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
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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

Indicator
Government Effectiveness (estimate)
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 688 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

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.