Uruguay - Government Effectiveness 2020
0.73
+0.09 from 2019
Uruguay's government effectiveness was 0.73 in 2020, increased +0.09 from 0.64 in 2019. This was the 47th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.28 | 2.4% |
| 2nd | Monaco | 2.03 | 9.5% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.97 | 2.9% |
| 4th | Finland | 1.90 | -3.6% |
| 5th | Norway | 1.89 | 3.3% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.84 | -1.8% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.81 | 2.2% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.79 | 5.7% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.76 | 6.7% |
| 10th | Andorra | 1.75 | -5.5% |
| 11th | San Marino | 1.75 | 10.7% |
| 12th | Sweden | 1.67 | -0.2% |
| 13th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.62 | -5.2% |
| 14th | Austria | 1.61 | 7.6% |
| 15th | Canada | 1.60 | -5.8% |
| 16th | Australia | 1.57 | 2.3% |
| 17th | Japan | 1.55 | -0.2% |
| 18th | New Zealand | 1.54 | -5.7% |
| 19th | Iceland | 1.48 | -0.4% |
| 20th | Bermuda | 1.47 | 12.5% |
| 21st | Ireland | 1.44 | 14.1% |
| 22nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.38 | 8.2% |
| 23rd | Korea | 1.37 | 2.8% |
| 24th | United Kingdom | 1.33 | -8.1% |
| 25th | Germany | 1.31 | -12.1% |
| 26th | Estonia | 1.30 | 14.0% |
| 27th | United Arab Emirates | 1.29 | -6.9% |
| 28th | United States | 1.27 | -12.3% |
| 29th | France | 1.20 | -10.0% |
| 30th | Slovenia | 1.12 | 7.6% |
| 31st | Belgium | 1.08 | -3.2% |
| 32nd | Aruba | 1.07 | 8.8% |
| 33rd | Cayman Islands | 1.07 | -4.5% |
| 34th | Macao SAR, China | 1.07 | -4.5% |
| 35th | Israel | 1.05 | -18.4% |
| 36th | Malaysia | 1.02 | 5.6% |
| 37th | Lithuania | 1.01 | 0.7% |
| 38th | Malta | 0.99 | 20.6% |
| 39th | Portugal | 0.98 | -13.6% |
| 40th | Czechia | 0.91 | -0.9% |
| 41st | Qatar | 0.87 | 22.6% |
| 42nd | Spain | 0.85 | -11.9% |
| 43rd | Mauritius | 0.85 | -1.1% |
| 44th | Cyprus | 0.84 | -12.2% |
| 45th | Latvia | 0.84 | -21.4% |
| 46th | Greenland | 0.77 | -2.6% |
| 47th | Uruguay | 0.73 | 13.6% |
| 48th | Georgia | 0.72 | -6.5% |
| 49th | Chile | 0.71 | -18.4% |
| 50th | Seychelles | 0.68 | 9.1% |
| 51st | China | 0.64 | 18.2% |
| 52nd | American Samoa | 0.63 | 29.1% |
| 53rd | Guam | 0.63 | 190.8% |
| 54th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.63 | 29.1% |
| 55th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.63 | -17.0% |
| 56th | Fiji | 0.59 | -22.5% |
| 57th | Samoa | 0.55 | 24.7% |
| 58th | Hungary | 0.54 | 19.5% |
| 59th | Jamaica | 0.53 | -10.3% |
| 60th | Slovak Republic | 0.50 | -8.6% |
| 61st | Barbados | 0.44 | -25.0% |
| 62nd | Croatia | 0.42 | -7.0% |
| 63rd | Bahamas, The | 0.41 | -8.9% |
| 64th | Greece | 0.40 | 28.2% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 0.39 | 59.2% |
| 66th | Palau | 0.39 | 69.3% |
| 67th | India | 0.37 | 186.4% |
| 68th | Italy | 0.36 | -20.0% |
| 69th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.36 | 268.9% |
| 70th | Poland | 0.32 | -36.8% |
| 71st | Indonesia | 0.32 | 128.6% |
| 72nd | St. Lucia | 0.31 | -10.2% |
| 73rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.31 | -10.2% |
| 74th | Bhutan | 0.31 | 20.7% |
| 75th | Tonga | 0.28 | 34.2% |
| 76th | Rwanda | 0.27 | 194.8% |
| 77th | Thailand | 0.20 | -22.6% |
| 78th | Cabo Verde | 0.20 | -28.5% |
| 79th | Costa Rica | 0.20 | -43.5% |
| 80th | Viet Nam | 0.19 | 594.2% |
| 81st | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.17 | 97.8% |
| 82nd | Botswana | 0.17 | -55.3% |
| 83rd | Panama | 0.16 | 64.9% |
| 84th | Nauru | 0.14 | 3,083.7% |
| 85th | Kiribati | 0.13 | 358.1% |
| 86th | Marshall Islands | 0.11 | 168.0% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | 0.11 | -56.5% |
| 88th | Kazakhstan | 0.11 | 53.5% |
| 89th | Oman | 0.10 | -49.4% |
| 90th | Jordan | 0.09 | 26.9% |
| 91st | Philippines | 0.07 | 13.1% |
| 92nd | Namibia | 0.05 | -47.7% |
| 93rd | South Africa | 0.05 | -63.6% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | 0.03 | 122.8% |
| 95th | Colombia | 0.01 | -74.1% |
| 96th | Grenada | 0.00 | 102.3% |
| 97th | Serbia | -0.04 | -156.1% |
| 98th | Senegal | -0.06 | 55.4% |
| 99th | Sri Lanka | -0.08 | 36.7% |
| 100th | Maldives | -0.09 | 47.9% |
| 101st | Montenegro | -0.11 | -200.2% |
| 102nd | Russian Federation | -0.11 | -559.5% |
| 103rd | Dominica | -0.13 | 49.9% |
| 104th | Albania | -0.16 | -149.0% |
| 105th | Azerbaijan | -0.16 | -21.1% |
| 106th | Türkiye | -0.16 | -676.0% |
| 107th | Morocco | -0.19 | 26.0% |
| 108th | Tunisia | -0.19 | -427.0% |
| 109th | Kuwait | -0.20 | -1,021.1% |
| 110th | Ghana | -0.20 | 32.1% |
| 111th | Cuba | -0.20 | -14.7% |
| 112th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.20 | -273.7% |
| 113th | Bulgaria | -0.21 | -223.2% |
| 114th | Argentina | -0.25 | -110.5% |
| 115th | El Salvador | -0.26 | 50.8% |
| 116th | Mexico | -0.27 | 11.9% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | -0.28 | 19.9% |
| 118th | Romania | -0.29 | -33.4% |
| 119th | Benin | -0.29 | 40.7% |
| 120th | Peru | -0.29 | -133.7% |
| 121st | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.30 | -49.0% |
| 122nd | Armenia | -0.30 | -34.7% |
| 123rd | Kosovo | -0.33 | 10.1% |
| 124th | Vanuatu | -0.38 | 25.8% |
| 125th | Kenya | -0.40 | 9.6% |
| 126th | Ukraine | -0.41 | -22.7% |
| 127th | Mongolia | -0.42 | -79.0% |
| 128th | Tuvalu | -0.43 | 19.4% |
| 129th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.45 | -77.5% |
| 130th | Guyana | -0.45 | -12.9% |
| 131st | Cambodia | -0.45 | 27.7% |
| 132nd | Brazil | -0.47 | -98.9% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | -0.47 | -28.0% |
| 134th | Moldova | -0.53 | -20.9% |
| 135th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.54 | 3.6% |
| 136th | Paraguay | -0.57 | 2.0% |
| 137th | Pakistan | -0.57 | 20.5% |
| 138th | Algeria | -0.57 | -1.0% |
| 139th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.58 | 21.2% |
| 140th | Suriname | -0.58 | 7.7% |
| 141st | Belize | -0.60 | 4.8% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | -0.62 | -2.6% |
| 143rd | Uganda | -0.62 | 5.0% |
| 144th | Honduras | -0.65 | -4.3% |
| 145th | Niger | -0.66 | 21.3% |
| 146th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.68 | 12.6% |
| 147th | Nicaragua | -0.68 | 12.6% |
| 148th | Solomon Islands | -0.70 | 21.0% |
| 149th | Burkina Faso | -0.71 | 9.0% |
| 150th | Guatemala | -0.71 | 1.8% |
| 151st | São Tomé and Principe | -0.71 | 5.4% |
| 152nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.73 | 8.1% |
| 153rd | Togo | -0.73 | 24.9% |
| 154th | Tanzania | -0.74 | 13.5% |
| 155th | Lao PDR | -0.74 | 9.5% |
| 156th | Eswatini | -0.75 | -18.2% |
| 157th | Timor-Leste | -0.76 | 11.9% |
| 158th | Tajikistan | -0.76 | 32.0% |
| 159th | Djibouti | -0.76 | 7.0% |
| 160th | Bangladesh | -0.78 | -3.4% |
| 161st | Gambia, The | -0.79 | -2.7% |
| 162nd | Mozambique | -0.81 | 10.9% |
| 163rd | Malawi | -0.82 | -2.5% |
| 164th | Zambia | -0.82 | -11.2% |
| 165th | Belarus | -0.83 | -375.5% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | -0.83 | -4.7% |
| 167th | Mauritania | -0.84 | -37.7% |
| 168th | Cameroon | -0.93 | -7.5% |
| 169th | Guinea | -0.97 | -13.2% |
| 170th | Lesotho | -0.98 | -8.4% |
| 171st | Nepal | -0.99 | 9.8% |
| 172nd | Gabon | -0.99 | -3.5% |
| 173rd | Myanmar | -1.02 | 14.3% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.02 | -69.7% |
| 175th | Turkmenistan | -1.02 | -0.6% |
| 176th | Madagascar | -1.05 | 11.8% |
| 177th | Sierra Leone | -1.06 | 9.5% |
| 178th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.08 | -52.3% |
| 179th | Nigeria | -1.14 | 5.7% |
| 180th | Mali | -1.19 | -7.9% |
| 181st | Lebanon | -1.21 | -49.0% |
| 182nd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.22 | -16.7% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.25 | -10.8% |
| 184th | Angola | -1.26 | -11.4% |
| 185th | Burundi | -1.30 | 5.3% |
| 186th | Iraq | -1.30 | 0.6% |
| 187th | Zimbabwe | -1.34 | -2.4% |
| 188th | Liberia | -1.46 | -4.6% |
| 189th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.47 | 6.1% |
| 190th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.49 | -3.9% |
| 191st | Chad | -1.51 | 6.0% |
| 192nd | Sudan | -1.54 | 7.2% |
| 193rd | Afghanistan | -1.61 | -6.1% |
| 194th | Comoros | -1.64 | 6.3% |
| 195th | Eritrea | -1.64 | 8.8% |
| 196th | Central African Republic | -1.73 | 2.9% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.74 | -5.4% |
| 198th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.75 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Libya | -1.86 | -4.8% |
| 200th | Haiti | -2.11 | -2.2% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.13 | 6.5% |
| 202nd | South Sudan | -2.32 | 2.8% |
| 203rd | Yemen, Republic of | -2.36 | -1.4% |
FAQ
What was Uruguay's government effectiveness in 2020?▾
Uruguay's government effectiveness in 2020 was 0.73. This ranked 47th globally.
How did Uruguay's government effectiveness change in 2020?▾
Uruguay's government effectiveness increased by 13.6% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2020?▾
Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2020 at 2.28.
What is the government effectiveness of Uruguay in 2020?▾
The government effectiveness of Uruguay in 2020 was 0.73. This ranked 47th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Uruguay's government effectiveness?▾
Uruguay's government effectiveness went from 0.64 in 2019 to 0.73 in 2020, a 13.6% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Uruguay matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2020. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 9.1%. View full analysis →
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