Bhutan vs Saudi Arabia: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Bhutan
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.7395 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.7057 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0338 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 56th and Saudi Arabia ranks 55th of 206 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1988 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.4219 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6207 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 0.2469 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.3903 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6373 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 0.5008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0227 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.478 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 0.6074 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4549 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1525 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 Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 0.7395 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 Saudi Arabia?
- 0.0338 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Saudi Arabia?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Bhutan ranks 56th and Saudi Arabia ranks 55th 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.