Costa Rica vs Rwanda: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate over time
- Costa Rica
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 0.3489 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.2869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.062 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 77th and Rwanda ranks 74th of 204 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0254 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.2323 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.757 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9893 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3572 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0501 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.307 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.2479 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3194 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0715 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Costa Rica or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 0.3489 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.2869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Costa Rica and Rwanda?
- 0.062 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Rwanda?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Rwanda rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Costa Rica ranks 77th and Rwanda ranks 74th of 204 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.