Brunei vs Malaysia: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Brunei
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 0.9567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.8926 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Brunei, a difference of 0.0641 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Brunei's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Malaysia ahead.
Brunei ranks 44th and Malaysia ranks 41st of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5458 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6814 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1357 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 0.5409 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7589 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.218 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 0.8753 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8849 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0096 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.9603 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0913 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Brunei |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Brunei or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 0.9567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.8926 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Brunei as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Brunei and Malaysia?
- 0.0641 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Malaysia?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Brunei and Malaysia rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Brunei ranks 44th and Malaysia ranks 41st 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.