	-
59th	Costa Rica	0.47	-
60th	Slovak Republic	0.46	-
61st	Oman	0.44	-
62nd	Namibia	0.43	-
63rd	Belize	0.39	-
64th	Macao SAR, China	0.39	-
65th	Samoa	0.39	-
66th	Tunisia	0.38	-
67th	Mexico	0.23	-
68th	Panama	0.22	-
69th	Mauritius	0.20	-
70th	Thailand	0.18	-
71st	Argentina	0.17	-
72nd	Jamaica	0.14	-
73rd	Kuwait	0.12	-
74th	Croatia	0.10	-
75th	Senegal	0.08	-
76th	Peru	0.03	-
77th	Jordan	-0.03	-
78th	Bulgaria	-0.04	-
79th	Türkiye	-0.08	-
80th	Morocco	-0.10	-
81st	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.10	-
82nd	India	-0.11	-
83rd	Ghana	-0.12	-
84th	Fiji	-0.12	-
85th	Lesotho	-0.12	-
86th	Mauritania	-0.12	-
87th	Lebanon	-0.13	-
88th	Brazil	-0.14	-
89th	Mozambique	-0.14	-
90th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.17	-
91st	Sri Lanka	-0.18	-
92nd	Saudi Arabia	-0.18	-
93rd	Gabon	-0.20	-
94th	Moldova	-0.22	-
95th	Dominican Republic	-0.22	-
96th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.26	-
97th	Malawi	-0.29	-
98th	Romania	-0.29	-
99th	Philippines	-0.31	-
100th	Zimbabwe	-0.32	-
101st	Papua New Guinea	-0.34	-
102nd	China	-0.35	-
103rd	Guyana	-0.38	-
104th	Mongolia	-0.38	-
105th	Armenia	-0.38	-
106th	Benin	-0.38	-
107th	Belarus	-0.38	-
108th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.38	-
109th	Nepal	-0.38	-
110th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.38	-
111th	Madagascar	-0.45	-
112th	Russian Federation	-0.45	-
113th	Guatemala	-0.45	-
114th	Colombia	-0.46	-
115th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.47	-
116th	Ecuador	-0.48	-
117th	Kenya	-0.52	-
118th	Nicaragua	-0.57	-
119th	Viet Nam	-0.58	-
120th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.60	-
121st	Gambia, The	-0.62	-
122nd	Pakistan	-0.62	-
123rd	Yemen, Republic of	-0.62	-
124th	Georgia	-0.64	-
125th	Lao PDR	-0.64	-
126th	Eswatini	-0.64	-
127th	Chad	-0.64	-
128th	North Macedonia	-0.64	-
129th	Ukraine	-0.67	-
130th	Bangladesh	-0.69	-
131st	Tanzania	-0.69	-
132nd	Uganda	-0.69	-
133rd	Albania	-0.69	-
134th	Suriname	-0.69	-
135th	Togo	-0.69	-
136th	El Salvador	-0.69	-
137th	Indonesia	-0.71	-
138th	Cambodia	-0.72	-
139th	Honduras	-0.74	-
140th	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.80	-
141st	Angola	-0.86	-
142nd	Libya	-0.88	-
143rd	Djibouti	-0.89	-
144th	Cuba	-0.91	-
145th	Paraguay	-0.91	-
146th	Azerbaijan	-0.92	-
147th	Nigeria	-0.92	-
148th	Burkina Faso	-0.93	-
149th	Equatorial Guinea	-0.96	-
150th	Kazakhstan	-0.96	-
151st	Sudan	-0.99	-
152nd	Haiti	-1.00	-
153rd	Mali	-1.00	-
154th	Serbia	-1.06	-
155th	Cameroon	-1.08	-
156th	Algeria	-1.09	-
157th	Zambia	-1.13	-
158th	Eritrea	-1.15	-
159th	West Bank and Gaza	-1.15	-
160th	Rwanda	-1.15	-
161st	Turkmenistan	-1.15	-
162nd	Congo, Republic of	-1.17	-
163rd	Guinea	-1.17	-
164th	Niger	-1.17	-
165th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.19	-
166th	Uzbekistan	-1.20	-
167th	Myanmar	-1.21	-
168th	Central African Republic	-1.41	-
169th	Tajikistan	-1.41	-
170th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.41	-
171st	Sierra Leone	-1.41	-
172nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.65	-
173rd	Burundi	-1.66	-
174th	Comoros	-1.66	-
175th	Liberia	-1.72	-
176th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.89	-
177th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-1.96	-
178th	Iraq	-2.09	-
179th	Afghanistan	-2.18	-

FAQ

What was United States's government effectiveness in 1996?▾

United States's government effectiveness in 1996 was 1.52. This ranked 21st globally.

Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 1996?▾

Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 1996 at 1.99.

What is the government effectiveness of United States in 1996?▾

The government effectiveness of United States in 1996 was 1.52. This ranked 21st globally.

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