Bahrain vs Costa Rica: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Bahrain
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 0.4206 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.4111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0095 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 70th and Costa Rica ranks 71st of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3873 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.0132 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 0.2735 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2774 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0039 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.235 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.485 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2499 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3962 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0631 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Bahrain or Costa Rica?
- Bahrain, at 0.4206 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.4111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Bahrain and Costa Rica?
- 0.0095 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Costa Rica?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Costa Rica rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Bahrain ranks 70th and Costa Rica ranks 71st of 206 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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About this data
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.