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United States - Government Effectiveness 2004

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Government Effectiveness · World Bank WGI

1.74 +0.20 from 2003 Global rank: 17th

United States's government effectiveness was 1.74 in 2004, increased +0.20 from 1.54 in 2003. This was the 17th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2004▾

Government Effectiveness by Country - 2004
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Denmark	2.29	9.5%
2nd	Switzerland	2.16	23.1%
3rd	Finland	2.15	-2.1%
4th	Sweden	2.10	4.1%
5th	Netherlands	2.07	5.9%
6th	Norway	2.06	12.3%
7th	Iceland	2.05	0.6%
8th	Singapore	2.02	4.5%
9th	Australia	1.98	11.9%
10th	New Zealand	1.94	10.1%
11th	Canada	1.90	-1.2%
12th	Luxembourg	1.88	1.1%
13th	United Kingdom	1.87	7.0%
14th	Belgium	1.85	-0.8%
15th	Austria	1.84	-4.5%
16th	France	1.76	6.3%
17th	United States	1.74	13.0%
18th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.74	9.1%
19th	Liechtenstein	1.70	5.9%
20th	Ireland	1.52	1.5%
21st	Andorra	1.50	11.5%
22nd	Germany	1.47	8.1%
23rd	Japan	1.34	16.1%
24th	Spain	1.33	-26.7%
25th	Aruba	1.28	-
26th	Cayman Islands	1.26	-6.8%
27th	Israel	1.24	9.0%
28th	Bahamas, The	1.20	-1.7%
29th	Barbados	1.19	-12.1%
30th	Macao SAR, China	1.18	-12.3%
31st	Bermuda	1.16	6.1%
32nd	Chile	1.12	1.6%
33rd	Cyprus	1.11	-1.4%
34th	Malaysia	1.05	0.4%
35th	Portugal	1.04	-5.6%
36th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.96	-12.0%
37th	Estonia	0.90	2.6%
38th	Slovenia	0.90	0.4%
39th	Czechia	0.86	1.2%
40th	Slovak Republic	0.82	22.4%
41st	Korea	0.82	3.2%
42nd	Hungary	0.80	-3.1%
43rd	Greece	0.79	11.7%
44th	Malta	0.78	-11.4%
45th	Mauritius	0.69	-6.6%
46th	Lithuania	0.69	-5.3%
47th	United Arab Emirates	0.69	28.0%
48th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.64	-
49th	Italy	0.63	-15.6%
50th	Dominica	0.62	-25.3%
51st	Botswana	0.60	-3.3%
52nd	Latvia	0.57	-4.0%
53rd	Grenada	0.56	-2.7%
54th	South Africa	0.56	-6.7%
55th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.54	-6.3%
56th	Bahrain	0.51	24.6%
57th	Qatar	0.51	15.0%
58th	Seychelles	0.50	-14.0%
59th	Oman	0.47	5.1%
60th	Croatia	0.44	39.4%
61st	Poland	0.44	-13.8%
62nd	Tunisia	0.42	-11.2%
63rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.42	-
64th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.41	-13.7%
65th	St. Lucia	0.37	-
66th	Maldives	0.37	-35.2%
67th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.35	-
68th	Guam	0.34	-
69th	Uruguay	0.30	-33.6%
70th	Thailand	0.26	-14.3%
71st	Brunei Darussalam	0.23	-67.3%
72nd	Costa Rica	0.21	0.4%
73rd	Belize	0.21	-35.4%
74th	Namibia	0.13	-46.2%
75th	Jamaica	0.13	783.6%
76th	Bhutan	0.13	-78.3%
77th	Kuwait	0.09	20.6%
78th	Bulgaria	0.08	133.7%
79th	Mexico	0.08	-42.5%
80th	Jordan	0.02	-88.9%
81st	Argentina	0.02	144.4%
82nd	Türkiye	-0.02	-156.9%
83rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.03	-
84th	Samoa	-0.03	-108.8%
85th	Guyana	-0.04	-76.5%
86th	Suriname	-0.05	71.3%
87th	Panama	-0.09	22.6%
88th	Brazil	-0.09	-212.9%
89th	China	-0.11	25.5%
90th	Armenia	-0.12	40.0%
91st	American Samoa	-0.13	-
92nd	Lebanon	-0.17	-13.6%
93rd	Romania	-0.17	38.3%
94th	India	-0.18	-24.9%
95th	North Macedonia	-0.18	55.5%
96th	Colombia	-0.22	2.7%
97th	Philippines	-0.22	-50.9%
98th	Morocco	-0.22	-4.0%
99th	Vanuatu	-0.25	-
100th	Serbia	-0.25	62.3%
101st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.28	28.5%
102nd	Senegal	-0.34	12.2%
103rd	Cabo Verde	-0.35	-22.8%
104th	Ghana	-0.35	-20.8%
105th	Mongolia	-0.38	-75.2%
106th	Saudi Arabia	-0.39	-5.4%
107th	Albania	-0.41	27.6%
108th	Kiribati	-0.42	-
109th	Sri Lanka	-0.44	-62.2%
110th	El Salvador	-0.45	1.9%
111th	Cuba	-0.45	-28.5%
112th	Uganda	-0.47	-4.2%
113th	Fiji	-0.47	-864.5%
114th	Viet Nam	-0.48	-19.0%
115th	Russian Federation	-0.48	3.0%
116th	Indonesia	-0.49	17.8%
117th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.50	11.3%
118th	Lesotho	-0.51	-1,156.2%
119th	Benin	-0.52	6.5%
120th	Pakistan	-0.54	7.4%
121st	Tonga	-0.55	-
122nd	Georgia	-0.56	-180.2%
123rd	Algeria	-0.56	17.1%
124th	Madagascar	-0.59	-41.3%
125th	Mauritania	-0.59	-202.3%
126th	Mozambique	-0.59	-9.9%
127th	Gambia, The	-0.59	-41.3%
128th	Tanzania	-0.61	-22.3%
129th	Djibouti	-0.64	10.5%
130th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.64	-68.1%
131st	Peru	-0.65	-11.0%
132nd	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.66	-18.3%
133rd	Dominican Republic	-0.66	-18.6%
134th	Kenya	-0.67	5.6%
135th	Ukraine	-0.67	1.1%
136th	Tuvalu	-0.67	-
137th	Papua New Guinea	-0.69	-29.1%
138th	Timor-Leste	-0.69	29.1%
139th	Burkina Faso	-0.70	14.2%
140th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.70	20.3%
141st	Rwanda	-0.70	32.2%
142nd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.71	-56.8%
143rd	Honduras	-0.72	5.9%
144th	Niger	-0.77	-17.5%
145th	Kazakhstan	-0.78	-1.5%
146th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.79	35.4%
147th	Mali	-0.79	-9.5%
148th	Guatemala	-0.81	-41.1%
149th	Cameroon	-0.81	3.9%
150th	Nicaragua	-0.84	-6.0%
151st	Moldova	-0.85	-26.8%
152nd	Gabon	-0.85	-99.6%
153rd	Malawi	-0.86	-10.3%
154th	Libya	-0.87	6.9%
155th	Guinea	-0.91	-17.9%
156th	Cambodia	-0.91	1.2%
157th	Zambia	-0.93	7.7%
158th	Bangladesh	-0.93	-11.2%
159th	Azerbaijan	-0.93	-0.1%
160th	Nigeria	-0.94	-2.1%
161st	Afghanistan	-0.95	19.6%
162nd	Nepal	-0.96	-19.3%
163rd	Ecuador	-0.96	-2.3%
164th	Paraguay	-0.97	3.3%
165th	Yemen, Republic of	-0.97	-12.7%
166th	Tajikistan	-0.98	14.3%
167th	Zimbabwe	-1.01	-7.7%
168th	Lao PDR	-1.03	-1.8%
169th	Eritrea	-1.05	-25.0%
170th	Congo, Republic of	-1.06	10.8%
171st	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.06	6.8%
172nd	Eswatini	-1.08	-52.5%
173rd	Solomon Islands	-1.12	-
174th	Sierra Leone	-1.12	15.5%
175th	Chad	-1.15	2.0%
176th	Sudan	-1.16	5.2%
177th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.19	-7.8%
178th	Uzbekistan	-1.20	-1.1%
179th	Belarus	-1.21	-14.9%
180th	Burundi	-1.24	16.9%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.28	-12.8%
182nd	Comoros	-1.31	-7.0%
183rd	Central African Republic	-1.32	-10.6%
184th	Angola	-1.33	-18.2%
185th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.35	-13.2%
186th	Togo	-1.39	-7.4%
187th	Liberia	-1.42	0.1%
188th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.43	16.5%
189th	Turkmenistan	-1.55	-9.5%
190th	Myanmar	-1.58	-21.8%
191st	Iraq	-1.62	7.5%
192nd	Haiti	-1.71	-15.7%
193rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.74	4.8%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-1.84	3.2%

FAQ

What was United States's government effectiveness in 2004?▾

United States's government effectiveness in 2004 was 1.74. This ranked 17th globally.

How did United States's government effectiveness change in 2004?▾

United States's government effectiveness increased by 13.0% in 2004 compared to 2003.

Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2004?▾

Denmark had the highest government effectiveness in 2004 at 2.29.

What is the government effectiveness of United States in 2004?▾

The government effectiveness of United States in 2004 was 1.74. This ranked 17th globally.

How does 2004 compare to 2003 for United States's government effectiveness?▾

United States's government effectiveness went from 1.54 in 2003 to 1.74 in 2004, a 13.0% increase.

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