United States - Government Effectiveness 2012
1.52
+0.01 from 2011
United States's government effectiveness was 1.52 in 2012, increased +0.01 from 1.51 in 2011. This was the 20th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.21 | -1.1% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 2.20 | 0.4% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.99 | -5.4% |
| 4th | Sweden | 1.91 | -0.7% |
| 5th | Norway | 1.90 | 3.7% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.88 | 1.1% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.84 | 1.0% |
| 8th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.83 | 11.0% |
| 9th | New Zealand | 1.79 | -4.3% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.78 | 0.9% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.76 | -0.9% |
| 12th | Belgium | 1.67 | -3.0% |
| 13th | Luxembourg | 1.66 | -4.5% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.61 | -4.6% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.59 | -0.8% |
| 16th | Austria | 1.56 | -2.7% |
| 17th | Ireland | 1.54 | 6.1% |
| 18th | Germany | 1.53 | 2.1% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.52 | 1.6% |
| 20th | United States | 1.52 | 0.5% |
| 21st | Iceland | 1.48 | -6.0% |
| 22nd | Barbados | 1.45 | -0.7% |
| 23rd | Japan | 1.41 | -4.0% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 1.38 | -11.2% |
| 25th | France | 1.37 | -1.4% |
| 26th | Israel | 1.27 | -5.0% |
| 27th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.26 | 1.5% |
| 28th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.26 | 1.5% |
| 29th | Aruba | 1.25 | 0.9% |
| 30th | Cayman Islands | 1.25 | 0.9% |
| 31st | Malta | 1.24 | 4.3% |
| 32nd | Chile | 1.18 | 2.3% |
| 33rd | United Arab Emirates | 1.16 | 8.6% |
| 34th | Macao SAR, China | 1.09 | -18.0% |
| 35th | Korea | 1.07 | -7.2% |
| 36th | Spain | 1.06 | 8.7% |
| 37th | Mauritius | 1.04 | 17.8% |
| 38th | Slovenia | 1.02 | 4.2% |
| 39th | Bermuda | 1.00 | 1.2% |
| 40th | Portugal | 1.00 | 8.8% |
| 41st | Greenland | 1.00 | -0.5% |
| 42nd | Bahamas, The | 0.98 | 0.9% |
| 43rd | Qatar | 0.95 | 24.4% |
| 44th | Estonia | 0.95 | -11.4% |
| 45th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.94 | 11.9% |
| 46th | Czechia | 0.92 | -0.1% |
| 47th | Malaysia | 0.91 | -8.1% |
| 48th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.84 | -6.0% |
| 49th | Latvia | 0.83 | 20.2% |
| 50th | Lithuania | 0.83 | 18.3% |
| 51st | Slovak Republic | 0.78 | 0.6% |
| 52nd | Dominica | 0.75 | 11.4% |
| 53rd | St. Lucia | 0.74 | -21.5% |
| 54th | Croatia | 0.68 | 34.4% |
| 55th | Seychelles | 0.67 | 2.6% |
| 56th | Poland | 0.66 | 10.3% |
| 57th | Georgia | 0.63 | 8.9% |
| 58th | Hungary | 0.61 | -6.4% |
| 59th | Bhutan | 0.54 | -21.5% |
| 60th | Bahrain | 0.52 | 5.8% |
| 61st | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.48 | 23.2% |
| 62nd | American Samoa | 0.48 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.48 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Costa Rica | 0.47 | 67.4% |
| 65th | Italy | 0.45 | 10.9% |
| 66th | Türkiye | 0.43 | 18.4% |
| 67th | Botswana | 0.42 | 2.6% |
| 68th | Uruguay | 0.42 | -22.9% |
| 69th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.40 | 18.9% |
| 70th | Grenada | 0.32 | 15.7% |
| 71st | Panama | 0.32 | 144.8% |
| 72nd | Mexico | 0.30 | 17.4% |
| 73rd | Greece | 0.28 | -38.8% |
| 74th | Oman | 0.24 | 3.9% |
| 75th | Namibia | 0.24 | 78.1% |
| 76th | Philippines | 0.21 | 8.5% |
| 77th | South Africa | 0.17 | -21.8% |
| 78th | Thailand | 0.13 | 31.1% |
| 79th | Montenegro | 0.12 | 57.2% |
| 80th | Cabo Verde | 0.05 | -32.6% |
| 81st | Jamaica | 0.05 | -84.2% |
| 82nd | Jordan | 0.04 | -56.5% |
| 83rd | Samoa | 0.02 | -56.6% |
| 84th | Saudi Arabia | 0.02 | 106.0% |
| 85th | China | 0.02 | -81.6% |
| 86th | Colombia | 0.00 | 97.7% |
| 87th | Suriname | -0.01 | 89.6% |
| 88th | Bulgaria | -0.03 | 60.1% |
| 89th | Armenia | -0.03 | 71.8% |
| 90th | Guam | -0.04 | -45.3% |
| 91st | Tunisia | -0.05 | -3,390.1% |
| 92nd | Kuwait | -0.09 | -3,029.6% |
| 93rd | Ghana | -0.09 | 0.2% |
| 94th | Guyana | -0.10 | -22.6% |
| 95th | Rwanda | -0.10 | -383.0% |
| 96th | El Salvador | -0.13 | -22.6% |
| 97th | Morocco | -0.14 | 47.0% |
| 98th | India | -0.16 | -792.1% |
| 99th | Brazil | -0.16 | -5.3% |
| 100th | Belize | -0.17 | 33.6% |
| 101st | Romania | -0.17 | 12.8% |
| 102nd | Serbia | -0.17 | -30.8% |
| 103rd | Maldives | -0.19 | 36.4% |
| 104th | Peru | -0.19 | 9.3% |
| 105th | Vanuatu | -0.19 | 11.1% |
| 106th | Sri Lanka | -0.20 | -86.6% |
| 107th | Argentina | -0.21 | -186.0% |
| 108th | North Macedonia | -0.21 | 5.0% |
| 109th | Lebanon | -0.24 | -68.4% |
| 110th | Viet Nam | -0.25 | -18.6% |
| 111th | Albania | -0.27 | -33.0% |
| 112th | Kosovo | -0.32 | 25.4% |
| 113th | Indonesia | -0.33 | -2.8% |
| 114th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.36 | 23.3% |
| 115th | Cuba | -0.38 | -7.9% |
| 116th | Eswatini | -0.39 | 25.9% |
| 117th | Tonga | -0.39 | -17.6% |
| 118th | Lesotho | -0.43 | -13.2% |
| 119th | Algeria | -0.45 | 14.1% |
| 120th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.45 | 38.3% |
| 121st | Senegal | -0.47 | 4.6% |
| 122nd | Ecuador | -0.47 | 10.1% |
| 123rd | Zambia | -0.51 | 25.4% |
| 124th | Malawi | -0.51 | -7.6% |
| 125th | Kazakhstan | -0.53 | -2.8% |
| 126th | Benin | -0.53 | 3.7% |
| 127th | Russian Federation | -0.53 | 11.1% |
| 128th | Dominican Republic | -0.54 | 14.7% |
| 129th | Kenya | -0.54 | 6.6% |
| 130th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.54 | -19.7% |
| 131st | Nauru | -0.56 | 4.3% |
| 132nd | Palau | -0.56 | 4.3% |
| 133rd | Moldova | -0.56 | 8.2% |
| 134th | Gambia, The | -0.58 | 14.6% |
| 135th | Ukraine | -0.59 | 31.4% |
| 136th | Uganda | -0.60 | -6.6% |
| 137th | Mongolia | -0.63 | -8.8% |
| 138th | Burkina Faso | -0.63 | -11.3% |
| 139th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.64 | 19.9% |
| 140th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.65 | -1.6% |
| 141st | Mozambique | -0.65 | -0.5% |
| 142nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.68 | -54.7% |
| 143rd | Honduras | -0.69 | -32.8% |
| 144th | Tuvalu | -0.69 | -45.2% |
| 145th | Niger | -0.70 | -6.5% |
| 146th | Tanzania | -0.70 | -6.2% |
| 147th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.71 | -19.1% |
| 148th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.74 | 2.2% |
| 149th | Papua New Guinea | -0.74 | -3.1% |
| 150th | Pakistan | -0.78 | 6.0% |
| 151st | Guatemala | -0.79 | -8.7% |
| 152nd | Azerbaijan | -0.79 | -2.4% |
| 153rd | Kiribati | -0.80 | -2.0% |
| 154th | Bangladesh | -0.81 | -4.6% |
| 155th | Solomon Islands | -0.81 | 10.5% |
| 156th | Cambodia | -0.82 | 5.8% |
| 157th | Lao PDR | -0.84 | -0.5% |
| 158th | Nicaragua | -0.89 | 0.3% |
| 159th | Paraguay | -0.90 | -5.9% |
| 160th | Cameroon | -0.91 | -1.2% |
| 161st | Mauritania | -0.91 | 4.9% |
| 162nd | Uzbekistan | -0.93 | -32.6% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | -0.94 | 2.2% |
| 164th | Gabon | -0.96 | -13.4% |
| 165th | Belarus | -0.97 | 18.5% |
| 166th | Mali | -0.98 | -23.4% |
| 167th | Angola | -0.99 | 17.1% |
| 168th | Nepal | -0.99 | -7.5% |
| 169th | Nigeria | -1.00 | 9.2% |
| 170th | Fiji | -1.05 | -16.7% |
| 171st | Iraq | -1.06 | 1.7% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | -1.08 | -10.3% |
| 173rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.11 | 6.1% |
| 174th | Madagascar | -1.12 | -4.5% |
| 175th | Turkmenistan | -1.13 | 25.5% |
| 176th | Liberia | -1.16 | 5.1% |
| 177th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.16 | -123.4% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | -1.17 | 2.6% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | -1.20 | -0.8% |
| 180th | Sierra Leone | -1.22 | -2.6% |
| 181st | Equatorial Guinea | -1.25 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Guinea | -1.26 | -10.1% |
| 183rd | Libya | -1.27 | -20.4% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.28 | -10.8% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.29 | -20.1% |
| 186th | Togo | -1.30 | 5.5% |
| 187th | Burundi | -1.31 | -20.7% |
| 188th | Zimbabwe | -1.37 | 3.3% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | -1.38 | 6.7% |
| 190th | Sudan | -1.43 | -1.2% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | -1.45 | -10.7% |
| 192nd | Myanmar | -1.48 | 8.1% |
| 193rd | Chad | -1.49 | -8.2% |
| 194th | Eritrea | -1.51 | -1.4% |
| 195th | Marshall Islands | -1.52 | 4.3% |
| 196th | Comoros | -1.60 | 11.5% |
| 197th | South Sudan | -1.61 | -1.8% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.64 | 2.2% |
| 199th | Haiti | -1.66 | 1.9% |
| 200th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.91 | -1.7% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.19 | -1.9% |
FAQ
What was United States's government effectiveness in 2012?▾
United States's government effectiveness in 2012 was 1.52. This ranked 20th globally.
How did United States's government effectiveness change in 2012?▾
United States's government effectiveness increased by 0.5% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2012?▾
Finland had the highest government effectiveness in 2012 at 2.21.
What is the government effectiveness of United States in 2012?▾
The government effectiveness of United States in 2012 was 1.52. This ranked 20th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for United States's government effectiveness?▾
United States's government effectiveness went from 1.51 in 2011 to 1.52 in 2012, a 0.5% increase.
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