Algeria vs South Africa: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate

Algeria
-0.2512 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
South Africa
-0.2259 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
Algeria rank
123rd
South Africa rank
121st

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate over time

  • Algeria
  • South Africa
-1-0.500.5199620102024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports -0.2259 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.2512 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Algeria, a difference of 0.0253 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Across all 26 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Algeria ranks 123rd and South Africa ranks 121st of 204 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s -0.7656 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.4609 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 South Africa
2000s -0.7707 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.4132 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 South Africa
2010s -0.4759 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.2564 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.7324 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 South Africa
2020s -0.3215 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.0549 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.2665 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Algeria or South Africa?
South Africa, at -0.2259 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.2512 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Algeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Algeria and South Africa?
0.0253 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and South Africa?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
How do Algeria and South Africa rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
Algeria ranks 123rd and South Africa ranks 121st of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 5,142 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.