Botswana vs South Africa: Government Effectiveness
Botswana
0.5347
in 2011
South Africa
0.3689
in 2011
Botswana rank
2nd
South Africa rank
3rd
Government Effectiveness over time
- Botswana
- South Africa
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 0.5347 against 0.3689 in South Africa, a difference of 0.1658.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.4 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was South Africa ahead.
Botswana ranks 2nd and South Africa ranks 3rd of 53 countries.
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About this data
Government effectiveness measures the quality of public services, the quality and degree of independence from political pressures of the civil service, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to such policies. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.