Government effectiveness during each government's tenure

27 governments, ranked by how the government effectiveness changed from their first day in office, next to the European Union over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Government	Country	In office	Total	vs EU	Per year	Chart
1	Algirdas Brazauskas	Lithuania	3 Jul 2001 – 4 Jul 2006	+13.7 points 2000 → 2006	+13.2 points EU +0.4 points	+2.3 points/yr
2	Donald Tusk	Poland	16 Nov 2007 – 22 Sep 2014	+13.3 points 2007 → 2014	+10.2 points EU +3.1 points	+1.9 points/yr
3	Ivo Sanader	Croatia	23 Dec 2003 – 6 Jul 2009	+8.5 points 2003 → 2009	+7.8 points EU +0.7 points	+1.4 points/yr
4	Andrej Plenković	Croatia	19 Oct 2016 – now	+8.3 points 2016 → 2025	+7.5 points EU +0.8 points	+0.9 points/yr
5	Lawrence Gonzi	Malta	23 Mar 2004 – 9 Mar 2013	+8.0 points 2003 → 2012	+7.5 points EU +0.4 points	+0.9 points/yr
6	Micheál Martin	Ireland	27 Jun 2020 – 17 Dec 2022	+7.8 points 2019 → 2022	+7.3 points EU +0.5 points	+2.6 points/yr
7	José María Aznar	Spain	4 May 1996 – 16 Apr 2004 from 1996	+7.8 points 1996 → 2003	+4.0 points EU +3.8 points	+1.1 points/yr
8	Adrian Năstase	Romania	28 Dec 2000 – 29 Dec 2004	+7.6 points 2000 → 2004	+6.8 points EU +0.9 points	+1.9 points/yr
9	Andrius Kubilius	Lithuania	26 Nov 2008 – 22 Nov 2012	+7.4 points 2008 → 2012	+7.2 points EU +0.1 points	+1.8 points/yr
10	Enda Kenny	Ireland	9 Mar 2011 – 14 Jun 2017	+7.1 points 2010 → 2016	+5.6 points EU +1.5 points	+1.2 points/yr

Showing 10 of 99 tenures.

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); the European Union is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is better · World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_GE.SC): perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service and of policy-making, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval; the European Union line is Politare's unweighted mean of the 27 members' scores · country data · as of Sep 2026.