EU2775.5score 0–100 · 2025
US71.7score 0–100 · 202590 % confidence band: 67.5–75.9
China51.6score 0–100 · 202590 % confidence band: 47.4–55.7
EU27 US China Range of the member states
Range within the EU: 2025: 57.9 (Bulgaria) to 91.8 (Finland), median 75.9, 27 member states
All member states (2025)
| Finland | 91.8 |
| Denmark | 91.7 |
| Sweden | 87.3 |
| Luxembourg | 86.8 |
| Netherlands | 86.2 |
| Austria | 85.8 |
| Germany | 85.1 |
| Ireland | 84.2 |
| Estonia | 82.3 |
| Lithuania | 81.2 |
| Belgium | 79.5 |
| Czechia | 77.9 |
| Latvia | 76.3 |
| Portugal | 75.9 |
| France | 74.6 |
| Slovenia | 73.8 |
| Spain | 73.0 |
| Cyprus | 70.8 |
| Malta | 69.6 |
| Italy | 68.3 |
| Poland | 68.0 |
| Slovakia | 66.1 |
| Croatia | 65.6 |
| Romania | 63.5 |
| Greece | 63.3 |
| Hungary | 62.2 |
| Bulgaria | 57.9 |
Values as a table
| Year | EU27 | US | China |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.5 | 71.7 | 51.6 |
| 2024 | 75.5 | 75.1 | 49.9 |
| 2023 | 75.3 | 75.5 | 50.0 |
| 2022 | 75.6 | 76.7 | 49.9 |
| 2021 | 76.2 | 76.3 | 50.3 |
| 2020 | 76.1 | 75.6 | 51.3 |
| 2019 | 76.8 | 77.3 | 50.4 |
| 2018 | 76.2 | 77.8 | 50.9 |
| 2017 | 76.7 | 80.6 | 50.6 |
| 2016 | 76.8 | 81.8 | 49.0 |
| 2015 | 76.9 | 81.8 | 48.4 |
| 2014 | 76.7 | 81.3 | 47.9 |
Government effectiveness
EU2775.9score 0–100 · 2025
US76.7score 0–100 · 202590 % confidence band: 68.8–84.7
China65.1score 0–100 · 202590 % confidence band: 57.7–72.6
EU27 US China Range of the member states
Range within the EU: 2025: 54.9 (Bulgaria) to 92.8 (Luxembourg), median 75.5, 27 member states
All member states (2025)
| Luxembourg | 92.8 |
| Denmark | 92.4 |
| Finland | 92.1 |
| Sweden | 89.5 |
| Netherlands | 88.0 |
| Ireland | 85.7 |
| Austria | 83.9 |
| Estonia | 83.0 |
| Germany | 82.8 |
| Belgium | 79.3 |
| Lithuania | 77.8 |
| Czechia | 77.8 |
| France | 77.1 |
| Spain | 75.5 |
| Slovenia | 74.9 |
| Portugal | 73.3 |
| Italy | 71.3 |
| Cyprus | 69.4 |
| Latvia | 69.3 |
| Poland | 68.6 |
| Croatia | 68.1 |
| Malta | 68.0 |
| Slovakia | 64.3 |
| Hungary | 62.0 |
| Romania | 59.9 |
| Greece | 58.9 |
| Bulgaria | 54.9 |
Definition
World Bank indicator of the extent to which people and firms have confidence in and abide by the rules of society: contract enforcement, property rights, police, courts, crime. Aggregated from more than 30 surveys and expert assessments.
Caveats
Perception-based and uncertain; the 90 % confidence band is shown for the US and China. Since the 2025 revision it uses a 0–100 scale, so values from older editions are not comparable.
- Source
- World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (2025 revision) ·
GOV_WGI_RL.SC · GOV_WGI_GE.SC - Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- EU value
- Population-weighted mean of the 27 member states (own calculation, population: World Bank SP.POP.TOTL).
- retrieved
- 24 Oct 2026 · source updated 25 Sep 2026