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United States - Government Effectiveness 2017

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Government Effectiveness · World Bank WGI

1.52 +0.08 from 2016 Global rank: 18th

United States's government effectiveness was 1.52 in 2017, increased +0.08 from 1.44 in 2016. This was the 18th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Government Effectiveness by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.23	0.5%
2nd	Switzerland	2.02	2.3%
3rd	Finland	1.98	7.4%
4th	Norway	1.94	6.1%
5th	Andorra	1.88	4.0%
6th	Monaco	1.88	4.0%
7th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.86	3.3%
8th	Canada	1.82	4.1%
9th	Netherlands	1.81	-0.3%
10th	Denmark	1.75	-4.1%
11th	New Zealand	1.73	-4.3%
12th	Liechtenstein	1.72	3.3%
13th	Sweden	1.68	0.8%
14th	Luxembourg	1.65	-0.6%
15th	Germany	1.61	-2.8%
16th	San Marino	1.60	4.1%
17th	Japan	1.58	-11.5%
18th	United States	1.52	5.3%
19th	Australia	1.50	-2.2%
20th	Austria	1.47	-0.5%
21st	United Kingdom	1.43	-9.1%
22nd	Iceland	1.41	4.7%
23rd	United Arab Emirates	1.41	-0.1%
24th	Israel	1.35	3.0%
25th	Macao SAR, China	1.34	17.1%
26th	Bermuda	1.33	4.2%
27th	France	1.31	-5.2%
28th	Portugal	1.29	12.7%
29th	Ireland	1.27	-4.7%
30th	Belgium	1.24	-11.2%
31st	Cayman Islands	1.18	3.7%
32nd	Slovenia	1.13	3.9%
33rd	Brunei Darussalam	1.11	5.6%
34th	Estonia	1.07	1.7%
35th	Czechia	1.03	2.2%
36th	Korea	1.03	0.8%
37th	Spain	1.00	-8.5%
38th	Malta	0.97	5.2%
39th	Mauritius	0.96	-5.8%
40th	Lithuania	0.93	-10.0%
41st	Cyprus	0.89	-4.4%
42nd	Aruba	0.88	2.7%
43rd	Latvia	0.87	-10.4%
44th	Greenland	0.81	-0.5%
45th	Chile	0.81	-2.9%
46th	Barbados	0.80	-23.4%
47th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.78	-38.6%
48th	Malaysia	0.78	-4.9%
49th	Qatar	0.73	0.7%
50th	Samoa	0.70	1.9%
51st	Slovak Republic	0.67	-16.0%
52nd	Bhutan	0.56	12.8%
53rd	Jamaica	0.55	16.7%
54th	Poland	0.55	-15.5%
55th	Bahamas, The	0.54	-20.9%
56th	Croatia	0.54	26.8%
57th	American Samoa	0.51	5.8%
58th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.51	134.2%
59th	Seychelles	0.50	-4.8%
60th	Italy	0.49	-9.6%
61st	Georgia	0.48	14.4%
62nd	Hungary	0.48	5.3%
63rd	China	0.42	17.0%
64th	Uruguay	0.40	-19.8%
65th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.40	987.8%
66th	St. Lucia	0.38	288.9%
67th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.38	2.0%
68th	Botswana	0.37	-26.2%
69th	Thailand	0.26	14.2%
70th	Greece	0.24	92.2%
71st	Fiji	0.24	184.6%
72nd	Guam	0.24	8.8%
73rd	Palau	0.23	16.9%
74th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.23	-8.6%
75th	Namibia	0.22	15.7%
76th	Costa Rica	0.22	-21.6%
77th	Saudi Arabia	0.21	-1.6%
78th	Rwanda	0.18	1,238.0%
79th	Montenegro	0.17	26.8%
80th	Cabo Verde	0.14	25.9%
81st	Bahrain	0.14	-50.0%
82nd	Argentina	0.14	-38.3%
83rd	Oman	0.13	-3.0%
84th	Albania	0.10	238.9%
85th	Bulgaria	0.10	10.3%
86th	Serbia	0.07	289.7%
87th	South Africa	0.07	-30.2%
88th	Jordan	0.07	-41.9%
89th	India	0.04	-33.1%
90th	Panama	0.03	-81.7%
91st	Türkiye	0.01	312.7%
92nd	North Macedonia	-0.02	47.7%
93rd	Indonesia	-0.02	61.1%
94th	Viet Nam	-0.03	-90.8%
95th	Philippines	-0.03	-288.7%
96th	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.04	-116.6%
97th	Nauru	-0.05	43.3%
98th	Tunisia	-0.05	75.4%
99th	Mexico	-0.07	-336.5%
100th	Kazakhstan	-0.07	53.7%
101st	Kiribati	-0.07	76.0%
102nd	Romania	-0.08	-24.2%
103rd	Puerto Rico (US)	-0.13	-137.7%
104th	Colombia	-0.14	-280.9%
105th	Grenada	-0.14	-21.3%
106th	Azerbaijan	-0.17	-7.5%
107th	Sri Lanka	-0.17	-532.7%
108th	Marshall Islands	-0.18	9.9%
109th	Ghana	-0.19	26.3%
110th	Russian Federation	-0.19	41.1%
111th	Cuba	-0.20	-59.4%
112th	Peru	-0.20	20.1%
113th	Kuwait	-0.22	-5.6%
114th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.24	-1.9%
115th	Dominica	-0.24	-243.7%
116th	Armenia	-0.25	19.5%
117th	Tonga	-0.25	22.4%
118th	Mongolia	-0.28	-189.9%
119th	Guyana	-0.28	0.6%
120th	Morocco	-0.31	-57.6%
121st	Brazil	-0.32	-27.2%
122nd	Ecuador	-0.35	8.2%
123rd	Belarus	-0.36	30.4%
124th	Senegal	-0.37	27.3%
125th	Dominican Republic	-0.38	-31.9%
126th	El Salvador	-0.39	-12.6%
127th	Kenya	-0.39	3.0%
128th	Maldives	-0.39	-121.6%
129th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.40	34.1%
130th	Lao PDR	-0.42	3.6%
131st	Kosovo	-0.42	4.6%
132nd	West Bank and Gaza	-0.44	34.9%
133rd	Lebanon	-0.46	4.6%
134th	Eswatini	-0.49	9.3%
135th	Ukraine	-0.51	15.7%
136th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.52	-14.8%
137th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.53	1.0%
138th	Honduras	-0.53	30.5%
139th	Algeria	-0.54	-15.6%
140th	Moldova	-0.58	16.8%
141st	Uzbekistan	-0.63	4.7%
142nd	Uganda	-0.63	-0.1%
143rd	Pakistan	-0.63	9.3%
144th	Burkina Faso	-0.64	0.1%
145th	Suriname	-0.65	-74.3%
146th	Papua New Guinea	-0.66	9.7%
147th	Nicaragua	-0.67	9.4%
148th	Belize	-0.67	-5.4%
149th	Tanzania	-0.68	-12.4%
150th	Guatemala	-0.69	-5.9%
151st	Cambodia	-0.70	6.2%
152nd	Tuvalu	-0.70	24.6%
153rd	Benin	-0.70	-11.5%
154th	Zambia	-0.70	5.0%
155th	Malawi	-0.73	8.8%
156th	Gambia, The	-0.75	20.5%
157th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.75	22.2%
158th	Bangladesh	-0.75	-6.5%
159th	Niger	-0.75	-8.7%
160th	Mauritania	-0.80	6.0%
161st	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.81	-10.3%
162nd	Paraguay	-0.84	-2.4%
163rd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.85	-8.8%
164th	Cameroon	-0.86	-4.7%
165th	Lesotho	-0.92	-5.2%
166th	Solomon Islands	-0.93	-0.6%
167th	Nepal	-0.94	-5.3%
168th	Angola	-0.95	2.0%
169th	Mozambique	-0.96	-1.1%
170th	Vanuatu	-0.96	-0.4%
171st	Mali	-0.96	6.2%
172nd	Timor-Leste	-1.00	3.4%
173rd	Gabon	-1.00	-20.6%
174th	Turkmenistan	-1.01	-10.9%
175th	Nigeria	-1.04	7.1%
176th	Guinea	-1.09	-1.8%
177th	Myanmar	-1.09	-7.3%
178th	Djibouti	-1.09	-4.5%
179th	Togo	-1.17	-4.2%
180th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.17	-0.7%
181st	Tajikistan	-1.18	-8.4%
182nd	Madagascar	-1.19	2.8%
183rd	Sierra Leone	-1.22	0.4%
184th	Iraq	-1.22	0.6%
185th	Congo, Republic of	-1.24	-9.8%
186th	Zimbabwe	-1.28	-1.7%
187th	Liberia	-1.36	-3.6%
188th	Burundi	-1.38	6.9%
189th	Afghanistan	-1.39	-7.4%
190th	Sudan	-1.48	5.4%
191st	Chad	-1.51	3.2%
192nd	Libya	-1.61	8.4%
193rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.67	-6.8%
194th	Comoros	-1.68	0.1%
195th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.70	-2.4%
196th	Central African Republic	-1.79	0.8%
197th	Eritrea	-1.80	-0.9%
198th	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.80	2.8%
199th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.81	-5.8%
200th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.95	-2.4%
201st	Haiti	-2.13	2.0%
202nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.28	-3.5%
203rd	South Sudan	-2.44	-4.4%

FAQ

What was United States's government effectiveness in 2017?▾

United States's government effectiveness in 2017 was 1.52. This ranked 18th globally.

How did United States's government effectiveness change in 2017?▾

United States's government effectiveness increased by 5.3% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2017?▾

Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2017 at 2.23.

What is the government effectiveness of United States in 2017?▾

The government effectiveness of United States in 2017 was 1.52. This ranked 18th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for United States's government effectiveness?▾

United States's government effectiveness went from 1.44 in 2016 to 1.52 in 2017, a 5.3% increase.

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