Bhutan vs China: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Bhutan
- China
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 0.7057 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.6238 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in China, a difference of 0.0819 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 56th and China ranks 59th of 206 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1988 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.3887 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5875 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 0.2469 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.3857 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6327 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 0.5008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2508 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2499 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 0.6074 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5878 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0197 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Bhutan or China?
- Bhutan, at 0.7057 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.6238 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Bhutan and China?
- 0.0819 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and China?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and China rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Bhutan ranks 56th and China ranks 59th 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.