Colombia vs Kenya: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Colombia
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports -0.0894 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.0935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Colombia, a difference of 0.0041 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 116th and Kenya ranks 115th of 206 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.2231 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.6953 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4722 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Colombia |
| 2000s | -0.3387 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.803 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4642 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Colombia |
| 2010s | 0.0073 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.2813 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2885 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Colombia |
| 2020s | -0.0328 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.1996 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1669 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Colombia or Kenya?
- Kenya, at -0.0894 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.0935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Colombia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Colombia and Kenya?
- 0.0041 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Kenya?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Kenya rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Colombia ranks 116th and Kenya ranks 115th 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.