Costa Rica vs Romania: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Costa Rica
- Romania
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.4111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.3709 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Romania, a difference of 0.0402 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 71st and Romania ranks 73rd of 206 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0132 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.2774 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7783 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.485 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0264 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4586 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.188 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1451 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Costa Rica or Romania?
- Costa Rica, at 0.4111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.3709 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Costa Rica and Romania?
- 0.0402 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Romania?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Romania rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Costa Rica ranks 71st and Romania ranks 73rd 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.