Chile vs Portugal: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Chile
- Portugal
How they compare
Chile currently reports 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Portugal, a difference of 0.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 38th and Portugal ranks 39th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9686 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7511 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2175 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Chile |
| 2000s | 1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8673 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3324 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Chile |
| 2010s | 1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1628 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Chile |
| 2020s | 0.9726 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.03 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0619 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Chile or Portugal?
- Chile, at 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Chile and Portugal?
- 0.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Portugal?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Portugal rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Chile ranks 38th and Portugal ranks 39th 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.