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United States - Government Effectiveness 2021

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Government Effectiveness · World Bank WGI

1.30 +0.02 from 2020 Global rank: 26th

United States's government effectiveness was 1.30 in 2021, increased +0.02 from 1.27 in 2020. This was the 26th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Government Effectiveness by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.25	-1.6%
2nd	Monaco	2.03	-0.1%
3rd	Switzerland	1.99	1.0%
4th	Denmark	1.96	6.5%
5th	Finland	1.92	0.9%
6th	Norway	1.80	-4.9%
7th	Andorra	1.75	0.0%
8th	San Marino	1.75	0.0%
9th	Netherlands	1.73	-4.4%
10th	Luxembourg	1.68	-6.4%
11th	Sweden	1.61	-3.6%
12th	Iceland	1.59	8.0%
13th	Canada	1.56	-2.3%
14th	Austria	1.53	-4.8%
15th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.49	-8.1%
16th	Australia	1.47	-6.5%
17th	Bermuda	1.47	0.1%
18th	Liechtenstein	1.46	-16.8%
19th	Ireland	1.46	2.0%
20th	Brunei Darussalam	1.41	1.7%
21st	Korea	1.37	-0.3%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	1.36	6.1%
23rd	Japan	1.36	-12.0%
24th	Estonia	1.34	3.4%
25th	New Zealand	1.31	-15.1%
26th	United States	1.30	1.8%
27th	Germany	1.29	-1.9%
28th	Israel	1.25	18.9%
29th	Cayman Islands	1.24	15.3%
30th	United Kingdom	1.24	-6.9%
31st	France	1.23	2.0%
32nd	Slovenia	1.14	1.4%
33rd	Belgium	1.09	0.7%
34th	Aruba	1.08	0.8%
35th	Macao SAR, China	1.08	0.8%
36th	Qatar	1.08	24.1%
37th	Czechia	1.07	17.4%
38th	Lithuania	1.02	0.3%
39th	Malaysia	0.95	-6.8%
40th	Portugal	0.95	-2.8%
41st	Spain	0.91	6.3%
42nd	Seychelles	0.90	32.5%
43rd	Malta	0.85	-14.2%
44th	Latvia	0.83	-0.6%
45th	Mauritius	0.81	-4.6%
46th	China	0.81	25.5%
47th	Uruguay	0.80	9.5%
48th	Greenland	0.75	-2.4%
49th	Bhutan	0.71	132.7%
50th	Cyprus	0.70	-16.9%
51st	Bahrain	0.68	74.8%
52nd	Fiji	0.66	11.8%
53rd	American Samoa	0.64	1.0%
54th	Guam	0.64	1.0%
55th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.64	1.0%
56th	Georgia	0.62	-14.0%
57th	Hungary	0.60	10.8%
58th	Chile	0.59	-16.3%
59th	Croatia	0.55	30.0%
60th	Barbados	0.50	12.2%
61st	Slovak Republic	0.49	-2.3%
62nd	Saudi Arabia	0.46	309.0%
63rd	Maldives	0.44	578.3%
64th	Bahamas, The	0.42	3.6%
65th	Greece	0.41	0.8%
66th	Samoa	0.38	-30.3%
67th	Jamaica	0.38	-28.7%
68th	Palau	0.37	-5.2%
69th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.36	-42.9%
70th	Indonesia	0.35	9.3%
71st	Italy	0.33	-9.8%
72nd	Botswana	0.32	92.8%
73rd	Tonga	0.31	10.7%
74th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.31	-0.2%
75th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.30	-14.7%
76th	Poland	0.25	-21.6%
77th	India	0.25	-33.5%
78th	Viet Nam	0.24	25.8%
79th	Rwanda	0.23	-17.0%
80th	Costa Rica	0.22	13.4%
81st	Thailand	0.22	9.0%
82nd	Azerbaijan	0.21	237.5%
83rd	Jordan	0.19	104.9%
84th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.15	-10.9%
85th	Panama	0.12	-24.9%
86th	Kiribati	0.09	-30.2%
87th	Nauru	0.09	-36.3%
88th	Namibia	0.04	-25.3%
89th	Philippines	0.03	-48.7%
90th	Kazakhstan	0.03	-71.9%
91st	Senegal	0.02	141.2%
92nd	Marshall Islands	0.02	-80.5%
93rd	Grenada	0.02	728.2%
94th	Serbia	0.01	128.8%
95th	Cabo Verde	0.00	-99.1%
96th	Dominican Republic	0.00	99.1%
97th	Montenegro	-0.03	71.4%
98th	Albania	-0.04	76.8%
99th	Colombia	-0.05	-664.3%
100th	South Africa	-0.07	-250.7%
101st	Kuwait	-0.07	62.4%
102nd	Sri Lanka	-0.12	-45.8%
103rd	Türkiye	-0.12	25.0%
104th	Dominica	-0.12	5.1%
105th	St. Lucia	-0.12	-139.2%
106th	North Macedonia	-0.12	-531.1%
107th	Oman	-0.16	-248.5%
108th	Romania	-0.16	43.1%
109th	Morocco	-0.17	8.6%
110th	Bulgaria	-0.17	19.0%
111th	Ghana	-0.18	10.4%
112th	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.19	5.3%
113th	Tunisia	-0.21	-11.1%
114th	Russian Federation	-0.21	-89.4%
115th	Benin	-0.24	18.3%
116th	Ecuador	-0.24	48.7%
117th	Cuba	-0.25	-22.4%
118th	Kosovo	-0.26	22.8%
119th	Guyana	-0.26	41.5%
120th	Uzbekistan	-0.26	57.0%
121st	Armenia	-0.28	7.3%
122nd	Peru	-0.30	-0.3%
123rd	Puerto Rico (US)	-0.30	-1.2%
124th	Kenya	-0.33	18.4%
125th	El Salvador	-0.34	-30.8%
126th	Mexico	-0.34	-27.1%
127th	Argentina	-0.39	-53.6%
128th	Tuvalu	-0.41	6.5%
129th	Moldova	-0.44	18.0%
130th	Pakistan	-0.44	23.2%
131st	Ukraine	-0.44	-7.2%
132nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.46	-2.6%
133rd	Cambodia	-0.47	-5.4%
134th	Brazil	-0.49	-5.9%
135th	Mongolia	-0.52	-22.8%
136th	Belize	-0.53	12.7%
137th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.54	0.4%
138th	Vanuatu	-0.55	-43.6%
139th	Uganda	-0.60	2.6%
140th	Lao PDR	-0.62	16.6%
141st	Niger	-0.64	2.6%
142nd	Tajikistan	-0.65	15.0%
143rd	Tanzania	-0.65	12.3%
144th	Algeria	-0.65	-13.8%
145th	Bangladesh	-0.65	16.2%
146th	Paraguay	-0.66	-16.0%
147th	Gambia, The	-0.68	14.0%
148th	Suriname	-0.68	-17.6%
149th	Togo	-0.69	6.0%
150th	Eswatini	-0.75	0.4%
151st	Timor-Leste	-0.75	0.3%
152nd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.76	-6.6%
153rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.76	-5.1%
154th	Burkina Faso	-0.77	-8.0%
155th	Mauritania	-0.78	7.5%
156th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.78	-34.7%
157th	Guatemala	-0.78	-9.7%
158th	Malawi	-0.79	3.1%
159th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.80	-17.7%
160th	Mozambique	-0.80	0.9%
161st	Belarus	-0.80	3.1%
162nd	Gabon	-0.82	17.7%
163rd	Honduras	-0.82	-26.8%
164th	Djibouti	-0.83	-9.3%
165th	Solomon Islands	-0.84	-20.2%
166th	Zambia	-0.84	-2.0%
167th	Nicaragua	-0.88	-30.2%
168th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.89	12.8%
169th	Papua New Guinea	-0.89	-7.2%
170th	Cameroon	-0.90	2.9%
171st	Nepal	-0.93	5.6%
172nd	Lesotho	-0.95	3.2%
173rd	Guinea	-0.95	1.7%
174th	Turkmenistan	-0.96	6.1%
175th	Nigeria	-1.03	10.2%
176th	Madagascar	-1.03	2.4%
177th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.07	0.2%
178th	Angola	-1.13	10.4%
179th	Sierra Leone	-1.15	-8.4%
180th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.18	2.6%
181st	Mali	-1.25	-5.5%
182nd	Zimbabwe	-1.29	3.9%
183rd	Lebanon	-1.31	-8.9%
184th	Congo, Republic of	-1.32	-5.2%
185th	Iraq	-1.32	-1.3%
186th	Burundi	-1.36	-4.3%
187th	Liberia	-1.41	3.4%
188th	Myanmar	-1.42	-39.3%
189th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.45	1.2%
190th	Chad	-1.46	3.3%
191st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.58	-6.4%
192nd	Sudan	-1.66	-8.0%
193rd	Afghanistan	-1.67	-3.7%
194th	Central African Republic	-1.67	3.2%
195th	Eritrea	-1.70	-3.2%
196th	Libya	-1.75	6.0%
197th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.76	-0.7%
198th	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.77	-0.7%
199th	Comoros	-1.81	-10.4%
200th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.09	2.2%
201st	Haiti	-2.22	-5.1%
202nd	Yemen, Republic of	-2.33	1.6%
203rd	South Sudan	-2.40	-3.5%

FAQ

What was United States's government effectiveness in 2021?▾

United States's government effectiveness in 2021 was 1.30. This ranked 26th globally.

How did United States's government effectiveness change in 2021?▾

United States's government effectiveness increased by 1.8% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2021?▾

Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2021 at 2.25.

What is the government effectiveness of United States in 2021?▾

The government effectiveness of United States in 2021 was 1.30. This ranked 26th globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for United States's government effectiveness?▾

United States's government effectiveness went from 1.27 in 2020 to 1.30 in 2021, a 1.8% increase.

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