Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Government Effectiveness

Nigeria
-1.12
in 2011
Sierra Leone
-1.16
in 2011
Nigeria rank
36th
Sierra Leone rank
39th

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
-1.6-1.4-1.2-1-0.8199620032011

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports -1.12 against -1.16 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0403.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 36th and Sierra Leone ranks 39th 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.