West Bank and Gaza - Government Effectiveness 2017
-0.44
+0.23 from 2016
West Bank and Gaza's government effectiveness was -0.44 in 2017, increased +0.23 from -0.67 in 2016. This was the 132nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 West Bank and Gaza's government effectiveness in 2017?▾
West Bank and Gaza's government effectiveness in 2017 was -0.44. This ranked 132nd globally.
How did West Bank and Gaza's government effectiveness change in 2017?▾
West Bank and Gaza's government effectiveness increased by 34.9% 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 West Bank and Gaza in 2017?▾
The government effectiveness of West Bank and Gaza in 2017 was -0.44. This ranked 132nd globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for West Bank and Gaza's government effectiveness?▾
West Bank and Gaza's government effectiveness went from -0.67 in 2016 to -0.44 in 2017, a 34.9% increase.
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