Bhutan vs Malta: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Bhutan
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.763 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.7057 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0573 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Bhutan ranks 56th and Malta ranks 54th of 206 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1988 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8773 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6785 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.2469 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8921 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6451 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.5008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6089 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.6074 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9005 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.293 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Bhutan or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.763 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.7057 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Bhutan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Bhutan and Malta?
- 0.0573 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Malta?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Malta rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Bhutan ranks 56th and Malta ranks 54th 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.